Limewire messing up my router?
 

Hi this has happend 4 times in the past couple of days (I've been doing some heavy downloading and long times of liimewire being on). I have been connected for a few hours and suddenly I get no internet connection. Power cycling the new DSL router (turning it off, unplugging the airport base station, then turning the router on and then plugging in the airport again) returns the connection.

I also had one time of only one limewire connection working in the connection tab (and I had downloads going) but no other connections could be found. Power cycling fixed this also.

I have had no other problems recently with my ISP or my router, or my airport, and this coincides with my use of Limewire. Any idea what this is?

So did you configure you firewalls as such: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml OR/AND look under apple here: http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm

Hope u don't use a usb connection. Not advisable 4 mac. Better is ethernet.

I'm not sure what firewalls have to do with anything. I am able to download files fine most of the time.

I am using an enet connection.

Firewalls & more particularly those modems/routers with NAT firewall block a wide range of ports for incoming. So chances are you might be firewalled from anybody uplding from you ... they'd have major problems uplding from you. An easy test is to go to LW's Preferences & click for a bug report. About half way down it'll show if incoming is true or false. If true then it's fine. More details here: Do this test: Bug Report instructions & sample image

With people uplding from you then search & downld results generally improve also.

However if you prefer to freeload or leech then ignore my above advice. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=34608

People upload from me. You are not addressing my problem.

This is neither here nor there but it's a little disturbing that people can upload from me:

I have apple's firewall on with no port forwarding, and I have a base station.

I get many active uploads (have two currently), however it says "false" about the "incoming" on the bug report.



My question is about why my router stops working after using limewire for a long time.

Gratis

Well it sounds like your modem/router can't handle the traffic. How old is it?

Go to LW's prefs>Speed & tick disable Ultrapeer Cap. & press apply button.
Set both uplds & downlds to autoclear.
Close all LW windows you don't need open at that time.
If you're not in front of your comp, then hide LW in the dock.
Reduce uplds to about 70-80% or more. Reduce downlds to 80 or 90%.
Whilst LW is open, click on top of the Progress bar so all incomplete files are organised by % downlded. Then select 1st at 0% & scroll down to last & select it whilst holding down SHIFT key also all at 0% are selected, then pres the Stop button. Then go to your incomplete folder & view it in list mode & click on size column so all are arranged by size. Now delete all those at 0 KB. This will speed up opening of LW & reduce stress on connections & hopefully your router.
You might also consider reducing shared files if you have multiple thousands of them. Good luck. Sounds like your comp is losing communication with your router b/c it's too busy.

Also don't use the Resume button on all incomplete files. This will also stress LW & your comp. If you use Resume/Find sources then just apply it to a couple or so at one time.

It sounds like this is exactly the problem. Why does my router shut off if there is too much traffic? The router doesn't actually shut off but it stops working.

It's a three month old router (from the isp).

This doesn't happen when I resume 50+ downloads, and it doesn't happen when I force resume 50+ "waiting for sources" downloads. It happens when I leave it on overnight with a few downloads.

I have set max upload slots 5. I am frequently at max bandwidth somehow (see other post). I had no idea the router would stop working with high stress.

I get the feeling someone is messing with my computer (some sort of hack or something) as it doesn't happen all the time, and doesn't seem related to bandwidth issues as I mentioned.

I am perhaps being paranoid about this.

The other issue is that this was happening during a couple-day period of rains in my state. It might have something to do with the router issues (but I'm not sure why). I haven't had an issue in the last day when it's been dry.

Thanks for the help,
Gratis

Hmm interesting! Not sure why. I wonder if it's related to static electricity or something (just thinking out allowed.) I hope you have your comp set to never sleep overnight. That might definitely affect communication b/w router & comp. Is it USB or Ethernet & if it's USB is it USB2 or ...? The earlier G4's USB card only had very slow usb ability which could cause probs with modems/routers.

My first thought was that it was the ISP's fault. But after the fourth time I was convinced it was Limewire.

I do do a lot of heavy using (downloading 100 files). I rarely get listed as an ultrapeer.

I doubt it's static electricity.

Somehow something that limewire is doing is breaking my router in some way. The power cycle fixes it.

It is an ethernet connection.

Gratis