So,
I was running Azureus 2.3.0.4 on Windows XP machine. I use a Comcast Cable Modem and a Netgear WGR614 v2 Router. When I first started using the program I had a few issues with NAT errors, but by enabling UpNP and opening up the correct Port on my Router and on the Windows Firewall, the program worked wonderfully with no problems whatsoever.
A few days ago I swithed ethernet cards to a LYKSYS Wireless WMP54G. I am now on a wireless connection with all the other hardware exactly the same and have the following problems:
Slow download speeds leading to:
Connectivity failure. I have to physically unplug the router to reset it and gain connectivity again.
Unable to test NAT config in Azureus (that's the error it gives me when I try a NAT test). Not NAT error, but Unable to test.
I figured it was just another NAT problem and it probably is, but I've opened the port in the router Config, I've disabled the Windows Firewall entirely and nothing seems to work.
This must be my new card but the internet Connectivity in general is working great, it's only Azureus. I've also setup a Static IP as directed at portforward.com and nothing.
If anyone can help I'd really apreciate it.
I know the Internet is slower when a torrent is downloading, but it cuts off completely and the router has to be reset. And every port that I've tried to open has failed.
I was told to perhaps change some advance settings like Beacon Interval and RTS threshold by Lyksys, but the Router is a Netgear and I can't access these settings. Any ideas?
i've got exactly the same problem, but i dont even have a wireless connection.
sometimes the connection stays online for 30 minutes, but it allways fails in the end..
when i dont start Azureus, it doesnt abort..
Unfortunately for me but fortunately for you I have done extensive work the past couple days on the exact same problem. Same everything except for I have a linksys G router, however I have swapped it with an a/g as well as a Belkin G. I have no perfect solution for you because I am pretty sure there is not one. Here are some clarifications I can make for you though. If you have figured out a solution, let me know.
The problem is not a NAT problem. It is a problem with the router and bittorrent. I have not tried any other bittorrent programs to see if that would make a difference, but I would be shocked if it did, because I am guessing that it involves limitations with this shitty cheap wireless routers. When you have numerous torrents going, it is getting bombarded with more requests than it can handle. Other things I have not yet tested:
1. Does Azureus cause a conflict with 1 and with no torrents active.
2. Do other torrent programs work.
3. Is Azureus affecting other computers on the network or just this one.
A couple clarifications to what you wrote that I am guessing are probably true:
1. I doubt the switch to the new wireless card affected it. You probably just didn't really put two and two together prior to then or were not using a wireless router prior to then, but if you are 100% positive Azurues was working before installing the linksys card and that your computer was still going through a wireless router at that time, then that would be interesting to know.
2. You are getting NAT failures and spotty to no Internet because your bittorrent is either bottlenecking the router's crap firmware or hardware or both. Note that it is hard to even access the router firmware. I tried specifying in the firmware to set Azureus as a low traffic priority, but it made little to no difference.
3. Once again, I doubt your card has anything to do with it because I am going through a wired port on the router and still have the same problem.
There are only two solutions I can figure at this time:
1. Turn off Azureus when you need to use the Internet for anything and then turn it back on. Make sure it is set to save in the torrent your progress level and jack the hell out of the Azurues settings to maximize the downtime bandwidth.
2. Buy a very expensive router that will handle better traffic volume.
3. Maybe you could split the cable and run it directly to your PC, but not sure how that would work with the cable modem and Comcast.
4. Maybe a non-wireless router would have less issues? Not sure. I suppose you could try connecting the cable modem to a wired router, and you could configure the wireless router to route through that instead.
