Posted by fred-bloggs on 12/11/05 15:54

"VG" <vivanonym.gridley@btinternet.com> wrote in
news:dnh6t9$9t0$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com:

> I am running WinMX quite successfully using the new patch. Downloads
> come through at reasonable speed but uploads (people downloading from
> me) run painfully slow - around 2.5k max. I have tried restricting the
> number of uploads but this doesn't help matters.
> I am on broadband. Incoming and outgoing ports have been set to their
> default settings. The ports on my router have been set to match those
> required for WinMX.
> I am on a Primary Connection, and have allocated maximum bandwidth
> under 'Settings', with no bandwidth throttling.
> Grateful for any help,
>
> VG
>
>

BT ADSL has a 256kbps upstream capacity which effectively gives about 25
kbytes/sec. You should set your winmx peer network bandwith at 10k
down/7.5k up and set a total upload bandwidth of 20-25 kbytes/s. That
will allow you 4-5 upload slots (1 per user).


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fred

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