Cable modem problem

[crofty83]

I have in the past couple of days got cable modem. It works a treat until i use progs like morpheus and audiogalaxy which for some reason makes me loose my connection. Can anyone suggest a reason for this and how i could fix it? Cheers

I am running windows 2000 Pro
AMD 850
192MB Ram

[XprincoX]

could u please describe the problem a lil more in detail? As when i first got my cable service setup i bought a modem that my isp didn't support, so i had constant and random disconnects. :burn:

[crofty83]

When i signed up for cable modem the modem was provided by the isp.

[Kingslayer]

What ISP and what modem? Are you running a router? Does your cable ISP use proxies between you and them or between them and the internet port?

[crofty83]

I am currently with cable broadband. a company in the UK

[blebs99]

I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but some ISP's will intentionally drop service to some addresses, such as Morpheus because of the strain on available bandwidth.
You might want to ask your ISP if they are intentionally blocking out those addresses, which in turn is showing up as a dropped connection.

[Oni]

You could try putting those programs on a different port. Most colleges in the United States (just bear with me, I know you don't live in the states) will block access to certian ports to stop file sharing. If you change the port to something that's not blocked, you'll be able to download again. You can usually do that within the connection settings options of the program you're using.

I realize that I'm walking the line here, mods, but I'm not endorsing anything bad. Please don't PM me.