I have Morpheus but my downloads are seriously hampered by a firewall on my emule connnection.
I did all the instructions on opening all necessary ports on my belkin wireless router {n.b.: I was directly connected to the router at the time}.  Everything turned out all right.  Then I moved my computer to wireless.
(side question: before the connection speed said 100 mbps, now it says 11 but says the signal strength is very good, i don't get this.  it hasn't seem to have changed when i browse the internet, but maybe this has to do with my problem...) so i've got it connected on wireless, and my old computer is the one directly connected to the router.  (I can't tell how many mbps it is getting because i know nothing of win98. (mine is on xp))  well, i disable all the visible firewalls on my old one, and it still is firewalled on the xp.  i look at the configuration of the xp's wireless utility, and it lists the wireless sources as a lynksys which is very strong signal, and the belkin, which is very very slow and has a terrible signal.  I had a lynksys connected to this one once, but that was a while ago, i can't remember if i left the firewalls on, and it wasn't wireless(if it helps).  but anyway the lynksys connection does not allow me to access my new belkin router, while the belkin connection does but is far too slow.  i have all the firewalls I know of disabled on this computer.  please help me disable these unkown firewalls and get my wireless connection to (speedily) acknowledge the belkin, not the lynksys.

sorry if this was patchy, it's been a long two days of coffee and cigrettes.  Please help, even if i only use the morpheus for a couple more days, i hate leaving loose ends and strange errors...

the router is connected to a non-firewalled dsl. if i left something out just ask me i'll be closely monitoring this.  you guys have helped me out before.billiusthemook.....If you had posted your issue in the hardware section .....you may have received a faster response. How about describing your issue exactly ...with details about your operating system...,
the type of router your using and model numbers and the like. ( its handy so we can check on them ) are you networked , connected through a router...is it wireless or not. that sort of info .....leave out things like it used to work this way..... Have you actually checked your download speed ...or do you just think its not good ?
Go and refill your coffee ........forget about the smokes ( they're not good for you ) and get back to us .

DL65 sorry bout that, i'm new.

I am #1 trying to get my wireless network connection to properly connect.  and #2 trying to remove all firewalls in my system and on my router.

The computer i am on is using the windows xp os, and is connected to the internet through a wireless router. the router is a belkin wireless router model #F5D7230-4 version 1444.  The computer was previously connected directly to an ethernet linksys router.  Both routers have been connected to a dsl modem (if that's what you call it, i'm not sure).  The wireless desktop network card which connects to the wireless router is model #(i'm almost positive)F5D7000.  

Now, when i open up the connection properties of the wireless desktop card, it lists two different available "networks".  One is titled linksys and the other is entitled belkin54g.  linksys has a very strong signal and has the gateway IP set to my old router; "192.168.1.1" and assigns me the address "192.168.1.101".  When i force a connection to the belkin54g the signal drops dramatically almost to a crawl, but unlike the linksys it will allow me to access my belkin router, whose address is "192.168.2.1" and assigns me the address "192.168.2.2" which is listed on the DHCP table after accessing the router.

My second problem is associated with Morpheus and may or may not be connected (i think it is) with the first problem.  Before going wireless, i had the computer directly connected to the router and had setup the router to my liking, and morpheus didn't have any problem with firewalls and it was clear sailing.  then i went wireless and it tells me i have my connections firewalled.  I have gone through all the connections i can find and have turned off all firewalls, and the router has not been changed since the move and does not have a firewall, and it still has the settings i had before, with the port forwarding and all.  I need to figure out how to find and disable this firewall which has eluded me so far.

I appreciate your help sincerely.

