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How do u make BitTorrent download faster? i have been searching the answer for days.
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biggermac
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8. June 2005 @ 17:47 |
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> I am currently using bitcomet to download torrents, but my
> downloads are not as fast as I would like them to be. So, I tried
> switching to BitTornado. i kept getting the yellow light so I
> checked my port status at www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 and found
> that my ports were closed. then, I opened bitcomet and the ports
> were open. Does anyone know why it does this? Because I want to
> try other clients, but bitcomet seems open and close my ports
> depending on wheter it is open or not.
You do not explain very much. There is all kinds of information you need to add before someone can try to answer you. What Windows version, what firewall program you are using, what speeds you were getting, etc.
I'll guess - I will assume that you are not using a router (your computer is plugged directly into the Modem for either cable or DSL). I will also assume you are running Windows XP, and further assume that you are using Windows XP's firewall.
What I am thinking is that BitComet is listed in your control-panel/security/firewall under "Exceptions". This will make the windows XP firewall just open all ports to BitComet none are blocked for it, yet still all are blocked for Windows XP and the Internet. So the easiest way is to add BitTornado to the exclude list there and put a tick in the little box in front of the program name.
Also BitTornado can use any ports so check and see which are being used by default. Try using any above 16000 or so, because any can be used. And you really only need one listening port, not a range.
That's all I can tell you right now without me information. You need to read up on what settings to use to, like what to set max upload at (It should be set to only 80% of what your true upload speed is). Remember that Kbps is not the same as KB/s. (KB/s numbers are 1/8th of Kbps, or 50 KB/s = 400 Kbps) (bytes and bits).
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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bshake
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8. June 2005 @ 18:27 |
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my port is currently set at 6881, but that can be changed, and when i check my speed at a website, not sure which one, i get it at about 609 bits. i disabled the xp firewall and am not using another one. what i do not understand is that when i go to the grc website and search my port, i get "open" only when bitcomet is running. If it is not running, and BitTornado is running, i get "closed." My light is green in BitTornado and i have set the ports to 6881 also. my dl speeds are around 10-15 on average, sometimes reaching 50.
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biggermac
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8. June 2005 @ 21:12 |
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> my port is currently set at 6881, but that can be changed, and
> when I check my speed at a website, not sure which one, I get it
> at about 609 bits. I disabled the xp firewall and am not using
> another one. what I do not understand is that when I go to the grc
> website and search my port, I get "open" only when bitcomet is
> running. If it is not running, and BitTornado is running, I
> get "closed." My light is green in BitTornado and I have set the
> ports to 6881 also. my dl speeds are around 10-15 on average,
> sometimes reaching 50.
Information information information. Upload speed. What settings are you using etc etc. Sorry to sound harsh, but I keep seeing people asking questions and you guys should be mentioning everything under the sun - every setting you can. Not just here, but in Usenet in an XP forum, or whatever. it is a good habit to get into.
OK. Let me try.
If you are using another firewall it will be the same problem as using the XP firewall - that "other" firewall you are using needs to not stop that port or ports you use for your torrent program. However, a green light in BitTornado usually will mean no firewall block.
Now, you said "609 bits" for reported download speed? Did you even read what I wrote about KB/s and Kbps in my 1st reply?" - needed are more accurate explanations. But I am pretty sure you are on DSL and your 609 bits is 609 Kbps download speed.
But what is your upload speed? Let me emphasize - upload speed is very important with torrents. it is not like the other style peer 2 peer networks. It was purposely written to be that way - you have to share good upload speed to get good download speed. Leeches (those who don't upload or only upload very slowly) are punished with slowwwww download speed.
Here is the deal, I would not do the port range you are at simply because I have heard of some blocking by some ISPs because they know torrent getters are using those ports and they don't want you to do that - maybe they are p[artially slowing things down there, but I doubt it. But since you have BitTornado why not change the ports as I explained already. Try 17113. Or whatever. Do not forget if you change a port in BitTornado it doesn't go into effect until the next time you use it, so close it and open it.
