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Why does using bittorrent for 10+ hours force me to reset my router in order to reconnect to the internet?

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I leave bittorrent on overnight and it works well for maybe 10 hours (300k/s+ on a good torrent), after which my connection stops working (can't call up web pages). Once I reset the router my connection is fine again. (I also reset the cable modem -- I'll have to test whether that is necessary to fix it.) How can I solve this problem so I can torrent without dropping my connection? I am using uTorrent (same problem happens with BitComet), XP, Comcast, and a Belkin Router F5D7230-4.

I notice in this question http://www.experts-exchange.com/Gamers/MMORPG/Q_22928768.html the guy says:

Was a problem with the number of connections my router was letting us use. I was maxing out connections with the game server and torrents. I loaded custom firmware (Firmware Version v4.71.1, Hyperwrt 2.1b1 + Thibor15c) and changed the max connections to 4096 and now everything DLs super fast and never times out.

and then in this question: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Security/Misc/Q_21725347.html someone says:

your router might(!!) have a common flaw. Each connection (attempt) creates a table entry within the router's NAT table. Since p2p means 500 or more concurrent sessions after a day or two permanent p2p activity the router might get in trouble with a full NAT table, forcing a manual router reboot. This happens if the router doesn't clean up his NAT table after a connection is stalled, broken, finished.

I am wondering if these might be relevant to my problem, and what I can do to fix it. Thanks for your help.

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