MSN Port Forwarding

manjuice · 16 Mar 2007 at 17:15

When some friends send me files through msn messenger, speeds are really slow (slower than 56k). Is this because I haven't forwarded the msn ports (1863,5190,6891-6900,6901)? If I do, does it mean speed will be faster?

Thanks

manjuice · 16 Mar 2007 at 17:43

WotDa said:
Depends on their upload.

256K upload = around 25kb/s
448 = around 40-50kb/s
etc etc.

That could be the reason for the slow transfer, it could also be because they haven't got the right ports open, or they might be doing other stuff taking up their upload.

Try forwarding the ports and see if it changes.

Both users have 448kbps upload and nothing running at background. I'll just try it.

manjuice · 16 Mar 2007 at 18:08

WotDa said:
What sort of download speed are you getting then?

It depends on the user I'm recieving from. Some people works as it should but others as little as 1kB a sec. A 4mb file will take well over 20mins.

This isn't really a problem as I just get user to uplaod to a filesharing site, but it would be nice just to send via msn.

manjuice · 16 Mar 2007 at 18:57

Tony Williams said:
Try turning firewalls off at both ends and see if there is a difference - do you get the yellow info bar too?

Yep.