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bitcomet_client_issues_and_possible_solutions [2012/03/07 12:23] greywizard Added new topic : How can I transfer my tasks to another computer? |
bitcomet_client_issues_and_possible_solutions [2012/08/28 08:42] greywizard [When BitComet is running my router/modem reboots itself or freezes. Why is this happening and what can I do to fix this?] |
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The main issue here, is related to a technology employed by your router/ | The main issue here, is related to a technology employed by your router/ | ||
In short, what this does for you is allowing you to use multiple devices in your personal home LAN (Local Area Network), while having/ | In short, what this does for you is allowing you to use multiple devices in your personal home LAN (Local Area Network), while having/ | ||
- | NAT does this by translating the private IP addresses used by the devices in your LAN (PCs, servers, etc.) to the public IP address (which your ISP assigns to you), for all the outgoing traffic of your network, and vice-versa, translating the public IP to the private IP addresses each device on your LAN uses, for all incoming traffic going to any of your local devices. | + | NAT does this by translating the private IP addresses used by the devices in your LAN (PCs, servers, etc.) to the public IP address (which your ISP assigns to you), for all the outgoing traffic of your network, and vice-verse, translating the public IP to the private IP addresses each device on your LAN uses, for all incoming traffic going to any of your local devices. |
It doesn' | It doesn' | ||
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The NAT process does that by using a //NAT session table// which keeps tabs of which port is mapped to which local IP address, so that it may forward incoming reply traffic to the proper local device on the LAN. | The NAT process does that by using a //NAT session table// which keeps tabs of which port is mapped to which local IP address, so that it may forward incoming reply traffic to the proper local device on the LAN. | ||
- | As you may have guessed, this NAT table is hosted into the router' | + | As you may have guessed, this NAT table is hosted into the router' |
While better equipments have no problem in handling the great number of connections initiated by a BitTorrent client, others do. This isn't to say that the respective device is a bad one per se (it will probably work OK in most other situations), | While better equipments have no problem in handling the great number of connections initiated by a BitTorrent client, others do. This isn't to say that the respective device is a bad one per se (it will probably work OK in most other situations), | ||
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- Next, set the // | - Next, set the // | ||
- (Optional) If you're using Windows XP, you may also want to set the number of maximum embryonic connections allowed by Windows to something a little higher than the default 10 (by using the [[bitcomet_options# | - (Optional) If you're using Windows XP, you may also want to set the number of maximum embryonic connections allowed by Windows to something a little higher than the default 10 (by using the [[bitcomet_options# | ||
- | - If after doing all the above your problem still isn't solved, then it means that the culprit here is probably the UDP transport protocol. BitComet may communicate with very large number of different IPs using UDP, on account of DHT messages which use UDP as a transport protocol | + | |
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An option in BitComet, that you can use to contain this effect, is // | An option in BitComet, that you can use to contain this effect, is // | ||
- | Summed with the 200 you set for TCP, this will give a max number of 500 entries BitComet can place any minute in the NAT table. | + | Summed with the 200 you set for TCP, this will give a max number of 500 entries BitComet can place any minute in the NAT table, on behalf of outgoing traffic. |
If the above settings work for you, then you should start to gradually increase the values until you find some values which make the issue re-appear and then stay below that threshold. For instance, you may try to first increase the number of TCP connections, | If the above settings work for you, then you should start to gradually increase the values until you find some values which make the issue re-appear and then stay below that threshold. For instance, you may try to first increase the number of TCP connections, |