PC freezes whilst on internet

[stannie65]

Hi thanks for those that managed to help with my router problem and i now have my bit torrent running

However when running bit torrent my computer, after a short space of time freezes, after 5 secs u can move the mouse again and you can see the download speeds drop off, then it'll freeze again for 5 etc etc until the connection drops off.

i presume it is the high downloading that does this.

can anyone shed any light

running xp, cable internet from a router with bit torrent ports open

thanks

[Thrax]

Do you have a USB ethernet adapter?

[stannie65]

no its a normal phone style ethernet adapter going into a network card, i never had any problems so ipresume its the bit torrent...any more suggestions?

[Thrax]

Bittorrent puts a <i>lot</i> of stress on networking components; if there's a hardware problem, or you have poorly-written drivers, BT is probably going to uncover it. I suggest looking for newer drivers, or borrowing a network card from a friend to see if the issue persists when you substitute your card.

[stannie65]

right....i have gone back to my router and have closed the ports that i opened. my torrents are now all yellow and are crawling, and the computer hasnt frozen so i guess open ports and or high download speed is the problem

can this be done without the computer freezing and dropping off?

[Thrax]

Swap network cards or throttle the download limit, and limit the max upload to 3/4ths of your upload capacity.

[stannie65]

thing is the downloads dont go all that much faster with the ports open they do go a bit quicker but i probably wont bother! thanks though