slow transfer in messenger

I am having very slow transfer rates in messenger. everywhere else I can get
good speeds I am on DSL and a file on messenger transfers like it is on dial
up. is there a reason for this?

ok.. I am curious as to why it is not making a direct connection though...
everything else seems to connect fine. internet pages have no problems
comming up it is just things like file transfers in messenger:s

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi Rage,
>
> If you're not able to make a direct connection to your contact (on a router, through UPnP, or
> some other interference, like a software firewall), Messenger will just send the file through
> the Messenger server as it sends normal text. This latter method is quite slow
> (intentionally).
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
> "Rage Skywolfe" <> wrote in message
> news:BD1F83D8-D8EE-4678-8308-...
> > I am having very slow transfer rates in messenger. everywhere else I can get
> > good speeds I am on DSL and a file on messenger transfers like it is on dial
> > up. is there a reason for this?
>
>
>

Hi Rage,

Well a web page is just an outgoing connection to a web server, which returns your web page.

File transfer, voice, etc. are peer to peer connections which mean you need both outgoing
connections to work and incoming connections. Messenger does make use of several tricks to
get around various blocks to these incoming connections (like UPnP), but it's really down to
your networking configuration and scenario for these things to work.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--

"Rage Skywolfe" <> wrote in message
news:C25D01B5-5B89-478C-99F1-...
> ok.. I am curious as to why it is not making a direct connection though...
> everything else seems to connect fine. internet pages have no problems
> comming up it is just things like file transfers in messenger:s
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi Rage,
>>
>> If you're not able to make a direct connection to your contact (on a router, through UPnP,
>> or
>> some other interference, like a software firewall), Messenger will just send the file
>> through
>> the Messenger server as it sends normal text. This latter method is quite slow
>> (intentionally).
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>> --
>>
>> "Rage Skywolfe" <> wrote in message
>> news:BD1F83D8-D8EE-4678-8308-...
>> > I am having very slow transfer rates in messenger. everywhere else I can get
>> > good speeds I am on DSL and a file on messenger transfers like it is on dial
>> > up. is there a reason for this?
>>
>>
>>