Help on torrent downloads dropping my connection

Problem short version: My connection will drop when I download using bit torrent.

Problem long version: I was able to setup the wireless connection and am able to surf the web and play online games. I am also able to view the router as a UPnP device in My Network Places. The problem is when I start my bit torrent client (Azureus, regular not vuze. It did update to version 3), it was able to download at a regular speed for about 5 mins then my connection would drop (The download speed would drop to < 1kb); I won't be able to surf the web or play online games. I am also unable to view the router using My network Places nor by manually typing the URL. It's like I don't have a connection anymore. To get my connetion back I would need to restart the PC plugged to the wireless adapter and the router, restarting only 1 of them won't work. The weird thing is that the PC connected via LAN cable to the router can download via bit torrent before and after the one connected via wireless got dropped.

My Setup: I got a linksys WRT54G router connected via LAN cable to a nearby PC and a Netgear wireless adapter (WG111v3) connected to another computer, they are seperated by a closed door and approx 5 meters away from each other.

Steps I did:

1.) I tried to reinstall the wireless adapter.
2.) I tried to reinstall the router. Rerun the setup and configuration disk.
3.) I tried reinstalling both wireless adapter and router before using the torrent client.
4.) I tried working on the NAT problem being reported by the torrent client. I tried the steps outlined in portforwarding.com. This results into:
1.) My net stops working altogether.
2.) After a few more changes, my net got back but the torrent problem is still there.
Note: There is no NAT problem in there first 5 mins or so. It will report a good connection for those first 5 mins then report a NAT error.
5.) I tried letting windows manage the wireless adapter instead of netgear's software. No change, same problem.

Notes:
1.)As long as I do not use the torrent, my connection will not drop. I can play games or surf the net for hours. Even keep the connection idle for hours and come back and I can still surf.
2.) My signal strength is usually at good (3 bars).

My friend is thinking that the problem is because I used a netgear adapter on a linksys router and I should have used linksys for both. I want to try toms first before I go out and buy myself a linksys adapter.

Can anyone help me on this.

Hi did u ever find a solution to your problem? i have the same . I figure it is because my wireless adaptor model is differant from my router and modem model???? works fine when i use a cable but drops for the wireless.......

check out the help section on vuse. The cable company is throttling you down due to traffic. Go to intermediate level and encrypt you file transfer. This will usually hide the transfer from your provider and boost speed back to normal but will slow your cpu a little.

Again Vuse ->tools->options->connection->transport encryption

check box- required encryption.....

now files are encrypted and hard to detect as peer to peer.

remember that RCA requires another host to have the same. lot less peers and seeders.

I know this thread is cold, but it came up No. 1 in Google's search on the topic.

I will explain how I resolved this issue.

There is a lot of airyfairy hand waving when it comes to wireless connection problems, so I won't give that here.

You will start - Under network connections in Device manager. Find wireless adapter for your (in this case notebook), and click on advanced settings.

I assume you are using default settings for your router on 192... you know the drill.

Step 1. (This eradicated torrents from dropping my Belkin wireless g connection) If you are using a 11.g connection, go to the device manager under your network connections, and enable only the 11.g connection.

Step 2. (This enabled even less dropouts on my system) "Disable power saving for this device".

I bet this fixes at least 3/4 the issues especially where Belkin g routers are concerned.

Cheers, Blasto.