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| Thread ID: 60264 | 2005-07-27 05:40:00 | help with slow downloads with xtra | Buff_K (691) | Press F1 |
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| 375888 | 2005-07-27 05:40:00 | Hi I'm currently having trouble getting any serious speed with either Azureus or ABC . I have forwarded ports for the modem Xtra gave me (DSL 302G) and likewise for the firewall I'm running (either windows or Sygate) and to no avail . I am on the 10gig ADSL plan and I am wanting more than just 5 kbs or 9 kbs . Anyone got any ideas? When I was in Canada I had no probs getting 70-100 kbs now I'm stuck on dial up speeds or marginally better . :mad: Thanks . |
Buff_K (691) | ||
| 375889 | 2005-07-27 05:44:00 | whats your browser normall download speed like? | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 375890 | 2005-07-27 05:47:00 | Quick. Not when I'm running either of those two programmes tho. | Buff_K (691) | ||
| 375891 | 2005-07-27 05:57:00 | Well it could happen if u use XP SP2 . What was the computer in Canada using? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 375892 | 2005-07-27 06:03:00 | I'm pretty sure that is what I'm using . Well it was another computer I was using in Canada so I'm not sure . I've just bought this computer here and I've spent all day trying to configure it for some bittorrent downloads . I read somewhere that maybe the modems Xtra hand out are average and that maybe I should invest in an ADSL router? Im not terribly gifted in this sort of area and I'm really starting to get wound up at the moment . How do I find out if I'm using service pack 2? |
Buff_K (691) | ||
| 375893 | 2005-07-27 06:09:00 | Click on My computer on the desktop / right mouse /properties . It shows under the general tab . This will tell u whether u have SP1 or SP2, if either are installed . SP2 lowered the amount of ports (for P2P programs especially), to stop the spread of worms etc . There is a fix for this, somewhere on the net . Not too sure where tho . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 375894 | 2005-07-27 06:13:00 | yup SP2. Thanks, I'll have a wee look see what I can dig up |
Buff_K (691) | ||
| 375895 | 2005-07-27 06:36:00 | Found the patch, installed it, waiting for some signs of improvement.... | Buff_K (691) | ||
| 375896 | 2005-07-27 06:40:00 | I read recently that the ISP's are reducing the bandwidth available on ports that are commonly used by P2P programs. This is because a signifcant amount of the total traffic on the internet is only due to P2P transactions. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 375897 | 2005-07-27 06:54:00 | I had the same problem, when I installed SP2 it set the window firewall to on and I was hardly able to use Xtra's jetstream, I turned off the firewall (I have Norton doing that job) and on a re-boot speed increased almost back to normal. Mircrosoft appartantly is aware that SP2 has problems where the firewall slows down port traffic. Cheers |
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