Now this might be a problem - Do not use any "automatic" or "unlimited" settings. I would never use them anywhere, but not on the default page for sure. BitTornado will say "automatic" when you 1st use it. Forget it exists.. So choose "slow DSL". That will say 4 max upload channels and 13 KB/s max upload speed. Leave it at 4 mac upload channels, at least for your speed. So then, you choose slow DSL/cable, and now depending on your upload speed then adjust that 13 KB/s to no more than 80% of your real upload speed - look at the test you ran it will tell you. If your max upload speed is 250 Kbps this is fine. 250 Kbps is the same as about 31 KB/s. 80% of that you need to set - so change the upload max in BitTornado to 25 (25 KB/s). This default page only you can change the settings and they will be effective immediately without have to close and open the program.
Remember it can take 15 minutes into a torrent download to start seeing better speeds. You max is about 600 Kbps, you said you've gotten "50" - in BitTornado and other torrent programs they use KB/s, so 50 KB/s = 400 Kbps.
I am getting about 800 Kbps download speed right now as I write, and I have a 4000 Kbps down and 400 Kbps up through cable. It moves up and down a few hundred Kbps easily. (Remember, 750 Kbps = maybe 90 KB/s) I am 1/4th of the way through an over 4 gig torrent (TV show - a season of a certain TV show). In the past 3 minutes I moved up to 940 Kbps, then right now it has moved down to 710 Kbps.. Now crud.. 1 minute later I am down to 600 Kbps.. This is a very popular torrent at 19 seeds and 135 peers.
Last torrent was today too, and not nearly as popular, but I was at over 1 Mbps dpownload speed for a while (I Mbps = 1000 Kbps or 125 KB/s). So i can't tell you what goes on, some are faster than others and I don't know why.
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To learn more about this KB/s & Kbps & Mbps stuff: http://www.kicknet.net/ezmodems.html
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...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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8. June 2005 @ 22:44 |
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i am currently using bitcomet to download torrents, but my downloads are not as fast as i would like them to be. So, i tried switching to BitTornado. i kept getting the yellow light so i checked my port status at www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 and found that my ports were closed. then, i opened bitcomet and the ports were open. Does anyone know why it does this? Because i want to try other clients, but bitcomet seems open and close my ports depending on wheter it is open or not.
When u forward a port or u just dont have any firewall protection and u go to that Shields Up page u gonna find that the port result will be "CLOSED", unless an application is using that port. if an application is using the port (like bitcomet) the result of the port test will be "OPEN". so when bitcomet is running, the port will show as "OPEN" and while it's not running and no other application is communicating through that port, it will show as "CLOSED". If u are gettin "CLOSED" or "OPEN" the port IS forwarded; and u are ok, u should get a green light. What u don't wanna see (when port forwarding is ur intention) is the result "STEALTH", which basically means the port is blocked; this is when u get yellow light.
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bshake
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8. June 2005 @ 23:01 |
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Thanks alot for the quick responses,i really appreciate it. Sorry for not providing enough information, this is my first time posting. My upload is around 170 kbps. I am now getting a green light in BitTornado but the download speeds are still slow, rarely surpassing 20kB/s on really popular torrents. I don't know if there are any other configurations changes i should make. Should i disable upnp? also, i was wondering how many seeds i should expect to connect to. Because i download and see over 100 seeds, but connect to 15 out of 15 available mabye on bitcomet. For peers i have the same problem, connecting to 55 0ut of 300. I don't know if these are normal numbers, but if they are not,is there some way to increase the number of seeds.
Once again, thanks alot for the help, i really appreciate it. I am a beginner at this.
P.S have u guys tried the download pro accelerator? I dunno if it works so im lookin for some experience
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ocm
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9. June 2005 @ 02:50 |
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Does anyone have an idea on how to fix my issue.
