Posted by Chmeee on 04/05/06 17:52

Penelope Pitstop wrote:

>
> When you changed port numbers through your firewall/router did you also
> make those same changes in WinMX itself?
>
> Was WinMX restarted after changes were made to your port settings?
>
> If your router has been turned off recently or if there was a power
> outage, have you checked the router settings to make sure the static IP
> number hasn't changed for the computer running WinMX?
>
> Has WinMX been "allowed" through all firewalls, including the XP
> firewall (if used)?
>
> If all answers are yes, have you tried a passive secondary connection
> (using the "unable to..." options in your WinMX connection settings)?
> This is generally considered a "last resort" option and it has
> restrictions (such as not being able to transfer to or from another user
> connected in the same manner and search results will be fewer), but it
> should work for most.
>
> HTH
>
> -PP
>
I tried AlmostBob's suggestion of a complete change fo the
port numbers to 1191/1192 which are listed at:

http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

as:

gpfs 1191/tcp General Parallel File System
gpfs 1191/udp General Parallel File System
#
caids-sensor 1192/tcp caids sensors channel
caids-sensor 1192/udp caids sensors channel

I don't know what implications there might be by using them,
but those numbers seem to work for now. Before using them I
had also re-installed Win98 and WinMx (1.9 patch) to no
avail.

In answer to your questions. Yes I change WinMx each time
to match router/firewall settings. I also reboot the entire
network each time I change something, right from cable modem
to the old Win98 system I dedicate to WinMx. ZoneAlarm was
the first thing I removed when troubles occurred, so a
software firewall is no longer in the equation. I too,
consider the "unable to" settings as a last resort, but I
had tried them as well.

Using 1191/1192 I had 52 successfull outbound transfers
overnight (about 20 failures) which is an improvement over
the zero success rate I had from Mar 31 'til Apr 04.
Transfer rate is still slow, but www.bandwidthplace.com is
reporting my connection at about 60% of it's normal rate so
I'll have to find out what THAT problem is.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I'll follow up
here in a few days with a progress report.

-C

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