Tor overwhelms my router

Adam Langley agl at imperialviolet.org
Mon Sep 5 16:59:01 UTC 2005


On 9/5/05, Alan Brause <abrause at widebandtech.com> wrote:
> I finally had to shutdown my Tor server because my Linksys WCG200 NAT
> broadband router can't keep up with Tor and 3 other clients on my LAN.
> The router does not crash outright, but I lose DNS and pings become
> unresponsive.

Linksys aren't known for their shoddy routers, so you might try
upgrading the firmware:

http://www1.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=579

But I don't know if the WCG series deserves the reputation of the WRT54G ones.


AGL

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