Router: PTI 818 - It was a freebie given by my ISP (TT& T Thailand - that's where I am) and doesn't appear on any of the port-forwarding listings in relation to router/modem configuration for bit-torrent downloads. I strongly suspect that I will not be successful with bit-torrents until I invest in another, fully supported router.

Limewire Pro 4.10.0

Java: 1.5.0_04

A house in a relatively remote part of Thailand - hence the excessive distance (5 km) from what the ISP calls the "box" which I interpet as a local exchange and the consequent slowness of my connection. (Despite this, and despite the firewall issue, at off-peak useage times L Pro often has the blue "turbo connection" bars.)

I have been using Limewire for a number of weeks and have successfully downloaded a deal of material, albeit very slowly. Interestingly though, whilst I have a very good collection of music available for sharing, never once has it been accessed by another Gnutella user - I have no idea if this is related to the firewall issue (... or maybe they just don't like my taste!). The more I use Limewire though, the more I become aware that I have much to learn about the intricacies of it.

(It's nice to have another Aussie trying to help - thanks!)

If you're seeing the firewall icon, chances are that other users can't download from you (so you see no uploads). In LW go tools > options > bug reports > view example. Scroll down to 'recieved incoming this session'...if it's false, you can't recieve incoming connections from other computers.

I can't find anything about TT&T that's in English...so it's a bit hard to say whether they're definitely throttling bandwidth. It sounds like it though, a lot of ISPs do it. If your connection status improves during off peak times, try downloading at all different times...maybe your speed will jump up a bit then as well.
Try downloading a file from here & see what speed you get
http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml

Something you could try is changing ports. In LW go tools > options > advanced > firewall config. Now change LW's listening port to 64049 (or something in the range of 49152 - 65535). Apply > ok. If you do get port forwarding up & running, the port forwarded & LW's listening port must be the same number.

You're router's a toughie. It does have a firewall but like you said, there's not much documentation! Have a look here, see if you can find any good info about port forwarding.
http://www.paradigm.com.tw/Support_ts.html

And sorry, this page doesn't translate but if you can read it...
http://www.thaiddns.com/webboard/mes...ly.asp?tid=747

It wouldn't hurt to update your Java. Use the JRE offline installer here & remove your current Java before you install the new version
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp

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