Downloading disconnects me

[huhndiddy15]

Alright so I am running into this problem. If I'm downloading files directly from the internet, my connection seems to be fine. However, when I attempt to download torrents however, the download slows down to a crawl and I am then disconnected from the internet. Usually this also messes up my connection and the only solution is to restart my computer or reset my router. I'm wondering why its doing this. I am connecting using a wireless router. Also, the computer I'm using is new and running Vista. My old computer did not have this problem using the same router and was running XP. I'm just wondering what the problem is. Any help is appreciated.

 

[PC eye]

How old is the router? And does that see a host pc while you are on a second machine?

The reason for that question is seeing one of the XP builds here go out of sync with a wired dsl setup for some time. Lately this build seeing both versions now gets knocked out without even being bogged down with any large download but sitting idle online with the old router.

Wireless routers are even more touchy since you practically have to have the desktop or laptop sitting right on top of the router itself since the range is limited to close proximity! I've heard this from a few here at CF.

It sounds like the torrent is pulling down too hard for the amount of signal to handle causing you to get knocked offline. Yet a friend's wife has satellite internet and no loss of connection over the wireless router type. Figure that one out since weather patterns or orbit position can see black out periods.

 

[huhndiddy15]

Yeah internet connections are weird. The router is only maybe half a year old and actually works with other torrent type downloads like the Blizzard downloader. I routinely say download speeds around my limit. When using other torrent programs though, it will download around that same speed, maybe even slightly less, yet it still disconnects. I suspect it might have something to do with Vista but who knows. My old computer used the exact same router and was in the exact same position so I don't think its a distance thing.

 

[PC eye]

Besides distance there are a few other things to consider besides just being a newer version of Windows. Yet since it is at the same time the router originally saw XP running on the old system you had that may not have been seeing IE activity in the background if you are now using things like MS messenger, AOL, or something else taking up some of the bandwidth.

The other thought is that the total bandwidth available now is less then seen when the old case was in use. Or Vista isn't fully syncronizing itself with that particular router like XP did before. Sometimes the drivers may need to be updated since the first out for any type of product seem to be trial runs with fixes in updates seen later.