Hooray!
I set the ports for Tradestation, and that seems to have done the trick! It appears to be giving me higher priority to those packets, since the delays seem to be reduced.
Thanks for the help!
However, when I changed my switch from "auto" to "on", I noticed that the bit torrent software download slowed down and the software (it's called Vuze) indicated that I might have a NAT problem. It uses yellow lights and green lights to indicate good or poor connectivity. I have completed the Open Office software download, so this isn't an urgent issue. However, I recall that with my previous router, I had to tweak some things so that the downloads would move smoothly and the green light would come on. Vuze is set up to use port 61976 in both TCP and UDP. I set them to "low" priority in the QoS. Vuze also indicates that is uses the same "listening" port for both TCP and UDP.
1) To correct this situation, do I have to set up port forwarding and/or tweak the NAT settings? There doesn't appear to be much on the NAT tab except to "enable" it. The check mark is in place and it is "enabled" under the default setting.
2) Could this be the reason why I'm getting this NAT error, because I need to set up port forwarding?
3) Would it also be useful to establish port forwarding for Tradestation? Would this provide me any advantage in maintaining or improving my connection to the TS servers?
Message Edited by sbenard on 08-26-2009 12:54 PM