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flame1987
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   16th May 07 at 10:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what ports does everybody use for downloads?

im getting terrible speeds think i need to change mine just wondered what everyone uses and what speeds do they get?

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Brett
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16th May 07 at 10:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Surely a port is just a port

Assuming you're not trying to use ones that have already been allocated, i.e. 80, 120, etc.
Steve
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16th May 07 at 11:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
anything above 50,000 but < 64,000 is usually good

loaf, its because ISP throttle bandwidth to a lot of ports so try and choose one thats not afffected

[Edited on 16-05-2007 by Steve]
John
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16th May 07 at 11:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Most isp's now filter based on type of traffic and not port.

Some even filter encrypted bittorrent.
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
loaf, its because ISP throttle bandwidth to a lot of ports so try and choose one thats not afffected


Fair enough, didn't know they did that. Suppose it's because i've never had problems before
flame1987
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16th May 07 at 12:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so theres no way around my isp
Steve
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16th May 07 at 12:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no best bet is to turn encryption on and if that dont work your stuffed
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i wonder if anyone has challenged there isp about limiting there torrent bandwidth, you pay for a set bandwidth, that shouldbt be limited
flame1987
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how do i turn encryption on?

 
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