P.S. although i have not seen MUCH, if any, change in speed outside of the now firewalled morpheus, the connection speed says 11 Mbps when before when i was directly connected to the router is was 100 Mbps.  I figured this was SUBSTANTIAL enough a difference to show change, but so far i seen nothing.  (Morpheus is a different story, but is was slow back when i still had firewalls when i was directly connected and when i had 100 Mbps.) so any explanation would be great (though hardly necessary).billiusthemook....Ok if I have this correct....you have two routers , but you are only currently using the Belkin wireless router .  It sounds to me as if you have not removed the Linksys router software from your pc.....I would be inclined to completely remove all software for both the Belkin router and the Linksys router from your pc and laptop......Then I would reinstall the software for the Belkin router only. Does your ISP require that you register your routers MAC addresss ? I would do the same thing for the wireless network card .( Is it a PCI card ?) You may have to reset your ADSL modem as well .
Then when all has been purged and or reset ....I would reinstall the Belkin router.....exactly following the installation and setup instructions. Then reinstall any software or drivers for the wireless network card.
Now test your system to see if it functions as it should
To the best of my knowledge a router is a hardware firewall and you cannot turn it off . If you continue to have problems , I would contact Belkin and if necessary your ISP .

let us know how you make out.
dl65 ok, the software for the router itself is not on the computer, but the wireless network card {which is pci} software is, do want me to uninstall that? and if so, how should i do that in terms of steps in taking out the card, then software, etc.

I can't find any software on the computer for the old linksys router, so i'm assuming i've already uninstalled it.

my isp has never required my mac address, so i don't think that is the problem

sorry about the delayed response, i had to get some sleepbilliusthemook....If I understand your quote.....
"Now, when i open up the connection properties of the wireless desktop card, it lists two different available "networks".  One is titled linksys and the other is entitled belkin54g.  linksys has a very strong signal and has the gateway IP set to my old router; "192.168.1.1" and assigns me the address "192.168.1.101". "
This suggests to me that there is still some referance to your old router .......I dont think there should be any .
You say your Belkin router has no software ? It should have come with a cd which should be installed on your desktop pc.........It will have a step by step procedure for installing and setting up . this should also include setting up and configuring your network. Next you asked about removing the card ......I would shut down , remove the card from the pci slot , then reboot , check the device manager to be sure its gone, then if all referance to it is gone ........shutdown , plug the card back in and restart your pc . Now Windows will detect the new hardware , and install the necessary drivers.
Now....you should be able to set things up according to the instructions on the router installation cd ....
let us know how you make out .
dl65  
i uninstalled the software for the wireless card, removed the card, reinstalled the software, inserted the card, and then i let windows finish the installation.

the desktop card tells me it has 2 connections, one entitled linksys (my old router, which is not connected to a power source let alone the internet, where it lists the old router's address as the gateway), and the other entitled belkin54g (my new and connected router which has listed it's proper address as gateway, and in addition gives the proper ip address for this computer as according to dhcp table, and it allows access to the router via internet explorer unlike the other connection.

The linksys connection has a strong signal and is relatively fast. The belkin54g connection has a very weak signal and is very slow.

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in addition to this i have a firewalled connection for both connections, but once the belkin router is accessed it tells me it is forwarding the specified ports to my computer but morpheus is still registered as firewalled.  Before going wireless but while directly connected to the belkin is had morpheus WORKING full speed without firewalls with the same ports being forwarded.strange: while on the belkin54g connection where i have access to the real router, morpheus starts off telling me all connections are firewalled, but a couple minutes in the firewalls fall.  this never used to happen.
anyway it still is only 2 Mbps on the belkin54g connection while the (technically non-existent) linksys connection is at 11 Mbps.Why would you use spyware ridden P2P software?i only use morpheus because it provides a *censored* of a lot for only a few adware and spyware programs, all of which have had no visible affects on the performance of my computer.

i have used other p2p programs, and they all have had either too little content, or too much spyware.  Emule was the best content, with the most affect on the performance.  Morpheus has full access to the emule and edonkey network for minimal spyware.  I love it.I'd prefer no spyware over any spyware at all. But I do value my privacy.ghostsurfer beats them all...try ipconfig /all....or netstat or ping the server...in msdos or cmd prompt..