up load and down load problems

[firefighterneo71]

just having alot of problems with down load and upload speeds . i have a motorola surf board cable modem and a linksys 4 port router NR401 . i just recently got rid on my old  windows 98se computer and got a xp dell dimension 2400 transfered my winmx 3.53 with patch to it and im suddenly having issues keeping my conection for longer than hour . it seems to loss conection and reconect after a few minutes which i loss all my ques and it terminates conection with thoses that dl from me . ive also noticed that upload and down load speeds are terrible , very very slow . ive configured every thing threw my fire wall as instructed in your help page . im running etrust personal firewall which is idenical to zone alarm . also when i try to connect as primary as per your help pages i get a connection but no one seems to be able to connect with me and i get nothing as far as searches . ive triied switching to the new winmx 3.54 and i get the same results . ive even turned off my fire wall  and get the same results . what could be causing this ? ive even tried my old windows 98 computer and im having the same issues with it now . ive been a long time user of winmx and have never had this many problems with it can some one please help 911?

[Me Here]

Sounds like your router may not be configured to allow WinMx Ports correctly.

Also since your using XP remember that you also have a firewall there.  Be Sure its either turned off or configured to allow WinMx ports as per
https://www.winmxworld.com/tutorials/firewall.html
for either Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 1.

Your Linksys router is also going to need the ports forwarded, you can find information on that here:
https://www.winmxworld.com/tutorials/routers_info.html

Once these are done you should be able to get search results with a primary connection.

[sean gluth]

ive configed my router ive mapped my fire walls and still having the same problem triing to conect with others on primary . and on secondary its still the same problem to . please help any one know the 1800fixmywinmx  number

[sean gluth]

could it be the filtering process that some internet providers are doing there some big debate about it in other forums . ive noticed im timing out alot during the connection process .

[Me Here]

Sean your right there are some ISPs that are filtering and making uploads and even some downloads nearly impossible for folks...

Can you tell me a bit more about your system and who is your ISP?
What router do you have?
What firewalls and antivirus are you using too?

[sean gluth]

i have a dell xp sp2 diminsions 2400 and my isp is adelphia/comcast

linksys network everywhere nr041 router

etrust personal firewall which is idenical to zone alarms
etrust virus protection

i have the windows fire wall turned off

winmx was working great up untill the beggining of april and im  running winmx 3.53 ive triied 3.54 but  was having the same problems with files timing out before dl or really slow downloading speeds that didnt last very long before they eventually timed out 

ive tried switching to a primary conection i get more people triing to down load files from me but they get timed out and never connect . i also cant seem to pull up any searches either in primary . ive configed every thing as per the wed sites instructions from my router stactic ip to my fire wall and still the same problem .

is there any hope for me ?

[Me Here]

I hate baring bad news...

Comcast was one of the first to begin deploying filtering and blocking software on their customers.. from what you saying to me about how its working on secondary, sounds like they have you as well.

In the past its been possible to do some port sailing and fall under their radar so to speak.. but lately its not making alot of difference to change ports.  Most folks wind up going to a dsl company instead as its usually Cable companies that do this to their customers..

I am not suggesting you cant try some ports to see if it helps you.  You change them in the WinMx Settings > Incoming TCP and IN/OUT UDP areas..

Here is a list of several that should not be blocked with the older methods of shaping:
https://forum.winmxworld.com/index.php?topic=1206.0.html

Let me know if you find ones that work for you please..

[sean gluth]

i triied a few of thoughs with no luck . ive even call a friend of mine that a computer wiz at adelphia he claims there not using any sort of filter blocking of p2p networks so im at a lost to understand what to do next .

[Me Here]

You wont like this one but my best suggestion is to Call a dsl company in your area next..

[comcrapsux]

My user name says it all!   

I've dealt with these morons for quite a while now and they claim the port blocking is to prevent the spread of viruses! Believe that and I have a slightly used London Bridge for sale if anyone is interested...

They also disconnect you when you pass their double secret upload threshold, although they will deny it on their customer support and their (lack of) technical support lines. Nor do they mention it in any of their blinding speed and unlimited access bla, bla, bla ads...

The trick I've found is when they disconnect you, go unplug your modem for about 1 minute (even though your internet activity light is still flashing and the link light looks normal) and then plug it back it and Presto you're back in business...

[sean gluth]

well i got it figured out i was the vontage cable phone hook up that my wife added threw ethernet from the router to the computer . silly huh . ive got primary connection now going both ways but it still incredibly slow is there any way to speed it up ?

[sean gluth]

update ---- my upload speeds are good but my download speed for files im triing to download are very slow any suggections ?

[Me Here]

Thats great Sean, most things wrong with a computer are something we all go 'silly huh' at.. so glad thats ok..

I cant say i exactly trust your friend at adelphia about the throttles or blocking but its not that person per say, but the company.. they make it policy not to admit this to most folks that ask.. which makes it seem even more of a con then anything I think,,the lies..

But giving adelphia the benefit of the doubt, there is not alot you can do to increase your download speeds really.  Its completely dependent on the other users your receiving from.  Most users, infact all that I know of their upload speeds are much slower then their download speeds.. which means you can only get as fast as they can give.

That said, you can try adjusting your Allocated Bandwidth, you'll find it in WinMx Peer Network section of Settings.  Increase this to about 10 kb/s Out and see if it helps some, dont go past that number because you will only slow yourself not get faster, this increases your resources your giving to the network also but can increase your speeds to a certain point. 

You can also limit your Outgoing Bandwidth, this sometimes will help divert some of your bandwidth to the task of downloading instead of uploads.  You can find out more about what number to limit that at here:
https://www.winmxworld.com/scripts/bandwidth/
This is a script that tests your bandwidth, so its best to visit this page with everything except WinMx and the page off.  Then follow the directions it gives you for setting your limits.

Let me know if this helps you.