No firewall running, wireless router and a siemens speedstream modem.
Went to shields up and my ports are in "stealth" mode, how do i open them. What other information do you guys need to help me resolve this issue.
Please help.
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9. June 2005 @ 08:25 |
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Okay, so im using bitornado and the light is Always YELLOW.
I've read every post that you guys put down and I've tried it.
I am using a Westell Modem and a D-Link Router.
I have used https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 to see if my 6881-6889 ports were opened or closed. It says they are closed. So why am I getting a yellow light? I did every single step redscorpi has said in his previous posts.
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biggermac
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9. June 2005 @ 11:28 |
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> Thanks alot for the quick responses,i really appreciate it. Sorry
> for not providing enough information, this is my first time
> posting. My upload is around 170 kbps. I am now getting a green
> light in BitTornado but the download speeds are still slow, rarely
> surpassing 20kB/s on really popular torrents. I don't know if
> there are any other configurations changes i should make. Should i
> disable upnp? also, i was wondering how many seeds i should expect
> to connect to. Because i download and see over 100 seeds, but
> connect to 15 out of 15 available mabye on bitcomet. For peers i
> have the same problem, connecting to 55 0ut of 300. I don't know
> if these are normal numbers, but if they are not,is there some way
> to increase the number of seeds.
> P.S have u guys tried the download pro accelerator? I dunno if it
> works so im lookin for some experience
A download accelerator won't work - at least mine does not. I have to choose "Internet Explorer" in setting up the torrent for download/sharing.
If your upload speed is 170 Kbps in that test you ran, then 170 divideed by 8 = 22 KB/s, do 20% of that is what, about 16 or 16 KB/s. So you add in 16 on BitTornado's default page where it says max upload speed.
UPnP - I say yes, turn it off. I did. Works better if you ask me. I turned it off in both my program my router. (you are not using a router). With port forwarding I think you are accomplishing something similar to the same thing anyway... I have an old P3 also, it running Win 98 SE, and older versions of Windows cannot do UPnP at all anyway.
You need to have at least one seed in the torrent group you are in or else you'll stall out eventually, since a seed is a complete copy. If I am at 20 seeds that is a very healthy torrent. But even 5 seeds is OK - it depends on other peers like you too. You say 15 seeds and 55 peers - this is a fine torrent and you should see speeds doing well by 1/4th of the way througfh the diownload for sure,. My wuestion is what does your upload speed show when you are getting these retarded download speeds? One goes with the other as mewntioned...
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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biggermac
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> Okay, so im using bitornado and the light is Always YELLOW. I've
> read every post that you guys put down and I've tried it. I am
> using a Westell Modem and a D-Link Router. I have used
> https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 to see if my 6881-6889 ports
> were opened or closed. It says they are closed. So why am I
> getting a yellow light? I did every single step redscorpi has said
> in his previous posts.
Ports being closed - yoou ask why you still get a yellow light - because you need posts you use to be open not closed.
I have suggested several times, even though it is probably not the cause, that you should not use ports 6881-6889 simply because some ISPs are purposely blocking those - they don't want you to get torrents. Since you are using BitTornado, you are not limited to the ports you uhave mentioned - you dicate to it, not it to you - you can use any ports, so why be so predictable. Try port 17234 or 45763 or 53267. (use above, say, 16000 and up to 60000, and only one port is needed, not a range).
Here is how it works I beleive - without a firewall program or va router (which is a hardware firewall) your ports, all of them, are open. This is bad - eveil things on the internet will geti nto your computer, your done. A firewall still let's outgoing out, but stops incoming. Port forwarding is just punching a hole in that port and allows incoming - it makes you slightly more vulnerable when on the Internet.
Now you have a router which is a hardware firewall and you need to port forward the port or ports you are designating in BitTornado.
