Hello all,
I am new to Macs, I have a Macbook pro, running os x 10.6. and unfortunately, my p.o.s. Vista netbook is outperforming it! I appeal to your love of Macs to help me on this one.
My problem is that I am able to download a torrent fine with my Vista netbook (and before anyone freaks out, i am using it to download Openoffice on my mac, and occasionally other legitimate torrents, not piracy. In fact, I rarely ever use torrents, but the sheer frustration that my slick new MacBook can't do what my crappy Vista comp. can do is driving me nuts!), using the same connection as my Mac, but when I use any of the torrent clients (Vuze, Transmission) on my Mac, they all say that my port is closed and the d.l. lags at like 2.4kbs, while on my Vista laptop, I get the greenlight saying the ports are open, and everything is fine, up to 300kbs.
I have searched but really can't seem to find an answer that doesn't involved screwing with the router. But, if I can download on the same connection, with the same modem (siemens gigaset se 261) and router (tp link 941nd) with my Vista, why can't my Mac do the same? I also notice this is a problem when trying to set up things like Remote Desktop. Please, any advice or help would be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance!
I am new to Macs, I have a Macbook pro, running os x 10.6. and unfortunately, my p.o.s. Vista netbook is outperforming it! I appeal to your love of Macs to help me on this one.
My problem is that I am able to download a torrent fine with my Vista netbook (and before anyone freaks out, i am using it to download Openoffice on my mac, and occasionally other legitimate torrents, not piracy. In fact, I rarely ever use torrents, but the sheer frustration that my slick new MacBook can't do what my crappy Vista comp. can do is driving me nuts!), using the same connection as my Mac, but when I use any of the torrent clients (Vuze, Transmission) on my Mac, they all say that my port is closed and the d.l. lags at like 2.4kbs, while on my Vista laptop, I get the greenlight saying the ports are open, and everything is fine, up to 300kbs.
I have searched but really can't seem to find an answer that doesn't involved screwing with the router. But, if I can download on the same connection, with the same modem (siemens gigaset se 261) and router (tp link 941nd) with my Vista, why can't my Mac do the same? I also notice this is a problem when trying to set up things like Remote Desktop. Please, any advice or help would be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance!