Which port to forward ?

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 !!!!

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:


> 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).

On May 6, 8:16 pm, "Sebastian G." <se...@seppig.de> wrote:
> hsyq...@gmail.com wrote:
> > 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).


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

On Tue, 6 May 2008 20:00:13 -0700 (PDT), (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> 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.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

On May 6, 11:59 pm, "N. Miller" <anonym...@msnews.aosake.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2008 20:00:13 -0700 (PDT), hsyq...@gmail.com wrote:
> > 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.
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Oh Lord, why have you come
> ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum


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.

pg wrote:

> On May 6, 8:16 pm, "Sebastian G." <se...@seppig.de> wrote:
>> hsyq...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> 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).
>
> 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.

On May 7, 12:00*am, hsyq...@gmail.com wrote:
> 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

"Sebastian G." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> pg wrote:
>
>> On May 6, 8:16 pm, "Sebastian G." <se...@seppig.de> wrote:
>>> hsyq...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> 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).
>>
>> 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.

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

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
Do not reply with email

In comp.security.firewalls Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM wrote:
> 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
--
"If a software developer ever believes a rootkit is a necessary part of
their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
--Mark Russinovich

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.