Dark Shikari
join:2004-08-17
Reston, VA
| [Connectivity] Comcast throttling?
Apparently Comcast has recently started throttling eMule/eDonkey/Kad upload connections. When uploaders try to connect to a client, it instantly issues a 10053 error, disconnecting them. As eMule relies on a credit system, this means all a Comcast user can do is leech.
As I don't use eMule much (only for very rare files and the like), it doens't bother me *too* much, but it still is annoying. Even with various modifications designed to bypass ISP throttling, it still doesn't work.
I would strongly recommend to anyone choosing ISPs who uses eMule to choose another company instead. |
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Morty
Premium
join:2004-09-18 | Do you have any sort of proof? |
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Dark Shikari
join:2004-08-17
Reston, VA
| reply to Dark Shikari
See this thread for some other people with the same problem, who concluded it was a problem with Comcast: »forum.emule-project.net/index.ph···p=790482 |
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Morty
Premium
join:2004-09-18 | That's certainly interesting, however that doesn't prove that Comcast is throttling it (or at least on purpose). You would need to have more technical information / locations in order to gain any useful correlation. |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to Dark Shikari
said by Dark Shikari  :Apparently Comcast has recently started throttling eMule/eDonkey/Kad upload connections. When uploaders try to connect to a client, it instantly issues a 10053 error, disconnecting them. Throttling doesn't cause 10053 disconnects.
»www.google.com/search?q=error+10···official
Check the Rogers Cable forum to find out what the affect of ISP throttling is; Rogers is known to throttle their customers.
»[Extreme] Confirm from rep on throttling?
»[Extreme] Routing issue or Throttling ?
»[ Express] Is Rogers throttling my upload speed?
There are other, older threads, as well. Start by checking your AV software.
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Norman
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Morty
Premium
join:2004-09-18 | Hehe, I knew NormanS would post an excellent reply. I personally don't use emule / torrents that often if ever really. |
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Dark Shikari
join:2004-08-17
Reston, VA | reply to Morty
Normans: according to information from those same eMule forums, Cablevision throttles their customers (and creates 10053 errors) by sending fake disconnect packets to uploaders. |
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Dark Shikari
join:2004-08-17
Reston, VA
| reply to Dark Shikari
I suggest you check out »www.filesharingweb.de/mediaWiki/···:Bad_isp
There are a number of providers that throttle their customers in a manner that creates 10053 errors. Its not really "throttling": it completely cuts off the connection rather than just slowing it down. |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to Dark Shikari
Re: [Connectivity] Comcast throttling?
said by Dark Shikari :Normans: according to information from those same eMule forums, Cablevision throttles their customers (and creates 10053 errors) by sending fake disconnect packets to uploaders. That is not throttling. Forcing a disconnect is not slowing the connection down, it is breaking the connections altogether.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
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gd16
join:2006-08-17
Portland, OR
| reply to Dark Shikari
I am having this same problem now in Portland, Oregon. It just started in the last few days. Looks like this is propogating across all of comcast. What a bummer... comcast or qwest. Why can't Verizon be Portland's phone carrier?
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Dark Shikari
join:2004-08-17
Reston, VA | reply to NormanS
OK, so its not throttling... its worse than throttling >_> |
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AthlGrond
Collectivism Breeds Envy
Premium,MVM
join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO | reply to Dark Shikari
Which router are you using? |
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Dark Shikari
join:2004-08-17
Reston, VA | A D-Link DI-524. Its worked flawlessly up until this started a few weeks to months ago. |
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AthlGrond
Collectivism Breeds Envy
Premium,MVM
join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO | Have you tried taking the router out of the loop while running emule to see if it is now causing problems? |
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gd16
join:2006-08-17
Portland, OR | I have a D-Link DGL-4300 and have the same problem. Tried all suggested steps...same result |
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AthlGrond
Collectivism Breeds Envy
Premium,MVM
join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO
 ·Comcast
| said by gd16 :Tried all suggested steps...same result Sounds like a D-Link Problem then since only people with D-Links are having it. 
But seriously, what suggested steps did you take?
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gd16
join:2006-08-17
Portland, OR | taking the router out of the loop. |
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gd16
join:2006-08-17
Portland, OR | reply to Dark Shikari
»forum.emule-project.net/index.ph···ry790482 |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA | reply to Dark Shikari
Yes. But I doubt that Comcast is doing it. |
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