GrabIt (Binary newsreader)

[MrBear5587]

Hi,

Now that I've changed ISP I have access to 55000 ish newsgroups :).

For my binary newsreader, I'm using GrabIt. I've looked on their website and forms and couldn't find any info about this so I thought I'd try my luck here..

Basically the downloads aren't as fast as I'd of hoped for, which leads me to believe NAT is to blame on my router.

I've given the executable full access in the Windows XP Firewall but I don't know what port I'd need to forward in my router and there doesn't seem to be any info about this on the GrabIt website.

Maybe someone knows which port GrabIt uses and whether its TCP/UDP? Or would it be the same for all news readers - not that I know what It would be anyway.

Thanks in advance (Y)

[Waylander]

119 is its default port but most good nsp's will let you use others if your isp is throttleing it (try 80 for example). i tried grabit recently and didnt like it, it doesnt seem to support multiservers properly :(

personally i reccomend http://nzb.wordtgek.nl/ but its rather limited in features and can only download from nzb files not load headers, newsleecher is ok as a binary downloader but i think its author has a nasty habit of jumping from feature to feature without fixing bugs.

[MrBear5587]

Thanks for the reply :)

I forwarded port 119 and my downloads have gone from 8k -> 110k :D

Ill probably stick with GrabIt for a while, until I'm more used to newsgroups :)

Cheers (Y)