WinMX Uploads Slow or Timing Out

Uploads Slow or Timing Out

There are a variety of reasons for uploads to be slow. But this page is dealing with the REALLY slow ones or the ones that time out every time.

For those with a Router

If you are behind a router...this link may help you port forward your router (goes to a remote site). Port Forwarding and setting ports could resolve the problem. Also, if there is not information specific to your router, and you do not see anything close to it on the site, you can always go to PortForward.com Their information isn't WinMX specific, but they do a really good job walking through on most routers.

Changing the WinMX default ports for TCP and UDP

There is also the possibility that you ISP is blocking WINMX's default ports, to check this u will need to change your IN/OUT UDP port.

(16257 instead of 6257 for example). Remember if you try this solution these ports will have to mapped through the Router (If you have one) just as the default ones were.
Go to settings,

settingsb

Internet Connection, Incoming tcp.

incoming-tcp

Change the number there from whatever it is now (default is 6699) to something new. This is usually something I change every time I have installed WinMX, not that I have always needed to, but I think its a good thing to diversify the ports, makes it harder for us to be collectively cheated.

Then IN/OUT UDP. Change value there also, truthfully this is the major one for uploads. If udp isn't working right, upload speeds will either be horrible, or not at all. It will also interfere with host a chat channel with WinMX.

inoutudp

Restart WinMX. Hopefully that should resolve the problem.

If that didn't help

Go to settings,

settingsb

Change outgoing TCP connections,

tcp2

and IN/OUT UDP packets:

udp

make sure it is on secondary connection now, should automatically adjust to it when u restart it, but just make sure.

second

then restart WinMX, This will resolve 90+% of peoples Upload problems. Of course if u can map 6699 open for incoming and 6257 for in and out great, but for those unable, or those using Zone Alarm (seems to be the biggest problem) you can always try this.

There are disadvantages to using this solution. You will not be able to download from any other users who are configured the same way, and being secondary will make you unable to host a chat room. AND you will have to rely on a primary connection to connect you to the WPN network.

Having listed the disadvantages, I feel it would be inadequate to not clarify that WinMX will still be a valuable tool even if it IS configured in the firewalled (unable...) mode.

You should also visit dslreports.com and tweak your connection.

It should also be noted that there are some USA internet service providers that have been actively blocking WinMX uploads for months. There are also a few ISPs that are beginning to block all downloads as well.