How to stop router from "Overloading"?

[Boops De Dooper]

I have a TP-LINK WR740N.And I will admit that I am a very power user of Internet.I could eat up 50 GB in a week.(Thank you ISP for unlimited data).A lot of time I find that if I am downloading large files while watching videos and browsing the web my internet just drops off.And no this is not an ISP issue.Completly router related.

 

[bill001g]

It would likely be a bug in the router if it does that. The router should handle quite a bit of traffic and all that normally happens when you exceed to capacity of the router all that happens is you get slower traffic and maybe some traffic loss. It does not actually crash the router.

 

[nukemaster]

Older routers used to crash trying to keep up with lots of connections. This is common on P2P networks/applications.

If you have this issue, reduce the number of connections in your client.

Also ensure you have the latest firmware for your router.

 

[Boops De Dooper]

Older routers used to crash trying to keep up with lots of connections. This is common on P2P networks/applications.

If you have this issue, reduce the number of connections in your client.

Also ensure you have the latest firmware for your router.

Im not sure about it being old but cheap, yes.I dont feel very well about updating the firmware since an ISP guy gave it to us from his home.So dont want to tinker with it.I only have 2 clients.My phone and my computer.

 

[nukemaster]

Do you happen to use bit torrent(for legal reasons clearly)? if so reduce the connection count to see if it helps.

A router is no good for you if it can not handle what you are doing. If you can not update to try to fix it, you may have to look at alternatives.

 

[makkem]

Hi
Are you sure it's not an ISP problem,a lot of ISPs throttle torrent sites.