Question About Dl Speeds On Router

[AzNsMaRtGuY333]

nope not yet....i will try it tomorrow.....i dl a file on suprnova and it has 98 seeds and 350 dls. it has 8 kbs and 3 seeds that are sharing with 3 copies.....maybe its cause i have the setting to dialup?

[wacomcduff]

There is one other course of action you can try to determine if we have the router configuration correct. There is a section in your router configuration for what's known as the DMZ. Bascially, what this does is open your router wide open. If you enable this, it's like forwarding every single port on your machine. ONLY DO THIS FOR TESTING PURPOSES! If you leave your router in the DMZ mode it leaves you wide open to attacks. If downloads start working great once you are in the DMZ then we can be pretty sure we are missing something when we tried to configure the router to forward ports.

Another possibility...If you are running windows XP it has a built-in firewall that is enabled by default. Disabling this could also improve performance. But I doubt this is the case since you said you were getting 180KB/sec download rates before.

[AzNsMaRtGuY333]

ok..i found the DMZ mode...i see two options.....one is to enable it and another is the set the static IP

"Multiple PCs can be exposed to the Internet for two-way communications e.g. Internet gaming, video conferencing, or VPN connections. To use the DMZ, you must set a static IP address for that PC."

what do i put in that option

[wacomcduff]

In windows, click on START then RUN then type "command" and hit enter. This should open up a DOS window with a C:\ prompt. Type ipconfig then enter. You should now see a list of numbers, one of which is the IP address. This is the number you want to enter into the router config.

[AzNsMaRtGuY333]

allright i did that.........how many minutes do i try on DMZ.....i tried 10 (got scared when you said my comp will be open for wide open attacks) minutes of DMZ on bittorent and it didnt get higher than 10kb.....should i do it for more

[wacomcduff]

Yes, try for longer. You should be safe to use the DMZ for a day or two. I did when I was trying to figure out why my download speeds sucked so bad. Also, download TorrentStorm and try that for your BT downloads. It allows you to set the maximum upload rate which can directly effect your download rates.

You should probably clear out the port forwarding entries we configured in your router too. If we got those wrong it might be effecting the function of the DMZ.

[Switeck]

Originally posted by wacomcduff+12 January 2004 - 21:44--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (wacomcduff &#064; 12 January 2004 - 21:44)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>If you leave your router in the DMZ mode it leaves you&nbsp; wide open to attacks. If downloads start working great once you are in the DMZ then we can be pretty sure we are missing something when we tried to configure the router to forward ports.[/b]

This is technically correct with 1 minor piece of ADDITIONAL information:
When you&#39;re not using a router or firewall you are also vulnerable to attacks... which is the way most everyone on dial-up and many on broadband are. DMZ makes your computer not the LEAST bit more vulnerable than most other computers.<!--QuoteBegin-AzNsMaRtGuY333@12 January 2004 - 22:24
ok..i found the DMZ mode...i see two options.....one is to enable it and another is the set the static IP

"Multiple PCs can be exposed to the Internet for two-way communications e.g. Internet gaming, video conferencing, or VPN connections.&nbsp; To use the DMZ, you must set a static IP address for that PC."

what do i put in that option[/quote]You have to use the LAN ip address for your computer and your computer MUST have a static LAN ip for this to work&#33; If your computer has a random/dynamic LAN ip, how can the router forward internet traffic to it? It&#39;s like trying to send snail mail to someone who&#39;s traveling.

There is nothing wrong with having a good router and firewall -- but if you want Kazaa Lite K++ to work correctly, the router and firewall HAS to be configured to allow KL++ full internet access. If they&#39;re not, expect download speeds to suffer.

[AzNsMaRtGuY333]

allright i will experiment with DMZ for a few days while im doing that how do i use kazaa with KaNAT???

[wacomcduff]

Start KaNat then start KaZaa. You will have to click the buttons in KaNat to populate the blank boxes with the IP addresses that go there. You can change the settings in KaNat to autodetect those IPs but by default you have to do it yourself at first. That&#39;s all there is to it. Use KaZaa as you normally would.

You should also go into your KaZaa options and on the Filter tab Uncheck the box for filtering out files "you can&#39;t download due to firewalls". Once that is unchecked, if you see lots of files with a red X icon in your Search window, then you still have a problem. If all the files show up normally, then KaZaa should work great.

The KaNat website also has great info about using KaNat as well as basics of port forwarding and router configuration. http://www.fasttrackhelp.com/development/ftfakes/