And then - are you running a software firewall too, like Windows XP's firewall - this is your 2nd firewall, un-needed BTW. If your router indeed is truely a hardware firewall as most are nowadays, you don't even nmeed a software firewall - no bells and whistles is all. But if you are using a software firewal to - same thing, prot forward in that, or completely "exclude' it for BitTornado in your control panel/security/firewall.
Interestingly, I just upgraded from Norton SystemWorks 2004 to 2005. (free with rebates). This has the Norton antivitus as part of it. Anyway, it told me to shut off Windows XP's firewall - it is doing something on it's own but it is not calling it a firewall, but it is. The 1st torrent I tried to get came a warning - BitTornado is trying to access bla bla bla OK or not? Of course OK. MY speeds seem to have increased a bit now but it just could be two very healthy torrents I've gotten since.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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biggermac
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9. June 2005 @ 11:58 |
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> Does anyone have an idea on how to fix my issue. No firewall
> running, wireless router and a siemens speedstream modem.
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> Went to shields up and my ports are in "stealth" mode, how do i
> open them. What other information do you guys need to help me
> resolve this issue.
> Please help.
Most routers call it "port forwarding". This is just excluding those ports. You need to port forward when logged into your router, those same ports you are using for the torrent program.
Also if you are running Win XP's firewall it is the same deal - a router is a hardware firewall and the programs are called software firewalls. Either port forward here to or exclude your porgam completely.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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Hi biggermac, it's me again from before if you remember. I just wanted to ask a quick question.. Is it normal for my download to take around 5 hours or so for a 30 minute video file when there are 5 leeches only and 15 seeders? I'm almost certain my download should be quicker, taking in the fact that before when I downloaded from the same place, I downloaded a 30 minute video file in 40 minutes when there were only 4 seeders.
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biggermac
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9. June 2005 @ 12:28 |
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> Hi biggermac, it's me again from before if you remember. I just
> wanted to ask a quick question.. Is it normal for my download to
> take around 5 hours or so for a 30 minute video file when there
> are 5 leeches only and 15 seeders? I'm almost certain my download
> should be quicker, taking in the fact that before when I
> downloaded from the same place, I downloaded a 30 minute video
> file in 40 minutes when there were only 4 seeders.
30 minute video file? Nope! Well, let me change that - if it was in a true DVD format, maybe. Go by byte size, not how many minutes.
Most one hour AVI TV shows are around 350 MegaBytes, and that is with commercials taken out.. Some 2 hour movies are aboiut 700 MBs while others have been burned better and are about twice that at 1.4 GigaBytes.
Your 15 seeds is very healthy with only 5 other sharers. Unless there is something wrong with my thinking, you should have gotten that at very high speed. Seeds are complete compies. What about "peers" - you say "leeches". In BitTornado a peer is a nice guy like you sharing your upload speed too, and I percieve a leech as one not willing to share upload speed - in which ccase you'd be crawling - I hope you are not a leech - what was your upload speed and download speed? Torrent programs will not reward you with good download speeeds unless you upload with high bandw2idth too.
5 hours could be a 1.4 gig movie.. depends if not so popular. But not unusual. This is why zi say buy an old used P3 at 600 MHz and buy a router (they are dirt cheap, even wireless) and make the P3 your torrent workhorse so you don't have to multi-task all of the time on your main computer.
But I don't know what your DSL speeds are (I am assuming DSL) if you only can get 400 or 500 Kbps download max you are pretty slow.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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> Hi, I need help with my download speed. I'll try to give as much as information as I can, but be sure to remember that I barely know anything about routers and servers and all this.. I use BitTornado, I have Comcast cable modem, and that's all I pretty much know. For questions on speed, I did this test someone provided a link to and here were my results:
> 1.2 megabits per second
> Communications: 1.2 megabits per second
> Storage: 145.5 kilobytes per second
> 1MB file download: 7 seconds
> Subjective rating: Good
> Connection type: Cable
> Region: Florida
> Provider: -----
That's from my first post in this forum about my download speed and such. Before when you and redscorpio helped me, I ended up fixing my firewall by placing BitTornado in the exceptions list (For my Windows XP firewall I put port 17125 for BT since redscorpio said that might help, I don't know if it is though). Also, the files are mostly 175 MB. My upload was 40 KB and download 6. I try setting it to 31 KB and download 4, but it never seems to save those settings if I close the window and come back to it later. Hopefully that all made sense.
