new to downloading

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whats good all, new to torrenting and this is my first psot on zeropaid...

one question that i have been trying to solve myself with little avail is port forwarding...if soemone could post instructions...i'm using xp both at work and at home, when i'm at work i'm connected through ethernet connection nand at home i use the wireless capabilities of my laptop to use my neighbors open router any help increasing speeds and port forwaring these conenctions would be greatly appreciated...

also i'm using frostwire for single mp3 downloads if theres any better feel free to fill me in...i'm thinking of checking out emule, maybe.

thanks

[drtoker]

Port forwarding is done on the router. When your at your computer, go to a cmd prompt, and type IPCONFIG. Normally the gateway address is where your router is. Type that address into internet explorer to access your router. Once there, just put the port number you want to use, and your computer IP (found under ipconfig also), and set it to always be active.

As for content, for music I use STMusic.org, if signups are closed now, shoot me a PM and I can invite you, they had open signups recently...

[Hath]

If you need help port forwarding, check out http://www.portforward.com for tutorials specific to your router type. It really is helpful.

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thanks that helped alot putting it simply i was doign my own research as i liek to solve my problems beofre asking the forumhell thats the fun of technology being able to customize and figure out how things work for yourself but the tuts for port forwarding are always lengthy and mucked up not straightforwar....i am on stmusic i joined last week great site...

[Hath]

Yeah, ST Music is a pretty good music tracker. It is nice and easy to keep a good ratio.

[chugsmoker]

been using Azureus [stable 2.5 version] on Mac OSX for a while...
noticed the NAT health indicators aren't entirely honest all the time. Also, if you let the program run a while, it seems to reset itself and negotiate the ports eventually. I ultimately get decent throughput behind my router.

PS - your neighbor might be shutting you out if he notices the traffic but maybe you have his permission, eh? [haha]:icon_joke :icon_joke
just my 2 cents......

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[Boomer The Dog]

I think that Frostwire is a clone of Limewire, which was the original Java file share client like that. I used Freewire for a while long ago, yet another clone that used a pepper for an icon. Is that service still good for mp3s, I haven't heard much about those recently. If you can get mp3s then it must be working woof. Shareaza was also another program like Limewire that was good.

I know that port forwarding can seem hard, but once you learn how to do it, and you can visualize the process, then it will be easy. I think the best thing to do is find out what kind of a router it is and then look up a port guide for that.

I'd second Chugsmoker too, if you use all of the bandwidth on a shared connection, other users will get barking mad and might try to find out what's going on. Frostwire might have some kind of bandwidth limiting settings, so it won't use up the whole connection.