Which port to forward ?

[hsyq8xg]

I've been trying to download something from RapidShare but the
download often fails.

A typical download session starts well ... over 50KB / S.

Then it precipitates. Going down gradually to 40KB/s, 30KB/s, 20KB/s,
9KB/s, 3KB/s, 1KB/s and then it either hang, or stops.

My PC links to the Net via a router, and my thinking is that perhaps,
just perhaps, if I can forward the correct port to the router,
downloading from RapidShare would be smoother.

Now the question is, which port to forward?

Regular downloading from website and from FTP doesn't seem to be a
problem. Only when I try downloading via RapidShare or Megaupload that
the precipitating effects take hold.

Is there a special port that these file-sharing services use? If so,
which port?

Please help !!!

Thank you very much !!!!

 

[Sebastian G.]

My PC links to the Net via a router, and my thinking is that perhaps,
just perhaps, if I can forward the correct port to the router,
downloading from RapidShare would be smoother.

OK, and why do you think that this specific miracle might be any more likely
than any other pure miracle?

Is there a special port that these file-sharing services use?

Those are no file sharing services, but simple HTTP servers for the WWW.
They don't use any specific port.

And due to your obvious lack of networking knowledge, it won't be possible
to diagnose the real cause of the problem (if it actually is one).

 

[pg]

OK, and why do you think that this specific miracle might be any more likely
than any other pure miracle?


Those are no file sharing services, but simple HTTP servers for the WWW.
They don't use any specific port.

And due to your obvious lack of networking knowledge, it won't be possible
to diagnose the real cause of the problem (if it actually is one).

So now it's the start of "Kill the Messenger" season?

 

[N. Miller]

I've been trying to download something from RapidShare but the
download often fails.

A typical download session starts well ... over 50KB / S.

Then it precipitates. Going down gradually to 40KB/s, 30KB/s, 20KB/s,
9KB/s, 3KB/s, 1KB/s and then it either hang, or stops.

My PC links to the Net via a router, and my thinking is that perhaps,
just perhaps, if I can forward the correct port to the router,
downloading from RapidShare would be smoother.

Now the question is, which port to forward?

Regular downloading from website and from FTP doesn't seem to be a
problem. Only when I try downloading via RapidShare or Megaupload that
the precipitating effects take hold.

Is there a special port that these file-sharing services use? If so,
which port?

Please help !!!

Port forwarding is useless for downloading files from a web site. Normal
HTTP and FTP downloads do not require port forwarding. One might guess, from
your description of the symptoms, that your ISP is just throttling your
connection after transferring a certain amount of data.

 

[pg]

Port forwarding is useless for downloading files from a web site. Normal
HTTP and FTP downloads do not require port forwarding. One might guess, from
your description of the symptoms, that your ISP is just throttling your
connection after transferring a certain amount of data.

The guy did mention that downloading via http or ftp doesn't give him
any problem, and my thinking is that if the ISP is doing the
throttling, won't the ISP be throttling on all the other downloads as
well??

Or is it possible that the ISP has a special software setup to
selectively scan for anyone downloading from particular sites such as
the mentioned "rapidshare" / "megaupload" and when the bot finds out,
it starts the throttling routine???

I'm just very curious.

 

[Sebastian G.]

So now it's the start of "Kill the Messenger" season?

No, it's just the return of the "think, think again, google it up, and only
ask if you didn't find an answer yet" season.

 

[Cyrius]

I've been trying to download something from RapidShare but the
download often fails.

A typical download session starts well ... over 50KB / S.

Then it precipitates. Going down gradually to 40KB/s, 30KB/s, 20KB/s,
9KB/s, 3KB/s, 1KB/s and then it either hang, or stops.

My PC links to the Net via a router, and my thinking is that perhaps,
just perhaps, if I can forward the correct port to the router,
downloading from RapidShare would be smoother.

Now the question is, which port to forward?

Regular downloading from website and from FTP doesn't seem to be a
problem. Only when I try downloading via RapidShare or Megaupload that
the precipitating effects take hold.

Is there a special port that these file-sharing services use? If so,
which port?

Please help !!!

Thank you very much !!!!

well, lets give a simple answer to the question

Is there a special port that these file-sharing services use? If so,
which port?

no

Rapidshare limits the speed of free users, just use torrents or be
happy with the speed cap

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

No, it's just the return of the "think, think again, google it up, and
only ask if you didn't find an answer yet" season.

See "newusers" in the newsgroup title? A lot of new users don't know about
Google and don't really know anything about computers.

 

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers]

See "newusers" in the newsgroup title? A lot of new users don't know
about Google and don't really know anything about computers.

No, actually I don't see a "newusers" in "comp.security.firewalls".
Besides, being a new user is no excuse for not doing your homework
first. Like, understanding that crossposting your question to every
newsgroup you can think of (and without setting a followup at that) is
*not* the appropriate thing to do.

cu
59cobalt

 

[Sebastian G.]

Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM wrote:

See "newusers" in the newsgroup title?

No. It's comp.security.firewalls.

A lot of new users don't know about

Google and don't really know anything about computers.

Well, that's their fault, not mine.