Hi
I am new to this and I think I have sorted the problem with this Sky
Netgear DG834GT Router with its constant slow speeds and line drops. I
had my BT line enabled on Monday and had been phoning Sky everyday to
fix the problem, but everytime they done a line test my line was
perfect (1500KBS download and 700KBS upload) but I was downloading
files at speeds of 24kbs i.e. a 15MB file took me 30mins to download so
I knew there was somthing definitley wrong and so did many of the
people on these forums. I was having to constantly reboot my router to
fix the problem!!!
This is how I sorted the problem:
1) Have you subscribed to 'Sky By Broadband'? If yes, what Sky By
Broadband does is it downloads the movies you have requested everytime
you go on the internet. You DO NOT have to be logged in to Sky By
Broadband to download movies, once you go online it automatically
begins downloading the movies at super speeds taking up a lot of your
bandwidth. The only way to stop this is by logging into Sky By
Broadband and deleting the movies. If you delete the movies directly
from your hard drive, Sky By Broadband begins to download them again,
so, the only way to actually delete the movies is by logging into the
Sky By Broadband software and deleting it from there.
2) Log onto the router and turn off the UPNP. This should fix the
problem, but, you will have to configure any Torrent Software you have
as well as your antivirus software to accept torrents.
I have written the step by step guide for configuring Azureus and my
PC-Cillin Anti-virus:
a) Open Azureus;
b) Click 'Tools' - 'NAT / Firewall Test' and make a note of the
incoming TCP Port, in my case and in this example is 51445
c) Log into you router via
http://192.168.0.1 USERNAME: admin PASSWORD:
sky
d) Click 'UPNP' and make a note of what you see, it should look
somthing like this
Active. Protocol. Int Port. Ext. Port IP Address
YES. UDP. 51445. 51445 192.168.0.2
YES. TCP. 51445. 51445 192.168.0.2
If you see nothing click refresh.
e) Turn UPNP off
f) Click 'Services' and then click 'Add Custom Service'
g) Fill it out with these details
Service Definition
Name: AZUREUS
Type: TCP/UDP
Start Port: 51445 (basically whatever your Azureus Incoming TCP Port)
Finish Port: 51445 (again whatever your Azureus Incoming TCP Port)
h) click 'APPLY'
i) Now click 'Firewall Rules'
j) click 'Add' for the Outbound Services.
Service: AZUREUS(TCP/UDP:51445)
Action: ALLOW ALWAYS
Click 'Apply'
k) Now go 'Firewall Rules' - Inbound Services.
Service: AZUREUS(TCP/UDP:51445)
Action: ALLOW ALWAYS
Send to LAN Server: 192.168.0.2 (basically whatever your UPNP IP
Address was for Azureus)
Click 'Apply'
TO CONFIGURE PC-CILLIN:
PC-cillin 2005 Users
1) Go to Network Security - Personal Firewall and highlight your
connection (denoted with a green dot)
2) Select the Edit - Exception list tab.
3) Click Add and enter a description; e.g., "Azureus".
4) Click "Specified Application" and enter the path to javaw.exe
(Azureus v2.3.0.4) or azureus.exe (v2.3.0.6 and newer).
5) For connection, select "Incoming"; for Action, select "Allow."
6) On protocol select TCP.
7) Select Specified Ports and type the port number you wish to use in
the box (please also view why you should consider changing the 6881
standard port)
8) Ensure IP setting is on All IP Addresses.
9) Press OK to return to Personal Firewall Profile window, and press OK
on this window as well
10) Press Apply.
11) Now in the Azureus window go to Tools - NAT/Firewall test and hit
the Test button you should get TESTING PORT XXXXX ...OK!
12) Repeat the above steps, but on protocol select UDP.
The Todal wrote:
"Gaz" wrote in message
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kráftéé wrote:
ian wrote:
The most important thing to do is check if it is v1,2 or 3. It
should say either underneath or within the set up page. Once you
download the correct file it will update - just don't do it via the
wireless connection. Do it via the supplied lead or it buggers it
up. I have the same router and it is a V3 on the latest firmware.
I
find running Bit Torrent tend to crash it quite often.
Which is a good reason to trade up & get something like a Draytek
2600, steady as a rock & that's after finding that the Netgear 834g,
the 3Com Office connect, the D-Link 604T & a Linksys which I got rid
of the same day so I can't tell you the model, all fell over in their
own way whilst running continual P2P sessions. Hell I even procured a
Cisco router to give that a go as well, I got that fed up with the
problem.
Go for the Draytek, it's cheaper than the Cisco, would be my advice
Wont be much good for sky broadband, because as of yet, no one has being
able to use a non sky router.
The method is set out he
http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/showt...light=firmware
The risks a it could f*ck up your router if you are not very careful (or
maybe even if you are very careful), and it puts you in breach of your Sky
contract which requires you to use only the Sky router. Presumably the worst
that could happen would be a termination of your sky broadband service and a
chance to sign up with a more expensive ISP.