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pspnubs
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_ 		19. October 2007 @ 21:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hey, i just got Bit Torrent, seeing how i need it for various downloads, but my downloading speed is absolutely horrendous. I get 0.6 kbps when im lucky.

Now i did SOME research and i found out that i need to forward some ports from my firewall. Thing is, i don't know how to do it exactly.

I only have Window's defender (with some anti-spy/virus).
One more thing... i'm using the internet off a neighboor so would that complicate anything?
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mistycat
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_ 		20. October 2007 @ 00:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You need to forward a port through your neighbor's router: http://www.portforward.com/english/route...routerindex.htm but you should see how he/she feels about that and maybe set your ip address static. Isn't Windows Defender only anti-spyware, is Windows firewall on? Some routers perform better when they are wired directly, you can check your speeds here: http://www.speedtest.net/
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pspnubs
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_ 		20. October 2007 @ 09:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The speed test got 2 Megs a second. Also, how do i go through and change ip static? I dont even know what it is ...

Sorry for the complete lack of knowledge in this area, i'll try to do some more research. Thanks in advance for any help.
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jeffw224
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_ 		20. October 2007 @ 10:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Portforward.com How to setup a static IP address.

Do you have a software firewall?
As Mistycat pointed out, the Defender is not a firewall, neither are your anti-spy/virus applications.

The 2 megs on the test, was it bits "b" or bytes "B" as 8bs = 1B.
So if it was 2Mb (megabits) = 250kBs (kilobytes).
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