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P2P connection problems, help :(

Vorlon Ambassador KoshVorlon Ambassador Kosh Vorlonforce Officer
in Zocalo v2.0
Hey all, hope someone of you know a lot about these things, cause I need some help. 2 weeks ago, I got a new cable connection, I had 1Mbit, now I have 2Mbit (new modem too).
Anyway, the first week everything was fine, it all worked but ever since last friday, I just can't d/l anything from P2P progs anymore. DC++ and Kazaa both lets me d/l at a speed of say max 7kb/s instead of the usual 150-250kb/s.
When I surf the internet and d/l stuff from there, it's all fine, as it is with bittorrents for those of you who knows what that is.
Anyway, appreciate some help with this, kinda important.

Comments

  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    The ports are probably being filtered.
  • Vorlon Ambassador KoshVorlon Ambassador Kosh Vorlonforce Officer
    Ok....
    What do I do about it?
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    If it's just about the ports being filtered, you can change the ports the programs use, assuming they have that function.
  • Vorlon Ambassador KoshVorlon Ambassador Kosh Vorlonforce Officer
    K, I can change ports but can I find out which ports are being filtered so I know which port to use?
  • mambo_mordenmambo_morden Earthforce Officer
    Get bittorrent... great speeds.... decent selection:

    [url]http://azureus.sourceforge.net/[/url]

    [url]http://www.suprnova.org/[/url]
  • Vorlon Ambassador KoshVorlon Ambassador Kosh Vorlonforce Officer
    I already have that but getting this problem solved is much more important than that so still looking for a solution to my probs, haven't figured anything out yet...
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Find someone that can do a portscan of you. Or if you want to pay, you can have an automatic one done here: [url]http://www.dslreports.com/tools[/url]
  • Vorlon Ambassador KoshVorlon Ambassador Kosh Vorlonforce Officer
    Hmm, I ran the port scan tool, got results. Showed some TCP ports filtered, a couple open and "ALL UDP FILTERED".
    I asked someone if that coulc be a prob when d/ling from a program I use and he said yes. Now I gotta figure out how to get those UDP unfiltered, suggestions?
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Well, what's your home setup? Anything that could be filtering?
  • Vorlon Ambassador KoshVorlon Ambassador Kosh Vorlonforce Officer
    Not that I can think of, WinXP Pro, no FW, nothing different from before when it worked. Just a modem plugged into the wall :(
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    So set the program to use those ports that are open.

    For that matter, nab the latest version of Kazaa Lite K++, which will disable the normal port being used (1214) and will let you pick whichever port you want to use. (Yes, I know you've been able to do that for a while, but its more intuitive for the n00bs.)
  • Vorlon Ambassador KoshVorlon Ambassador Kosh Vorlonforce Officer
    I know how to use a certain port manually but I have no clue on how to know which port is open and as I mentioned in the earlier post, a port scan showed that all UDP ports were filtered and I have no idea why and how to fix it.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    If they're filtered and you have nothing that would be doing it then it must be your ISP doing it.
    Does your modem have any kind of filtering capability?
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Vorlon Ambassador Kosh [/i]
    [B]I know how to use a certain port manually but I have no clue on how to know which port is open and as I mentioned in the earlier post, a port scan showed that all UDP ports were filtered and I have no idea why and how to fix it. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Can you connect to any FTP servers? If not, call up your ISP and tell them to unblock ports 20 - 22. Then tell your p2p program of choice to use port 21. Just don't use it alot or they may get suspicious. Just use it about as often as you would an actual FTP client.
  • John WalkerJohn Walker Shadowman
    So what's the deal with the various P2P softwares. Which are not loaded with spy/add-ware?

    Frankly, I am damn afraid to install anything on one of my systems created and deployed by folks already operating in a "grey" legal state.

    Kazaa seems to be popular, and Kazaa lite is supposed to be without trojans, etc, correct?

    One of my favorite things about torrent is the openness of the groups who create and maintain the software. Free (Libre) Software is the right place for OS, infastructure, and security software; basically anything that anyone else needs to trust the author(s) for. Free to see, inspect, and validate. "Trust but verify."

    You just can't do that with Kazaa, MusicMatch, etc.

    Your problem: port blocking.
    Another way to go would be to look for a TCP wrappered version since only the UDP packets appear to be getting blocked... (I know that isn't much help, but there it is)

    :shadow1:
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    Kazaa Lite is the best so far, I believe. There's also, I think, SoulSeek, but I have not yet used it.
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    My primary P2P clients are [URL=http://emule-project.net]eMule[/URL] and [URL=http://www.shareaza.com]Shareaza[/URL], both of which have been found spyware-free.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    eMule, forgot about that one. I don't like it, though, 'cause it needs a good server as a basis.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    There are plenty of good servers on the eDonkey network.
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [url=http://www.winmx.com]WinMX[/url]
  • Vorlon Ambassador KoshVorlon Ambassador Kosh Vorlonforce Officer
    Vorlon Ambassador Kosh

    Cheers for the help guys, it turned out to be a problem with the server. The ISP had misconfigured it somehow and that's what caused my problem :D
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    I hope that when you brought it up, you just mentioned that you had iTunes installed. ;) Otherwise, they'd think you're up to something and keep a close eye on you.
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