hi, can someone help me fix and tell me why when i download from the net using a web browser like internet explorer it dl's at about 32kB but when i dl from a p2p programme, like limewire and bittorent, it only dl's at 0-3kB with a lot of sources/seeds.

i have tried a few things. i have opened the ports and made exceptions for them with my firewalls. i have change the amount of open ports to 50 (sp2 4226 problem). i have tried dling accelorators like bt engine and everything runs the same.

my broadband is 256k, i use an adsl router, i have windows xp firewall and pc-cillin int. security 2004 firewall running. also have sp2

your ISP may be throttling p2p traffic. if that is not the case, try disabling and/or turning off ALL firewall software (including the built-in firewall with WinXP SP2). if you have a router, connect your computer directly to the modem without the router connecting anywhere to your computer.

after doing all these steps, get up and dance around your computer on one leg, then chant "this will work, this will work" and repeat. lol j/k

but anyways, now try connecting with limewire and see if you can reach your potential speed by doing a search that will return lots of results and download it just to test it. if its still slow, then chances are that your ISP is throttleing p2p traffic and there is nothing you can really do besides change ports on limewire to see if only certain ports are effected. after doing that, the only thing left to do is call up your isp.

if you DO get the speed at which your connecting to the internet at, then somewhere between your computer and the router is to blame. most notably is either port forwarding, and software firewalls to blame.

hi. thanks for early reply. what is 'throttling p2p traffic'. my router is my modem, ie cant connect to net without router. i will try it without firewalls shortly. cheers

hi, i tried disabling my firewalls and it was still the same. also, just lately, my p2ps have been disconnecting or taking a long time to connect to the network/tracker.

i've tried port forwarding but it doesn't seem to fix the problem. i've used port forwarding with my routers ip and also with this pc's ip (i done a search on 'whats my ip' and used that ip). i dont know if i am doing it right or not but everything i try doesnt seem to work. please help, thanx.

ok. i've had a look at www.portforward.com and made my ip a static ip (i think). how do you know if you have a static ip or not. i followed all the instructions except for 1. it has to do with the dns server.

(you should open this page in a new tab/browser before reading on.
http://www.portforward.com/networkin...ic-xp-dhcp.htm
near the bottom of the page)

under 'network connections' 'properties' 'general' 'Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)' 'properties' under the section 'Use the following DNS server Addresses' there are two boxes. there is the preferred dns server' and the 'alternate dns server'. in the example both boxes are filled and are different to the 'defult gateway' box. when i done my one i only had the one dns server, which i put in the 'preferred box', which was the same number as my 'default gateway'. i'm not sure if all this matters but after doing all this my connection to p2p/bittorent is still the same (very slow). my router is DSE(Dick Smith Electronics) XH1169, i use xp sp2, and have tried it with my firewalls diabled. i have also changed my ports to 50000 and above.

everythings is still the same. can someone help please. i have tried to post a comment on portforward.com, but have had no response.

making your ip static is something you dont really have any control over (unless you buy it from your isp.) you dont need a static IP to get limewire to work. you just need some basic networking background knowledge to make it work very efficiently. i advise you to call up your isp and ask them if they are filtering or blocking p2p. this is probably the case.

yep. my isp is throttling/filtering my p2p between 5pm and 2am. so that was my problem. is there anyway to get around this?