[merged] NTL & BitTorrent

[philip.j.fry]

Sorry to bring this up again but I am very suspicious of NTL attempting to do something to minimise use of BT.

On thursday, I was downloading through BT at near capacity not using the default ports, then my modem went offline, when it came back up dl/ul were reduced.

Starting a new BT download today, I couldn't make any connections at all, until I shifted the listening ports away again, now speeds are back up quite high. It does seem highly suspicious.

[poolking]

Had no problem connecting last night with the standard ports and I'm also using a firewall.

[dpg]

Originally Posted by SuperCow

Having a proxy server set up was causing incoming BitTorrent connections to be refused.

Fantastic! This problem has been driving me mad. I was pretty certain that the ports weren't blocked by NTL or my firewall as I could telnet to them from outside the NTL network... It never occurred to me that bittorrent would use the proxy settings from Internet Explorer (or is this just another example of how IE is intimately linked with Windows, despite the court rulings?). Thanks SuperCow!

[squiggs1982]

Hallo all!

Ok, just out of interest here, I have assumed of late that the world of filesharing was just going downhill. To me, getting a full download rate is just laughable. I, on average get around 2-3kb/s no matter what I use. Normally use Kazza Lite but have since tried just about everything else under the sun, including BT, DC++, Shareazza, Limewire, you name it, I've tried it. But everything I try is just pants! Time to download an (out of copyright! ) mp3 - 6 years and 31 days!

I'm using a cable modem which is connected to a linksys router (the 4 port one with 41 at the end of the name). I remember the halcyan days of getting 50/60 kb/s, but can't remember if this was only on ADSL. Am I missing something here? Thanks guys! (I lurk a lot but am a shy type!)

P.S. the Shadow's BT client is always on Yellow and this is apparently a bad thing. I'm not running a firewall, windows or otherwise.

[SOSAGES]

i can only assume u have cocked something up somewhere


also my emule and overnet are currently running off ports 6883-6889 and they work

[squiggs1982]

Originally Posted by SOSAGES

i can only assume u have cocked something up somewhere

Chuckle! i'd have to agree with you, it's more than likely! but the question is, what?


I can't think of what settings i'd need to fiddle with. Everything is pretty much set at default. really cheesing me off.

[SOSAGES]

well if ur torrent client is showing yellow that normally means its behind a firewall that needs ports 6881-9 open

if u connect through a router thats your problem
if yoru running windows xp and that firewall is on then thats ur problem ..

other than that id ask u sure you dont have a firewall on


www.grc.com take the shields up test and see what it finds

[SOSAGES]

oh u are behind a router..

right well u need to have a quick lesson in port forwarding

its in the manual and pretty easy you want ports 6881-6889 i think (as torrent will use 6881 and if thats being used will move on till it finds a suitble one) if u want in shadows client u can edit the ports to something else of your chosing

anyway dunno what router you have (it has a 41 in it)

but:
http://www.linksys.com/support/top10...%20BEFSR41.asp

or for the other router i found with a "41"

http://www.linksys.com/support/top10faqs/BEFSX41/ have a read of the port forwading/trigger


torrents good but i recomend emule

(that uses port 4662 + 4672) and have a browse of sharereactor.com the emule web site offers a load of help so you cant go wrong or pm me i will help ya

[Kneebs]

Originally Posted by squiggs1982

Hallo all!

Ok, just out of interest here, I have assumed of late that the world of filesharing was just going downhill. To me, getting a full download rate is just laughable. I, on average get around 2-3kb/s no matter what I use. Normally use Kazza Lite but have since tried just about everything else under the sun, including BT, DC++, Shareazza, Limewire, you name it, I've tried it. But everything I try is just pants! Time to download an (out of copyright! ) mp3 - 6 years and 31 days!

I'm using a cable modem which is connected to a linksys router (the 4 port one with 41 at the end of the name). I remember the halcyan days of getting 50/60 kb/s, but can't remember if this was only on ADSL. Am I missing something here? Thanks guys! (I lurk a lot but am a shy type!)

P.S. the Shadow's BT client is always on Yellow and this is apparently a bad thing. I'm not running a firewall, windows or otherwise.

It must be your settings - I use BT, and i'm on the 1Mbit package, and quite often get d/l's of over 100KB/sec - go to your network connections (control panel), right click on your connection icon, select properties, then advanced tab at the top. Make sure the 'protect my computer and network by limiting access.....' ISN'T ticked.

Also check you're not using a proxy server in IE (tools > internet options > connection > lan settings)

HTH...

[squiggs1982]

I am behind a router, but def not firewalled (too lazy! ). did shields up and specifically probed port 6881 which is stealthed! don't undrstand. wot can i do to open them up?

[SOSAGES]

i edited my post to help fella
go to the linksys webby link u cant go wrong when its not firewalled torrent will be "green" and downloads will go fast ..put your upload on 13 (if your on 600k) or 20 if ur on 1meg

[squiggs1982]

Originally Posted by SOSAGES

i edited my post to help fella
go to the linksys webby link u cant go wrong when its not firewalled torrent will be "green" and downloads will go fast ..put your upload on 13 (if your on 600k) or 20 if ur on 1meg

Excellent! I'm going to make a cup of tea then have a good read before trying this stuff out. I'll post the results and pester you more if it doesn't work! Thanks, really appreciate it!

[SOSAGES]

*hides* its not to hard as long as you know Your IP and what ports you want to forward to your IP you will be fine

If your using a router that will be your internal IP ..it will look like 192.168.123.* no doubt

[Stuartbe]

Originally Posted by squiggs1982

I am behind a router, but def not firewalled (too lazy! ). did shields up and specifically probed port 6881 which is stealthed! don't undrstand. wot can i do to open them up?

If you are going out via a router then you may have a firewall without knowing it. Nearly all home broadband routers have something called nat built in (called ipchains/IP Masquerading by Linix peeps ) . Without a nat you would only be able to connect one pc.

If you have a router with nat then you need to set up port forwarding or put the machine with BT on a dmz.

HTH

[SOSAGES]

dont enable the DMZ option it will leave your pc open to all sorts of nasties thats why u have port forwarding etc