New Modem Kills Internet Connection When Torrenting
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:19 am
Hi all, new here. I have been using qBittorrent for a few years with my old internet setup with no problems including through a VPN with a kill switch. I now have fast (for Australia) wireless internet at home with a new TP Link TL-WR841N router hooked up to 50mbps wireless. The router came preconfigured and hooks into another box and dish on my roof. It works fine for everything else I have tried on the internet. I can connect my VPN to it ok with a kill switch running and the web surfing work ok.
However, when I flash up qBittorrent and start up a download of a torrent I run into trouble. It starts ok and runs for a minute or so building up speed. I have the overall download speed throttled back to not use much at present, only around 1.5mbps. At about a minute in, the speed suddenly drops off and I have to reboot the modem to enable it to communicate with my computer again. I have tried with wi-fi and ethernet cable, I have tried all sorts of settings and have gone through a few dozen suggestions on other sites. Nothing works for me. Is the problem to do with my VPN? Is there some setting in the router put there by the ISP that snoops and kills torrents? I am at my wits end on how to configure things to work again.
I am using an Apple iMac 27-inch running latest version of os High Sierra 10.13. I am using the latest version of qBittorrent 4.1.0. I am using IP Vanish ver 3.0.11 with OpenVPN UDP on port 443.
I would really appreciate any advice from anyone familiar with Macs, qBittorrent and VPN and hopefully with this modem.
However, when I flash up qBittorrent and start up a download of a torrent I run into trouble. It starts ok and runs for a minute or so building up speed. I have the overall download speed throttled back to not use much at present, only around 1.5mbps. At about a minute in, the speed suddenly drops off and I have to reboot the modem to enable it to communicate with my computer again. I have tried with wi-fi and ethernet cable, I have tried all sorts of settings and have gone through a few dozen suggestions on other sites. Nothing works for me. Is the problem to do with my VPN? Is there some setting in the router put there by the ISP that snoops and kills torrents? I am at my wits end on how to configure things to work again.
I am using an Apple iMac 27-inch running latest version of os High Sierra 10.13. I am using the latest version of qBittorrent 4.1.0. I am using IP Vanish ver 3.0.11 with OpenVPN UDP on port 443.
I would really appreciate any advice from anyone familiar with Macs, qBittorrent and VPN and hopefully with this modem.