Author Topic: Incoming Connections Time Out (Read 1457 times)

austindangerpowers · « **on:** March 02, 2007, 03:12:17 pm »

I have been noticing that most of the connections to my files by other users seem to time out. Since i would like to be able to share my files as much as possible, is there anything that i am doing wrong or anything i could do to help this situation?

Me Here · « **Reply #1 on:** March 02, 2007, 04:41:19 pm »

Austin,

Im starting to think you maybe should forward your ports.. To be honest what your describing in this and other posts is either as KM said, users with ports not set and yours are not set.. so the transfers fail, or its your ISP throttling p2p activity.

I would suggest that you come by the Help room as he asked in another post. Instructions are here:
https://forum.winmxworld.com/index.php?topic=4357.0.html

Allan · « **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:18:26 am »

Hi Try using a Different Ports for your Connections, Try ports 563 for TCP and 443 for the UDP packets.
Also make sure you have setup a port forward in your router for those two ports to your PCs IP number and it should work.
I was having the same problem but read a article in the alt.music.mp3.winmx newsgroup that gave the info. ALso dont forget if your using a Firewall program that it is also happy with WinMX

blakley2 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2007, 11:06:03 pm »

Im haveing the same problem, but I fowarded my ports in a linksys, with qos, and its still does'nt work, any suggestions?

Me Here · « **Reply #4 on:** March 20, 2007, 06:20:40 pm »

The linksys is pretty strait forward about what your rules should look like.. however it is a common error to use the Gateway IP instead of the IP Address when making them. So my first suggestion is to check that

Get your current Internal IP by doing this
Click Start > Run > type in cmd
Then click OK
Now in the black box type ipconfig
Hit enter key.

Be sure you get the IP address listed here and NOT the gateway address.

Now go to your router and make sure your rules match that IP
WinMX 6699 - 6699 TCP <insert IP address here> Enable
WinMX 6257 - 6257 UDP <insert same ip> Enable.

You will also want to make sure your WinMX settings match the above ports ie: WinMX Settings > Incoming TCP = Listen on port 6699 & In/Out UDP = Send/receive on port 6257

If these are correct and its still not working you may want to come by the help room to see if we can further assist you, or post more information about your system, antivirus, firewalls etc..

Here are instructions on getting to the Help room on WinMX:
https://forum.winmxworld.com/index.php?topic=4357.0.html

crispyduck · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2007, 10:14:07 am »

Hi, I have been using Winmx for mutter years now, version 3.53. my downloads are slower than my uploads, ATM, I have 2 downloads going at around 3 to 4 K my upload (1) is going 7.8 K. i am running Win2K Pro, Zonealarm, AVG Free. My ISP says that they are NOT throttling P2P progs. AFAIK, my settings are correct, my router is set up for port forwarding to the port 6699 (out) and 6257 (in). My bandwidth throttle is set at 10000000 incoming and 15000 outgoing. I am on 8Mb ADSL. Has anyone got any ideas???? It's doing my head in.

Me Here · « **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2007, 12:22:30 pm »

Hi Crispyduck,

Welcome to WinMxWorld.

I hate to be the one that has to say this all the time.. but your ISP has lied to you. They do infact throttle, its written into thier fair use policy that you will be limited on speeds if your determined to be a heavy user, (frankly, I think they consider anyone using p2p or WinMX a heavy user no matter how much actual bandwidth you use) during peak times of the day. Now thats bad enough however they have now also taken to blocking WinMX being able to connect at all during those times with many custumers as well.

Here is a thread I think you should have a read through.

https://forum.winmxworld.com/index.php?topic=4143.0.html

Keep an eye on this speed problem, does it seem to be better at times and worse at others? (possibly during what they consider peak times)
Do you have your Bandwidth Incoming limited? If so untick that, the number there is irrelevant if its not ticked and you should NEVER limit Incoming Bandwidth.
Are you using Primary on WinMX? If so try secondary for me.

I can reassure you your ports are set fine, your firewall and avg are set fine as well or no connections would take place. Unfortunatly, I fear its Tiscalli doing this to you Crispyduck and its not uncommon for them to lie to customers, or as you see in the above thread try to make them feel guilty and upset them for using a fast ADSL connection they are supposed to be getting and are paying for.

crispyduck · « **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2007, 01:34:36 pm »

Thanks for the info, just after I posted my download speed shot up to over 100K, I'm just waiting to see what happens tonight????

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:46:41 pm »

They must be throttling you during peak hours.
No reason otherwise for it to change so suddenly.
They were partly lying. They throttle you only during peak hours.
Well, it's the better half. Atleast they don't kill the connection, even if it is slow

Cheers