Kazaa downloads will not go about 1kb/s after installing router??? What gives?

[MiniThug]

Hey guys, Im running Kazaa Lite 1.6.1 on my computer and recently have run into a problem. I have a cable internet connection and could get speeds up to 200kb/s using Kazaa. I recently installed a Linksys router and for some reason now I cant seem to get a download to go over 1kb/s. Anyone know what the problem could be? All other downloads, file sharing utils seem to have stayed at the same great speeds. Im clueless here. Thanks!

 

[minendo]

Does kazaa in anyway have bandwidth throttling agents if you do not share anything? I don't use kazza so I don't know anything about it. If they do you are probably being throttled since it may appear that you are not sharing anything since you have added a firewall to your connection.

Stupid idea, but i figured I'd through it out anyways.

 

[MiniThug]

Nope, Im sharing files.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: MiniThug
Nope, Im sharing files.

you may be sharing files, but does the firewall prevent connections or did you forward the proper ports?

 

[MiniThug]

im not sure which ports to forward, how can I find out?

 

[dakata24]

try forwarding port 1214. oh, and make sure you have SPI disabled on the Filters tab, or else port forwarding wont work.

 

[MiniThug]

Bump

 

[MiniThug]

okay well I tried forwarding port 1214 and that didnt help my speed at all. I know that the files are being shared too because people are downloading off of me as we speak, even though they are dl'ing slowly off of me too

 

[BDawg]

It's probably an MTU packet size mismatch. Those routers can be a little picky of machine MTU. You'll need to adjust either the MTU of your router or your computer with DrTCP. I had a similar problem with the speed of SMTP transmissions after upgrading the firmware of my Linksys router.

 

[SeaSerpent]

What is this MTU you speak of? I have the same problem with my SMC barricade router. And Im clueless on how to adjust anything on it.

 

[BDawg]

MTU = Maximum Transmission Unit. It's the size that data packets going through your router can be. I think they're standardized at 1500 for ethernet, but you can adjust it a little to make it work better. I belive I had to set mine at 1492.

Usually, DSL reports has some good information on MTU mismatches and such.

On a linksys router, you can adjust it in the advanced/filters page.

edit: Here's a page that describes MTUs that I dug up.

 

[SeaSerpent]

Thank you, kind sir