Colleges often nowadays block or shape p2p bandwidth & users. Not an easy problem to solve because each college has a different set up. They will have their own firewalls you have no access to, they may or may not also block ports. Asking at your college sounds wise.

thanks for the quick response. i was hoping I wasn't going to have to go through IT, but I guess ill give them a call and see waht i can do. Thanks again.