Netgear Routers, Virgin and P2P

[DPS Computing]

Just a quick enquiry really to see if I can solve a problem that I'm having.

At Uni, we use P2P such as Vuze or BitTorrent to share the large files such as webcasts / podcasts of online lectures as the Uni won't let the network be used that heavily by one department.

At home I have Virgin ISP and a Netgear router. I've set up a static IP and forwarded the relevant ports of Vuze yet when I run it HTTP traffic seems to be blocked on the computer running Vuze (but none of the others on the network usually).

Has anyone got any ideas on the problem / potential solutions?

[paul]

I think this is the issue with your ISP provider which might be blocking or slow down the speed at the time of downloading or uploading Internet content including video files.Vuze has filed their petition to FCC for Rule making for limiting Internet traffic throttling (PDF). However you may consider to use if there is real alternative to Vuze supported by your ISP. Btw, did you tried to contact Virgin on this issue?

[DPS Computing]

Thanks for the info paul. Yes, have (tried) to talk to Virgin and they are their usual (un)helpful selves!

[paul]

Is that, Virgin is losing its virginity?

[esnail]

You could try a different port on your Torrent client - Virgin does (but won't admit to it) slow down internet connections when torrent downloads are active - I've noticed this. They have a list of common torrent ports that they watch for - so might be worth just changing that port, and make sure you also open up that port on your router for the computer you're using the torrent client on.

[DPS Computing]

Originally Posted by esnail

You could try a different port on your Torrent client - Virgin does (but won't admit to it) slow down internet connections when torrent downloads are active - I've noticed this. They have a list of common torrent ports that they watch for - so might be worth just changing that port, and make sure you also open up that port on your router for the computer you're using the torrent client on.

Already tried that many times. Changed to non-standard ports and exactly the ssame problem .

[esnail]

Virgin and other ISPs have very little legal right to throttle bandwidth in this way anyway. They should not judge what you download nor how, and can't possibly know whether you are downloading music/software illegally as you may already have the rights to use it. Also, as in your case, you are downloading information that you have a perfectly legal right to use and doing so using a perfectly legal method in Bit-Torrents - it's an outrage.

[kendalbigson]

yeah i wouldn't think they would have an effect on your p2ping.

Kendal Bigson