[MillieJ]

Ok, here goes:

I tried torch as a main browser for a week now, and it's quite nice. =)

Basically, it's just like Chrome only with a couple useful features added to it - a Video button for quick download of online videos, and a built in torrent.
(There's also a Share button for quick sharing of the current page on facebook, but that's a pretty simple feature - so not that interesting...)

Video - catches videos from youtube and other services pretty good. I also managed to download videos from vimeo, dailymotion, etc. It downloads in the format used by the website, so you can't really choose which format you want. But - if you view the video in a higher resolution it will download in that higher resolution as well.

Torrent - the nice thing here is that you can download torrents just like any other file, and that you don't need an external torrent client. Even with magnet links - you click on them and that's it. The client is quite simple, so I don't think it's a perfect replacement for things like utorrent or vuse, but it should be perfect for users who don't want to complicate torrent handling...
Speed was ok...

All in all - it looks ok. A bit crashy, but my Chrome crashes too sometimes...

Cheers!
Mill

P.S.
If anyone else cares to give it a try - I'll be glad to hear what you thought =)

[MurderFace]

googled the zyxel p660hw-t1 v3 bittorrent flood protection problem and i was led here, decided to investigate my own modems settings and i found a tab under firewall called thresholds, looks like some sort of ip flood protection but my understanding of the settings wasnt too great so i just turned off the firewall and bittorrent was working fine and i could also browse so i left it off and stuck a software firewall onto my box which is working fine.

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1337 haXX0r ^^^

[MurderFace]

ah gway out of that, at least i didnt succumb to "just get a new modem"

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Look at the number of your post...

[MurderFace]

And? Didnt realise my post count had anything to do with bittorrent

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Oh nevermind...

[MurderFace]

OHHHHHHHH i just seen it there lolz

[vibe666]

Originally Posted by MurderFace

googled the zyxel p660hw-t1 v3 bittorrent flood protection problem and i was led here, decided to investigate my own modems settings and i found a tab under firewall called thresholds, looks like some sort of ip flood protection but my understanding of the settings wasnt too great so i just turned off the firewall and bittorrent was working fine and i could also browse so i left it off and stuck a software firewall onto my box which is working fine.

disabling your router's firewall is a very bad idea and a software firewall on your pc is no substitute for the firewall on your router.

Originally Posted by MurderFace

ah gway out of that, at least i didnt succumb to "just get a new modem"

30-40 quid will get you a decent router that will last for years and can run custom firmwares like ddwrt or tomato which will solve all your problems.

ISP's generally give out cheap, crappy routers/modems with very few useful features. turning off the router's firewall to get around a problem with bittorrent is like taking the doors off a crappy car because they don't open properly and you have trouble getting in and out. it might solve your immediate problem, but it isn't safe. "get a car with better doors" is much better advice.

[tetsujin1979]

could you recommend a router? I'm having a similar problem and only have the bog standard router from the supplier.

[zerks]

Using uTorrent? Getting bored while waiting for your files to finish downloading? Why not play some Tetris. Go to your uTorrent window, click on Help -> About uTorrent and when that window appears hit CTRL+T on your keyboard and voila! Good old Tetris

[Dr. Ego]

Originally Posted by MurderFace

googled the zyxel p660hw-t1 v3 bittorrent flood protection problem and i was led here, decided to investigate my own modems settings and i found a tab under firewall called thresholds, looks like some sort of ip flood protection but my understanding of the settings wasnt too great so i just turned off the firewall and bittorrent was working fine and i could also browse so i left it off and stuck a software firewall onto my box which is working fine.

Like my learned friend above, MurderFace, I've just installed a Zyxel P-660HW-T1 v3 & appear to have the same issue.
Once I run utorrent all browsers becomes unusable, all connections time out.
After the download finishes I remove the seeding file & exit utorrent the problem still persists.
I have to reboot the router & the PC to regain connections.

Any ideas beyond turning off my firewall ?
Thanks

[MarkY91]

what settings should i use in utorrent to get the best speeds? 50mb upc internet with epc 3925 modem..just got it yesterday and just cant get good speeds with it

[Dr. Ego]

Originally Posted by MurderFace

googled the zyxel p660hw-t1 v3 bittorrent flood protection problem and i was led here, decided to investigate my own modems settings and i found a tab under firewall called thresholds, looks like some sort of ip flood protection but my understanding of the settings wasnt too great so i just turned off the firewall and bittorrent was working fine and i could also browse so i left it off and stuck a software firewall onto my box which is working fine.

Originally Posted by Dr. Ego

Like my learned friend above, MurderFace, I've just installed a Zyxel P-660HW-T1 v3 & appear to have the same issue.
Once I run utorrent all browsers becomes unusable, all connections time out.
After the download finishes I remove the seeding file & exit utorrent the problem still persists.
I have to reboot the router & the PC to regain connections.

Any ideas beyond turning off my firewall ?
Thanks

I'm typing this as I torrent so I've had some success after a bit of googling.

Go Network - Nat - Max NAT/Firewall Session Per User
I doubled mine from 512 to 1028

Then go Security - Firewall & set to Low

Hope this helps

[DavyD_83]

Originally Posted by MarkY91

what settings should i use in utorrent to get the best speeds? 50mb upc internet with epc 3925 modem..just got it yesterday and just cant get good speeds with it

Hi Mark. did you have any joy getting this set up?
I've been googling and digging around for a good while now and I think i may have made my own situation worse
Would love a simple set of screenshots