aol firewall help
 

ok so i've been reading a lot of threads and i'm confused. i'm using lw pro and i have 8 meg broadband from aol. i have a firewall and i think its slowing my upload and download speeds dramatically. while downloading 5 files, all avi and all around 550mb my speed is sometimes up to 200kbps in total but its usually around 40kbps and quite often 0kbps. each file is downloading from 6 or more hosts. how do i fix this? i've tried the instructions set out at the port forwarding site but aol don't support static ip and i have no idea how to allow lw access to the netgear router. help meee

Firstly do you see a firewall in front of the globe in LW ??:rolleyes_2:

90% of the time yes but the odd occasion it goes my download speed increases. it also seems to drop if i minimise lw. the second i open it back up it gets slightly faster

oh and my windows firewall is off and my mcafee one allows access so i'm guessing its the routers firewall i'm seeing?

Yep it would be, what make and model is it...:rolleyes_2:

netgear and the model is erm, adsl modem router dg834g. i think thats right. i'm a bit crap at this lol

Follow this guide to Port Forward your modem/router...

http://www.portforward.com/english/r...G/Limewire.htm

do i need a static ip for it? cause i tried creating one but aol don't support them.

oh and thanks for ya help so far :idea:

Yes you do, just try going through the steps and see what happens...I know when I Port Forwarded, the static IP part was nothing like the instructions so I left it as is entered the one I had and I got it to work...

Just go with it and see what happens....:rolleyes_2: