Well, this is interesting... (was Re: Torrents killing my connection)

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 06/20/2010 01:52 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 06/19/2010 11:53 PM, ABS Doug wrote:
> > > I send you mail in private, and the gmail interface is so bad that
> > > you don't
> > > notice.
> > >
> > > So, either post the .torrent so that other can test it, or keep your
> > > problems to yourself.
> >
> > Not gmail, I probably did that. Habit as I don't want to be rude&
> > send to the list& the poster (double post).
>
> When someone sends you a direct email, the expectation is that you will
> send a direct reply.
>
> > I'll send you the torrent, it's a waste of your time trying something
> > I already tried, no? Maybe I'm missing something here, i just don't
> > want to burden anyone. I've tried over 20 torrents, they all act the
> > same. Downloaded this (attached) torrent in Windows XP overnight, no
> > interruption. In UNR 9.10, same thing, overnight. But if you insist
> > here it is, i don't want to be in any way uncooperative.
>
> In the past 1.67 hours, I've downloaded a bit more than half of the data
> in this torrent.
>
> Here's what I'm I'm doing it with:
> - Cable modem (Cox HSI, DOCSIS 2.0 Linksys CM100 modem)
> - Linksys WRT54GL
> - Cat5, Linksys switch
> - Realtek RTL8111/8168B
> - Sid, amd64
> - kernel 2.6.32-3-amd64, r8169 driver
> - transmission-gtk v1.93

For the first time since I bought it, I just had to reboot my router!

Doug's torrent was 86% complete.

Even the ssh connections (to machines at the office) on my XP laptop 
(which is also on the LAN) got disconnected.

I didn't have to reboot my machine, though; bouncing the WRT54GL was 
all it took.

> Gee, I've got a lot of Linksys kit... It didn't used to be like that.)

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