No Uploads 'Cos I'm On A LAN?

[TomD22]

Limewire connecting and dloading fine, but i feel bad that no-one can upload (even though i am sharing plenty of files).

I think i have done everything i should to stop the windows firewall blocking Limewire, including opening specific ports (and even just turning it off for a while), but the tools-options-bug check thing still says false and there are still no uploads.

Is this because I am on a home LAN and this pc goes through a wireless router, then another pc, then an ADSL modem to get to the internet? (this was the problem with WinMX, and why i gave up on it in the end).

XP, SP2, only windows firewall.

If there is a simple solution, then i'd be grateful.

[TomD22]

Read a few more posts, and maybe my broadband modem has a NAT firewall of it's own. It is a speedtouch (can't find model number), if that helps at all. Do i need to forward a port - and how do i do that if so?

[Lord of the Rings]

Whether the Speedtouch needs port forwarding depends on the model & whether its connected via usb or ethernet.

If you're on a lan, remember only one port can be forwarded per computer. So if you have more than one LW connecting it would need a separate port no. Not a major issue really but just you need to be aware & prepared for that.

A sensitive question! Do you feel you need SP2. SP2 reduces simultaneous connections. There's M$ & 3rd party patches fixes that work for some people. But the most effective I've heard is to uninstall SP2.

[TomD22]

I think i can follow the guide on portforward.com OK (although they don't cover my model of adsl modem, a speedtouch 330), but what i'd really like to know is what if any complications there will be with the process as described there for my LAN setup (which as i understand it is a little unusual - most people have a central router which both pcs connect to the net through, whereas the one i am on now gets to the net through the other one). And also, you talk about SP2. I am fairly attached to it - are you saying it won't work at all with sp2 without patches/uninstalling it, or what?

[TomD22]

Oh, and does my wireless router (connected to my pc that is connected to the modem, but not directly to the modem) come into this at all?

[Lord of the Rings]

I'm not so sure your speedtouch 330 needs port forwarding. I don't know. Portforward.com don't list all models, only those that have been donated by users mainly. So it's not always easy to know whether a particular model needs it or not if it's not listed at Portforward.com.

Which Router device do you use? Is it listed at Portforward.com ?

As far as SP2, no it might not necessarily even be due to that. I was exploring possibilities. If it is the issue, then ... hmmm.. not sure. For some people sp2 is fine.

[TomD22]

Sorry to take up your time, i have now done what i always do when confronted with computer problems - keep fiddling with settings until something works. As far as i can tell now it does - or at least that's what this means, yes?

Received incoming this session: true

[Lord of the Rings]

Excellent! Problems solved!