Odd conectivity problem

ryoden · 03-15-2009, 04:29 AM

Hi, first some brief background.

I live in the UK, I am with Virgin media ISP on 10mb cable.

I have 2 computers, 1 older version running xp pro (not used much) and my main (4 months old PC) running Vista Home premium 64 bit - dual core with 4 GB RAM.

For the past 6 years I have been using utorrent and my belkin router with no problems at all.

Recently however (since about January 2009) my router seemed to develop an odd issue, if I left the PC online 24/7 (or any long period) with utorrent running it would for no apparent reason drop connection with the internet totally (cant browse or anything) - the connection light would begin flashing and you can only resolve it by rebooting the router.

The problem only seems to occur when I leave utorrent running since I left the PC on overngiht last night with just the anti virus running a thorough check and it was working fine (still connected) this morning.

So I thought hmm its old perhaps its on its way out so I ordered a new router (virgin was giving it away free with the level of BB I have), its a NETGEAR WGR614 v9.

It came and I installed it, everything seemed fine apart from the fact I couldnt get a green connection on utorrent (in fact it was red), even though I had forwarded the relevant port and when i checked the port with a port checking program it said the port was open but the automated check you get when clicking on "test if port is forwarded properly" that online test says it isnt.

Anyway I was getting some DL and UP so it was enough for a test, I left the PC and router on overnight and when I got up in the morning I had exactly the same problem - the new router had disconnected connection to the internet.

I am at a loss to explain what is causing this problem, at first I thought it might be Kapersky but i uninstalled that and put AVAST back and the problem still occurs, I cant think of anything else that has changed in the short term.

Thanks for any forthcoming advice ;)

ryoden · 03-16-2009, 03:50 AM

It's ok I have fixed it now - in case anyone has a similar problem it was the downstream rate.

03-15-2009, 04:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
ryoden Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Vista home premium 64	Odd conectivity problem Hi, first some brief background. I live in the UK, I am with Virgin media ISP on 10mb cable. I have 2 computers, 1 older version running xp pro (not used much) and my main (4 months old PC) running Vista Home premium 64 bit - dual core with 4 GB RAM. For the past 6 years I have been using utorrent and my belkin router with no problems at all. Recently however (since about January 2009) my router seemed to develop an odd issue, if I left the PC online 24/7 (or any long period) with utorrent running it would for no apparent reason drop connection with the internet totally (cant browse or anything) - the connection light would begin flashing and you can only resolve it by rebooting the router. The problem only seems to occur when I leave utorrent running since I left the PC on overngiht last night with just the anti virus running a thorough check and it was working fine (still connected) this morning. So I thought hmm its old perhaps its on its way out so I ordered a new router (virgin was giving it away free with the level of BB I have), its a NETGEAR WGR614 v9. It came and I installed it, everything seemed fine apart from the fact I couldnt get a green connection on utorrent (in fact it was red), even though I had forwarded the relevant port and when i checked the port with a port checking program it said the port was open but the automated check you get when clicking on "test if port is forwarded properly" that online test says it isnt. Anyway I was getting some DL and UP so it was enough for a test, I left the PC and router on overnight and when I got up in the morning I had exactly the same problem - the new router had disconnected connection to the internet. I am at a loss to explain what is causing this problem, at first I thought it might be Kapersky but i uninstalled that and put AVAST back and the problem still occurs, I cant think of anything else that has changed in the short term. Thanks for any forthcoming advice ;) Last edited by ryoden; 03-15-2009 at 04:30 AM.

03-16-2009, 03:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
ryoden Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Vista home premium 64	Re: Odd conectivity problem It's ok I have fixed it now - in case anyone has a similar problem it was the downstream rate.