Re: Can excessive downloading mess up the router?

"Theresa" <theresa.dunn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I basically need to know one thing: if someone downloads several
>gigabytes every night via a shared wireless connection, is that in
>itself capable of messing up the wireless router to the point where it
>has to be set-up all over again?

Your new roommate is definitely abusing a shared resource, I'd tell
him to either limit his client bandwidth to 1/3 of your DSL bandwidth
(up _and_ down), or get his own DSL line. You'll at least get better
response time, though it may not stop the crashing.

I've definitely seen Aezurus(sp?) crash routers, including the WRT54G,
but power cycling them brings them back (until the next crash). It
looks like even limiting the bandwidth and number of connections in
the BitTorrent client doesn't help with the crashing, as you'll still
get bazillions of connection attempts from external clients that the
router has to deal with (and can't).

Now go back and re-read Jeff's post and follow his troubleshooting
steps. 8*)
.

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