Chronic777 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Hey i got a linksys router i cant remember the name but im 100% it wont let me use p2p apps (unless it could be vista?)Everytime i open a torrent/p2p app i lose any web usage and nothing downloads, what router should i buy to make sure i dont have problems?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pats0 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I don't think there is anything wrong with your router, you just need to either use good QoS (Quality of service) or limit your utorrent bandwidth and connections so that you can still browse. Also your router may be holding established connections for too long. Refer to the uTorrent FAQ if this is occuring. For more info on how to set up QoS I suggest you go to http://www.linksysinfo.org/. If you have a WRT54G, GL, or GS that can support custom firmware, I strongly suggest Tomato.I use a Linksys WRT54GL with Tomato 1.13 firmware and it works great. Best router I've ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Tomato 1.14 was released just a week ago, BTW (I haven't upgraded since 1.07 -- too lazy to work through any possibility of failure at the moment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllGamer Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Chronic777 what version and model of Linksys do you have?if you are using v3 of non wireless check this outhttp://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=35075 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronic777 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hey i have a Linksys Wireless G ADSL GatewayWAG 54GSVer 1.1Is this fixable? I dont think its anything to do with net allocation as when i open any P2P software i have NO connection, nothing downloads, i cant use net xplorer, eyt it says its still connected, very frustrating.The router is in the house on the router on my mums pc, do i install firmware there?I run an ethernet (from the router) all the way down the garden to my studio flat at the bottom!If sumone could guide me thru it ill be forever thankfull, i miss my torrents ive been using DC++ for the last 6 months.When i first had this new PC with vista it worked fine thenone day it got worse and worse then no P2P for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllGamer Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 oh for you is EASY! just get a 3rd party firmware, and set it upthe firmware from linksys kinda sucks, once you upgrade to a better firmware for that router your connections problem will be over.there are a lot of choices for 3rd party firmware, try the one you like best.go to this forum http://www.linksysinfo.org/registerthen read, and download the one you think is best for youor just ask people in the forum which one they like the most.that's the problem when you got too many choices, LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Hyper-WRT, DD-WRT, and tomato (linked above)... not REALLY that many choices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 There are a bunch of others; they're just not as widely used. OpenWrt serves as a base for a bunch of other third-party firmwares, and then there's always that Sveasoft Alchemy that one needs to pay for (ugh).In the end, I'd say Tomato is the easiest to use without dumbing things down that much. DD-WRT is very powerful, but it didn't run too well on my WRT54GL, so it got the boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronic777 Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Ok my version is WAG54GS 1.1 NOT WRT, WAG. Does that mean tomato wont work with it?I also have no idea what GUI my mum uses for the router, ive searched linksys in her PC search but nothing comes up, so where do i upgrade from, i dont think tomato supports WAG only WRT anyway.What do i do?Please help this really sucks, remember WAG54GS 1.1!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllGamer Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 update!i decided to try the same thing and read the results http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=35291mine is version 1.0 lucky i got the 8Mb version (which expands to a 32 Mb RAM? that always got me confused)from the list of support devices seems like only seems like only "WAG54GP2 (ONLY VERSION 2)" i guess you are out of luck?are you sure is WAG54GS and not WRT54GS ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronic777 Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 100%So back to the original thread title What router should i buy thats very good and fast And simple so when my mum gets back form holiday she doesnt even question that i changed the router I live i UK if that makes a diff?Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllGamer Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 buy any Linksys WRT54GS or WRT54 seriesthen load DD WRT firmware, and you are good to gothose 3 ~ 4 models all looks the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Buy a WRT54GL, the new G and GS have far too little RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 They certainly look the same, but the non-GL models suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronic777 Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 So if i buy a Linksys WRT54GL and download the latest tomato ill be ok?When i looked on my mum pc for the firmware or interface for the linksys wag54 router shes got i couldnt find anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 IINM, that router has no third-party firmwares, so there's no point checking what firmware it's using, because it's more-or-less guaranteed to be a Linksys firmware.Assuming you tried everything else suggested in the first link in my signature regarding interrupted connections, and you determined that the problem was indeed the router, then yes, switching to WRT54GL should help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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