Hi,

I'm currently using Limewire Pro on my University Halls of Residence internet connection. We run at a sweet 10mbps. Perfect for using limewire. The only catch is...the server runs a permanent automatic monitoring service that watches all traffic in and out. I suspect that this monitoring service detects use of the Gnutella network and automatically cancels our internet connection for a week if we are ever caught. IS THERE ANYWAY TO ENCRYPT DATA PACKETS GOING IN AND OUT SO THAT THE NETWORK MONITOR CAN'T DETECT THEM?? I have looked into the possibility of setting up an SSH Tunnel, or perhaps changing to a different proxy. I am still too new at this game to try and do it myself and risk losing my internet connection permanently. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS??? I am desperate to liberate my hall from this oppression haha...i'm a big fan of having the freedom to share music with the world.

Thanks to anyone who can help

Lachlan

Rogers / Yahoo seems to disconnect me after using limewire for about 15 minutes. the internet in my house goes completely dead for an hour or two.

I just got off the phone with my isp www.microlnk.com and asked why my limewire wasn't working anymore and they told me they blocked the ports for limewire and all bittorent downloading. This just isnt right. Its a fairly small ISP that offers wireless service for rural areas. I want to know what I can do about this!! Any feedback appreciated

they have this fair usage policy and if u download too much between 6pm - 11pm weekdays and 12pm - 4pm weekends they cut your download rate to like 2kb/s so dont do heavy usage too much in that time frame they send you a warning e-mail or 4 though

I just got off the phone with ClearWire Communications, and they confirmed that they DO "manage & monitor" (block) port 6346.

From their Terms of Service: "We may, but do not have to, block information, transmissions or access to certain information, services, products or domains to protect us, our network, the public or our users."


Oh, well as long as they're doing this to "protect" me.

UPDATE: I had a Clearwire technician out to my house, and he stated that as of about 2 weeks ago (around the middle of January) the Eugene office installed a Cisco P-Cube. This is a P2P-blocking piece of hardware that many ISPs are using, and Clearwire is installing at all their offices nationwide to limit file sharing. Information about the P-Cube can be found online, specifically at P-Cubes website: http://www.p-cube.com/products/serviceEngine.shtml

Thanks Bob,

I've only been with virgin a month, and havent had too many probs yet, may give it a few weeks but may keep a look out for other isps. We're on the max plan. Did you get hit by the 50 quid charge for cancelling within 6 mths? Im leaving at the end of the year, so not sure whether to hold out or change.

shan53168

You asked: No, because I started using Virgin sometime ago, back in the dim a distant dial up days, so I was not caught by their current range of restrictions.


UK Bob

I'm convinced that BT (British Telecom) are restricting use of P2P during the day. I can't get the usual Gnutella ports (6436 - 6348) to work at all, and shifting to another port sometimes only seems to work for a short while before downloads either slow to a crawl or stop altogether. Other times other ports seem OK albeit downloads are slower than normal. From about midnight I can download with no problem, mornings can be hit and miss. Other people I know who use BT and LW have noticed similar things.

There's nothing official and BT have a dreadful customer service helpdesk that it's not worth the effort contacting them. But this problem has existed for a while now

I now know that BT are blocking p2p, I've come back to use Limewire for the first time in nearly a month and it's the same response - I can't connect.

I think it's time to add BT to the list of ISP's that are blocking Gnutella. Ah, well...

I was sort of wondering (long after the fact)when that started happening to me.... Is it possible that you had just come to the end of a "monthly" max. data count? Say, your allowed "X" amount and then they pull back on the Raine's?