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biggermac
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1st Akina, if you have only one computer and it plugs right into your modem, then you don't have a "router". I use a router here because between me and another person we share the Internet connection and have 5 computers total. A router is the traffic cop - a;; computers hook up through it and then the router connects to the modem. To the outside world, only one address is seen as if we only had one computer. But incoming information is sorted out by the router, and it knows which computer gets what. So for example, I always get my email and the other person always gets theirs.
Just FYI - 5 computers and one Internet connection. Works fine. The only slowdown you'd see is if both computers are downloading at the exact same time and thus you would have to share the bandwidth. And not all the same type of computer, but still works great. 1) A fast Athlon running XP (my main computer), 2) a P3 600 MHz Win 98 SE, 3) An older Mac - a Mac G3 333 MHz OS 9.2, 4) a wireless P2 400 MHz Laptop Win XP, and 5) upstairs a wireless desktop P3 500 MHz). Let me say that even old P3s are pretty good workhorses for doing stuff, just don't multi-task them much and don't expect them to run modern games. Also, an old P2 Dell 400MHz is good enough to do broadband WiFi. I wouldn't use it for much else but basics, but even 400 MHz is fast enough for high speed, even with only 128 MBs RAM (uses virtual disk - part of the hard disk used for more RAM when needed).
OK now your 1.2 megabits a second is 1.2 Mbps or 1200 Kbps. In the formula the torrent programs use, unfortunately they have started using bytes not bits and it becomes very confusing, so you have to do math. A bit = 1 and a byte = 8 bits. So 1200 Kbps download is the same as 150 KB/s. The capital letter "B" = Byte and the small letter "b" = bit. This is why I keep asking speeds. Some people don't know they are already getting good speed by seeing the Bytes per second not Bits per second.
> For my Windows XP firewall I put port 17125 for BT since redscorpio said that might help
Actually I am the one who probably suggested that since at the time I was running ports 17113 to 17115 random myself. But you only need one port really.
> I have Comcast cable modem, and that's all I pretty much know.
If you have Comcast you should have at least 250 Kbps up and 3000 Kbps down. This 1.2 (1200 Kbps) is weirdly slow unless you are in some special lightly populated area in the boonies. But still is fast enough down speed - what is more important, I keep having to say, is upload speed. Torrent programs are written so that you must share good upload/speed bandwidth in order to receive good download speed.or you tested far away from you.. Me, I have Comcast too - all Comcast customers are to be at 400 Kbps up and 4000 Kbps down by the end of the year I read - I am already there (California), and more people should be by now.
Did you test here? Try a couple of different places because different places will give you different reports:
http://www.dslreports.com/stest/0
There are 3 places to test in Florida, and you'll see them if you click the "look at other 315 sites".
> Also, the files are mostly 175 MB. My upload was 40 KB and download 6. I try setting it to
> 31 KB and download 4, but it never seems to save those settings if I close the window and
> come back to it later. Hopefully that all made sense.
Upload speed of 40 KB/s is to much if you are at 250 Kbps up with comcast. If you are at 400 kbps up like me that is OK, but i even cut back to like 37. (A little less than 20% of max upload, told to me by Comcast). You need to give the torerent programs room to do something with - that is why saetting to 20% less of your max otherwise you will be hurting your download speed. For example, right now I am downloading at 1.20 Mb/s - notice the small letter "b", this is bits, so same as 150 KB/s or 1200 Kbps.
