FC5 Released!!

[Gordon Messmer]

Ian Pilcher wrote:
> Florin Andrei wrote:
>> - incoming TCP ports 6881-6999 are blocked on your system
> 
> What I don't understand is the fact that this seems to limit download
> speed, rather than upload speed.  I'm behind an Internet "gateway", but
> my upload speed still manages to saturate my link.  My download speed,
> OTOH, seems to consistently run at about half of my upload speed.
> 
> Anybody got an explanation for this phenomenon?

If your ports aren't open, then you're only getting data from people 
that you connect to, as opposed to data from people you connect to, and 
people who connect to you.

I'm sure that's not the whole reason, but that's part of it.