Help with my router....

[stos289]

Ok, a router is a device in which it connects two or more computers to a local access network (LAN), thus allowing computers all around a household to connect to the internet through the 56k/dsl/cable modem wirelesly. It also allows the transfer of files between computers and allows freedom to access the internet anywhere. In a router, there is a bulit-in firewall. A firewall is a program which protects a network from outside invaders (hackers). A firewall contains many ports in which different information is passed through. When a router recieves a "message" it checks for any possible threats, and then directs it to the modem. This process causes a longer delay because of the extra precaution. In Bittorrent, the ports 6881 to 6999 are used. To allow the the transfer of information in Bittorrent to increase in speed, you must perform a process known as "Port Forwarding." What this does is it allows all information used by Bittorrent to go directly to the cable modem, and not pass the router first. This allows the download rate of information to increase. This is a basic explanation of networking.

Okay, to find out if you have a router, check if you have a computer in which can access the internet wirelesly. If you do, you most likely have a router, To further confirm this go to "run" on your computer and then type in "cmd" (without the quotes). Once you have the DOS Prompt, type in "ipconfig/all" (again without the quotes). If you see that both of your computers have the same ip address, then you most certainly have a router. Now for the Port Forwarding part. If you could tell me what type of router you have (Linksys, D-Link, etc.) and the model number of the router, I can give you a step by step guide on port forwarding. Hope I could help.

[MGKyosuke]

That definently helps, but I don't think I have a router. I've only got 1 computer and it's not hooked up to the internet wirelessly. I've got what I'm told is a 'splitter'. Lol, the CAT 5 cable goes from my Laptop to it and then the phone line goes from the 'splitter' to the wall jack. I know how to foreward ports through my Windows XP Firewall. Will that have the same effect? But that only lets me foreward one port at a time. Am I going to have to sit there and foreward 100+ ports individually? Lol, that doesn't sound all too exciting.

**I forewarded about 30 of these, but my download rate still doesn't excede 10kB/s. It's even a popular hit. Naruto Ep. 90**

[stos289]

Well, since you don't have a router, the only way to make it faster would be to port forward your XP firewall (like you said). You don't have to to port forward all the ports for Bittorrent. Just port forward 6881 to 6889, those were the orginal ports Bittorrent used untill the range got extended. Another porobem could be the client your using. If you are using a client like Bittornado or Azuerues, make sure that you have the upload rate at maximum. The higher the upload rate, the higher the download rate. That's pretty much all you can do to increase the download speed of highly seeded file. If you have a 56k/DSL, that's pretty much the speeds your going to get. Hope I could help.

P.S: Another big problem is your splitter. I'm guessing that you have a 56k/DSL and are splitting your internet connection with your telphone line. This will also cause Bittorrent (and your computer) to slow down because of the sharing of connection. There is nothing you can do about that.

[MGKyosuke]

Yeah, I'm on DSL. But the the splitter's not ....er...splitting the connection with the telephone line and the computer, just the computer. Just the CAT 5 to the PC, and the phone line to the wall. IF I wanted to open more (All?) the ports individually, would it increase download times? And, yes, I'm on BitTornado. I raise the upload rate to the maximum? Won't that slow anything down?

**EDIT** I never had the upload rate at the maximum before. What about the Max Uploads? Do I touch that?

[stos289]

Well, I'm not really familiar with Bittornado, but if you look at the faq at this page, it should answer your question. For the firewall question, I doubt you would see a significant increase in speed if you port forwarded all of them. Hope I could help.

[MGKyosuke]

Yeah, you did but I was hoping for even higher download rates. 30 kB/s at lease :\

What's a proxy server? My color never goes past yellow and it says if it doesn't, I may be behind one. Is there any way to find out if I am? Is there any way to fix it? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[stos289]

If you look at this site, it should clear up on what a proxy server is. I don't believe there is realy anyway you can configure your proxy server. Sorry about that.