"editor" <abbas@hussainicalgary.com> wrote in news:1119210133.577877.317960
@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
In dealing with the few routers that I've run across (one is the DSL-500CZ
I use for my personal DSL access), it seems that all of them had developed
a "clogged pipe" attitude. Only a power off/on reset would bring it to
life. Until then, no ping response, no data routed through it.
Putting together several pieces of information, my solution was to "port
forward" several well-known ports to non-existant local IP addresses. For
example, ports 80, 21, and 25 were forwarded to 192.168.0.120 - knowing
that there never will exist a time that this IP address will be in use.
After I did that, as well as having forwarded common ports for Kazaa,
LimeWire, Instant Messaging, etc, I have never had a clogged pipe since.
I like to think of it as the router now having a dumping ground for packets
that come in looking for servers (your IP address may have once been used
by someone before you running a P2P application). The router can, in a
sense, instantly offload them.
I know it sounds completely idiotic, but it's been the solution for this
router and the BFSR7004(?) routers I've installed for several of my
clients.
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