That network has issues and has been known to not play well with other networks.
It's either that or some parasite has installed itself on your machine.
Read http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=1313&messageID=15002&start=0
CWSHREDDER has moved. I used Google and find it's now at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
See if you find a pest.
I have a problem with a "eTEC ADSL Router 4 ethernet port/USB" (thats as close as i can to the model). I am using this to connect to my 512k ADSL. The problem i am having is when i am file sharing on msn the exchance in data is really slow even when exchaning with someone with a greater bandwith than myself. There is also a problem evident when i am using bittorrent, bittorrent says that i am behind a firewall, but i dont use a firewall and i have checked that the xp firewall is off.
Dont think that the spec of my pc has anything to do with it well i'm 99% posotive because i cant see how it can.
if anyone could suggests any settings to slove this problem, i am more concerend about bit torrent than msn, then i would apreciate it

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