Download problems...

[Dansta]

when downloading from a site or fixed source its fine, i get great rates but when downloading from a p2p related thing i get really s**t rates....

im runnin a mac and laptop off a airport wireless internet connection, and firewalls are off.... Any ideas?!

Greatly appreciated.

 

[biojo]

p2ps are crap , some look at how much you upload n give u a % download of that

otheres are just slow n e ways

 

[Dansta]

i use to get great rates.... one day it just stopped.

mates still get great rates on it...

 

[Woodentop]

depending on what p2p you are using you have to forward a range of ports through your firewall and router directly to your pc.

 

[Tiger]

yup as above it will prob defo be ports needing forwarded, what p2p you using?

 

[FiDoDiDo]

But he's not using a firewall (it's off).

 

[sn00p]

i use to get great rates.... one day it just stopped.

mates still get great rates on it...

You're on plusnet aren't you (iirc)? If so, there's your reason.

 

[ChrisO182]

You're on plusnet aren't you (iirc)? If so, there's your reason.

I`m with Plusnet and i get good DL speeds, usually depends on how well the file is being seeded. Try changing your ports used as ISP`s block comonly used ports on P2P, i`m not too technical with stuff like this though, so excuse my ignorance.

 

[Griff]

Either the firewall(s) aren't off and/or your ISP is blocking/restricting certain ports.

P2P is pants anyway.

 

[sn00p]

I`m with Plusnet and i get good DL speeds, usually depends on how well the file is being seeded. Try changing your ports used as ISP`s block comonly used ports on P2P, i`m not too technical with stuff like this though, so excuse my ignorance.

Plusnet have packet inspecting traffic shapers, p2p & usenet has the lowest priority.

When the network is "busy" you should expect sub 30kb/s transfer rates on p2p. Browsing & http downloads "should" be unnafected. I don't use p2p, but I can tell you that usenet took a massive hit, they've backtracked on some of the changes and my speeds have jumped back up, but if you download more than 15gb of usenet a month, then your usenet traffic drops back into the bronze queue.

Take a look over at the adslguide.org.uk forums for a history of what has happened.

I don't believe that plusnet have ever blocked ports.

Edit: Added a dot to make it clearer.

 

[Dansta]

im on NTL, tried, Bittorrent and bitsonwheels...

 

[Griff]

BitTorrents = crap for all but a tiny few.

 

[Bryan]

strangely enough, i've experienced a massive drop in performance on BitTorrents on NTL too, could be something to do with them?

 

[Dansta]

any ideas guys?