Slow MSN file transfer speeds!

WarpyWarpy
edited December 2006 in Science & Tech
hey,

is there a way of increasing the speed of msn transfers... im sending a doco to a friend and he has adsl 2+ like me and we both have 100kb/sec upload speed and our files send at 4kb/sec... is there a port that needs to be opened on our routers?

Comments

  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    Simple. MSN Messenger SUCKS at file transfers; most specifically large ones.
  • WarpyWarpy
    edited December 2006
    RWB wrote:
    Simple. MSN Messenger SUCKS at file transfers; most specifically large ones.

    Your right msn does indeed suck, I use gaim and unfortunately I'm forced into using the msn protocol due to all my friends. Surely there is a way of sending files quicker by opening ports?
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    You could check the MS support site for any needed ports opened for MSN Messenger... or maybe there is some other program out there that would work better.
  • djshowdowndjshowdown London
    edited December 2006
    i too have found messenger to be quite poor for file transfers

    its often quicker to upload it to one of the free file hosting sites and send the person the link
  • AuthorityActionAuthorityAction Missouri Member
    edited December 2006
    Try forwarding TCP port 1863 to see if that helps your speeds, if you really want to send the file via MSN Messenger.

    I would take djshowdown advice and just use one of the file hosting sites.
  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    You can try using the sharing folders, I've found it to be a much faster transfer rate than sending files.
  • WarpyWarpy
    edited December 2006
    Thanks people I will try the port 1863 later.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited December 2006
    Sending files over anything but jabber sucks. Use yousendit.com instead :).
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    GrayFox wrote:
    Sending files over anything but jabber sucks. Use yousendit.com instead :).

    Damn shills :vimp:
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