(Very) slow Internet with DLing with BT

Hey guys.

Got a problem I thought and hoped you might be able to help me with. I will try to explain my situation the best I can so I can hopefully get some input on what to do.

First my setup:

I have Comcast High Speed Internet in the SF Bay Area. I have a Linksys WTR54G (I think that's the number) wireless/wireed 56G router hooked up to it.

I have:

1. Desktop PC wired directly to the Router via ethernet. This PC is set up with a static IP address.

2. Laptop with automatic IP connection via wireless G.

3. Second Desktop in another room also on auto IP connecting with wireless g.

I occationally use Bittorrent to download files. I have some ports open for BT in my routers config to make downloads come through better. But the problem is when I download ANYTHING it brings normal internet broswing literally to a standstill. I get "the operation timed out when try to blah blah" messages." It affects all the computers, including the one I am downloading on. My downloads on BT are speedy as can be, and accept any DL speed limit I set, but this had no affect in helping to restore normal web browsing bandwitdh.

At first I thought maybe the BT's are just taking too much of my bandwidth so I slow down the max download... but it did not help at all. The only thing that helps is stopping the downloads alltogether but I am of course trying to fix this problem so I can download AND surf normally.

One odd thing is I play World of Warcraft and even when I download, it doesn't affect the games connection or my latency at all. I dont know why that is.

I beleive my problem lies somewhere in my port forwarding, though I admit I don't know much about networking. It seems by having the port open for the BT program (azeureus) whenever that is "In use" it like shuts down all other access. I don't have any firewall active let me also mention.

What can I do to fix this? Would another Bittorrent app work better? I have only ever tried Azureus so I don't even know what else is out there. Do I have something set wrong?

Thank you for any help!

-Adam

I've tried different ones. Upload is set very low, like 10-20. I tried varying download from 100, down to 10 and still the simple internet browsing is pretty much non-existant until I stop the bittorrent download all together.

Hey guys I am sorry I think I need to proof read better. My brother is not download itself with bittorrent, it's that when I am downloading anything it brings my normal websurfing to a STANDSTILL. I tried the obvious like limiting my download speeds on BT but the only thing that actually works is to stop my download all together. My port forwarding as far as BT goes is working just fine. It just seems that when that port is in use... everything else is nil.

I am sorry if I did not make my problem clearer. I'm gonna go proof read my first post.