Old time user needs help with ports, please.

[Megadeus]

I have recently discovered that my ISP is apparently "Thottling" anything that connects to a remote port of 6699 and 6257, hence my DL's and UL's are extremely slow. BUT, I have also recently discovered that whenever WinMX connects to a different remote port other than 6699/6257 (ex. a port in the 7000 range) my DL/UL are fine.

I know which ports it is connecting to due to the "Traffic" log from Sygate Personal Firewall, which I recently upgraded to from Zone Alarm.

I have no problems connecting to either port mentioned above, it is just the 6699/6257 that are slow.

Is there anyway to get WinMX to connect to one of the 7000 range port numbers more than it connects to the 6699/6257 ports? I have noticed that it connects to the 6's alot more than the 7's.

Any ideas/info is ALWAYS GREATLY appreciated!

[Rickio]

yeah you can change winmx ports.

change them. just go to settings and then change the ports under internet connections.


peace

[Megadeus]

Originally posted by Rickio
yeah you can change winmx ports.

change them. just go to settings and then change the ports under internet connections.


peace

Even though I have used WinMX since 2.6 I have not had to change the ports until now. I have messed with them a little. This changing the listening ports, it changes the actual port WinMX connects to? I thought it was just for listening.

Thanks!

[metale]

Yeah, sure you can...

[Rickio]

Originally posted by Megadeus
Even though I have used WinMX since 2.6 I have not had to change the ports until now. I have messed with them a little. This changing the listening ports, it changes the actual port WinMX connects to? I thought it was just for listening.

Thanks!

there was a faq floating around awhile back and it simply recommended placing a number one in front of all port settings.

Because many isps are closing the default ports.

So yes change them.

[DigitalJunkie]

WinMX FAQ Page: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.buchanan/index.html

[Rickio]

Originally posted by DigitalJunkie
WinMX FAQ Page: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.buchanan/index.html

thanks for posting that DigitalJunkie!


peace

[Megadeus]

Would ANY port number do (I know, stay above 5001). I noticed in my Sygate "Traffic" log that there are some ports like 7950,7951,7952 that when I connec to them the connection is GREAT! DL and UL are just about full speed. I know this for a fact cause I had a few UL going when I dissconnected from the network, then reconnected. The port BEFORE the dissconnect was 6699 and the new one was 7951. I had someone jump on right after I hooked up to 7951 and their UL went full speed while the others, which were still from the 6699 port, were still going at <1k/s.

Thanks for the info! I'll give it a try tonight,

[Megadeus]

I just noticed something about my connecting to those 7950-7952 ports. In the Traffic log it is showing me as connecting to c3312.z1301.winmx.com

the c3312 portion changes with the 79XX number, so that if I connect to c3318.z1301.winmx.com it will be port 7951 but c3316.z1301.winmx.com is 7952. Any ideas what this is all about? These are my un-restricted ports.

Thanks again!!

[notbob]

as long as it works, who cares why? it makes no real difference what port you use or what zone alarm says

there are like 65000 ports to choose from--change them every day if you want to--i promise no animals or 3rd world tribesmen will be killed by it

[zaphodiv]

Doing a name lookup

c3318.z1301.winmx.com->66.11.167.173->cache-server3.tor.winmx.com

whois and a bit of guesswork suggests it is a colo box at a
hosting company in Ottawa Canada.

Interesting, I'd say this is a server operated by the creators of winmx,
probably to tell people the addresses of other winmx users when they
first join the network.

>This changing the listening ports, it changes the actual port WinMX connects to?
No
> I thought it was just for listening.
Correct.

>Would ANY port number do (I know, stay above 5001)
Almost anything from 1-65535 is ok, avoid 80 and 135-139.

[Megadeus]

Originally posted by zaphodiv
Doing a name lookup

c3318.z1301.winmx.com->66.11.167.173->cache-server3.tor.winmx.com

whois and a bit of guesswork suggests it is a colo box at a
hosting company in Ottawa Canada.

Interesting, I'd say this is a server operated by the creators of winmx,
probably to tell people the addresses of other winmx users when they
first join the network.

>This changing the listening ports, it changes the actual port WinMX connects to?
No
> I thought it was just for listening.
Correct.

>Would ANY port number do (I know, stay above 5001)
Almost anything from 1-65535 is ok, avoid 80 and 135-139.

Thank you for this info. I guess, from what I have been reading at http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.music.mp3.winmx is that I am trying to connect to a specific peer cache server. I wih to avoid anything that has anything to do with ports 6699 and 6257. Any way to do this with ver 3.31? I seem to remember way back in the history of WinMX there was a way to do this. Is it still supported somewhere in WinMX or is it gone for good?

[Megadeus]

Originally posted by Megadeus
Thank you for this info. I guess, from what I have been reading at http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.music.mp3.winmx is that I am trying to connect to a specific peer cache server. I wih to avoid anything that has anything to do with ports 6699 and 6257. Any way to do this with ver 3.31? I seem to remember way back in the history of WinMX there was a way to do this. Is it still supported somewhere in WinMX or is it gone for good?

BTW: you were 100% correct for the Whois. Sygate does this also but it was 3am and I needed to get to bed so I declined to look it up.

[Megadeus]

I may have found the solution to my problem. I added ports 7950 thru 7970 to the TCP and UDP remote ports list in Sygate. I then changed the listening ports to 16699/16257. The BIGGEST change I did was the WinMX peer server choice. Instead of choosing the "North America" server I picked the "Europe" server. I have been connected for about an hour with full speed ups and downs.

[Megadeus]

It may as well be. I have been messing around with all sorts of settings and port numbers between WinMX and Sygate. The solution: In the connection settings in WinMX I noticed there was an option to choose which server(s) to connect to. There was North Anerica, South America etc... I chose the "Europe" option. I have been online for 15 hours (a record for me) AND my speeds are full speed. No problems - YET! (Knock on Wood). If there are any changes I'll post them.

Thanks for the help!