I'm on the 512 / rm66 package. Whenever I launch my BitComet, my Firefox won't work AT ALL. The page not found error will pop up. I don't think its the bandwidth issue that's causing the problem. My torrents are barely sucking 10-15KB/s. If I turn off BitComet, I can do speedtest and get 50KB/s.

I suspect that BitComet is launching too many concurrent connections. I remember somewhere that WinXP has maximum connections at 200.

How do I limit my BT client to how many connections to connect to (in Azureus & BitComet since I use both!)

Oh, I'm using Win2k, btw...

I got the ports forwarded correctly. BitComet is not sucking all the bandwidth, but I cannot surf.

I found a similar thread here.. but no REAL solution.

metalhead, thanks for your detailed response. after firing up my BT client, I'm getting a lot of ping timeouts. I'm pinging my Linksys WRT54G on a wired connection.

Surely this expensive router can't be that lousy? Do I need something from Cisco? lol..

shanelai, I ran the patch and it reports that Win2k doesn't have this limitation.

Ok, now I'm telling my Linksys router (192.168.2.1) to get a DHCP IP from my modem router (192.168.1.1). My computer is 192.168.2.88 (static). So can I go into my Aztech 305E modem and set to port forward to 192.168.1.2 (Linksys's IP on modem)??? Or forward to 192.168.2.88 (not detectable??)

Ok, I flashed to HyperWRT, went to Management -> Startup . (WARNING: Recommended for advanced users only). Then I copy pasted the script. Reboot modem.

Launched Bit Comet with all my downloads (8) loading. And pinging router now. Looking good so far. Thanks! Hope it stays that way.

Success... Even web surfing is much faster now. Running all 10 slow-torrents (rare files).