VPN and Shareza (P2P downlowds)

[Keithk]

I was told VPN blocks your ISP port settings and then increases your download speed, is this true?.
All P2P software tells you fast downloads, but at 1 - 4 kbps and that is what I get.. maybe...
Is there some one out there who knows how to get out of the extremely slow P2P downloding blues...

 

[andres101]

in short, yes!

think of a vpn as a tunnel. it sends all data through the tunnel over a single ip connection. on the other side, it is split up into mutliple ip connecitons again:

Please excuse the crappy ascii-art:

--\        VPN   /--
--|--------------|--
--/              \--

The easiest way to speed up P2P traffic in Shareaza is to use an unshaped port for downloads.
"Tools | Shareaza Settings | Internet | Connection" and change Port to 21 or 80.

How do you connect to the internet. Dial from windows or dial from router?

if you connect through a router (that dials up to the net), you have to set up port forwarding!! this will make the most significant impovement.

 

[Keithk]

Thanks for reply, I use an ADSL 192 package on a USB Modem, dial up Windows

 

[LethalChicken]

I have also tried P2P over our commercial proxies in SA and no great improvement.