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Originally posted by JBDreamerie hi, i've been having some 'connection' difficulties with some of the programs I use...i've already asked a friend to look at it, and have exhausted myself looking for answers online; if you're really good at computers and think you can help, please pm me and i will give you detailed information on what my problem is...i'm willing to pay!

"connection difficulties" as in network issues?

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Originally posted by architect1803 "connection difficulties" as in network issues?

yea, mainly TCP/IP, port forwarding difficulties, downloading large files freezing up...

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Originally posted by JBDreamerie yea, mainly TCP/IP, port forwarding difficulties, downloading large files freezing up...

ok what brand of router, if any, are you using?

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Originally posted by architect1803 ok what brand of router, if any, are you using?

2wire, AT&T is ISP

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Make sure you've closed any TCP/UDP connection programs, such as uTorrent, Ares, etc. Those are main bandwidth hogs and will kill your connection. I'm actually having problems right now with the same thing at home running wireless off a Dynex router.

Make sure you've also added the ports to your router's protocols. Disable the window's firewall too.

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Originally posted by architect1803 Make sure you've closed any TCP/UDP connection programs, such as uTorrent, Ares, etc. Those are main bandwidth hogs and will kill your connection. I'm actually having problems right now with the same thing at home running wireless off a Dynex router. Make sure you've also added the ports to your router's protocols. Disable the window's firewall too.

yup, it's all done...which is why i'm so confused as to why i'm still having problems

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Originally posted by JBDreamerie yup, it's all done...which is why i'm so confused as to why i'm still having problems

i don't even have service pack 3 on there; i was thinking maybe AT&T was filtering, but i don't think they've ever done that, and my friend who has them said he didn't have any difficulty

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Originally posted by JBDreamerie yup, it's all done...which is why i'm so confused as to why i'm still having problems

You should consider something like Tomato Firmware. My uncle uses that at his house and we've added port after port without any problems. Other than that, I don't even know where to continue helping dude. I only learned from what'd happened to me earlier this year in my apartment. I'm actually considering getting Tomato here soon.

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Originally posted by JBDreamerie i don't even have service pack 3 on there; i was thinking maybe AT&T was filtering, but i don't think they've ever done that, and my friend who has them said he didn't have any difficulty

I have SP2, and it happened to me, so I understand. ATT wont block anything either, or at least Ive never heard of such thing.

also, I know this sounds silly, but my brother had the same thing happened to him and he has comcast. He got pissed, bought a new router, and apparently that resolved the problem lol.

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Originally posted by architect1803 also, I know this sounds silly, but my brother had the same thing happened to him and he has comcast. He got pissed, bought a new router, and apparently that resolved the problem lol.

yea, that was my next step after trying to find additional help

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