I use a freeware program BTW that tells me what speeds I am getting with whatever program or even Internet Windows opening, not just BitTornado. The program is called "NetMeter" - get the stable version not the beta. Set it to report either in Kbps like I like, or the stupid KB/s some use now. Shrinmk the window way down and put it in a corner so it never gets in the way. That is "NetMeter", not to be confused with "Net Meter".
If you are indeed at 250 Kbps upload that = about 31 KB/s. 20% of that = 25 KB/s. DO NOT EVER USE the "Automatic" or "unlimited" settings. Choose "slow DSL/Cable" on this default page and it puts numbers there. These are suggestions, you change them to fit. Assuming Comcast give you 250 Kbps max upload, then set max upload in the BitTornado default page to 25 (this is 25 KB/s), and max uploads leave it at 4. (I set mine to 6 or 7 but for now leave it alone).
Also how healthy is the torrent you are trying to retrieve? Are the 15 seeds and 70 peers, or 1 seed and 9 peers?
And I hate to have to even say this, but some guy kept saying he couldn't go fast and it turns out he was trying to download 5 torrents at a time! One! - one at a time.
> I try setting it to 31 KB and download 4, but it never seems to save those settings
> if I close the window and come back to it later. Hopefully that all made sense.
Here is what I have noticed - same thing kept happening to me. It is your wheel mouse. If the BitTornado window is highlighted, your wheel will change the numbers there if you turn it.After getting your numbers right, click off to the side to the desktop (not to another window), so the BitTorrent window is now low lighted. Now you can spin your wheel mouse all you want and no effect. And now you can click the minus sign to shrink BitTornado to the icon tray, but be careful, by clicking the minus sign you might be highlighting it again but once it is shrunk to the tray I do not think the wheel will change anything..
Also, tell us (again if you already told us) if the BitTornado light ever turned green, or if it stayed yellow.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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Akina
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Wow, that was a lot of information. I didn't quite understand all of it, but thank you anyway, I think I got the most of it (At least I'm hoping). I know I do not have a router, that was established the last time when I spoke to you and redscorpio. I never download more than one at a time, I know that would make things go slower. Like I said before, it was about 15 seeds and 5 peers, which is why I came to you again. I knew there was a problem if it was taking me so long to download when there were so many seeds and few peers. Do I really need to downlod NetMeter? I won't really pay much attention to it anyway since I don't know abou speeds and such, plus I only pay attention to it in BitTornado. The light had turned green before.
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No you do not need to download NetMeter. I just like it. I have set it to report in Kbps not KB/s. I use it for Usenet too. And just in case if ever there was something uploading or downloading I didn't authorize I'd know too. of course this has never happened yet as I am careful and run anti-virus and anti=spyware.
BTW Usenet gives me all 4000 Kbps when downloading a large file (usually broken up into many files - RAR files). The only thing is you have to pay for Usenet beyond 1 free GB per month given by Comcast. Comcast is a high speed for all users and 1 GB is what you use with dial up speeds and seeing messages and some pictures. Don't use Giganews which is what Comcast gives you 1 free GB with if you plan to pay Usenet Access. Giganews costs almost 3 times the cost of what I use to access Usenet.
But what is going on with your downloads then? Have you tired others?
Have you tried other torrents? Try a popular TV show from 3 days ago or something. Tell us if the light goes green.
I use a few torrent search engines nowadays. I never visit a site that has a bunch of torrents - I leave it up to the torrent search engines as to where I find what. Sometimes the torrent is private and I cannot join in but almost always I am able to find an open one.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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9. June 2005 @ 22:57 |
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bshake, the only other configuration u can change in ur BT programs is ur "Max Upload Rate" option. this is very important. i dont know if u have done this or not. u said ur max upload of ur internet connection is 170 kbps; so divide it by 8 to convert it to kilo-bytes. u get 21.25 KBps. now, this is ur max upload in bytes. most BT guides say to set the "max upload rate" option to 80% of that, but i find that 70% to 75% works better. 75% of 21.25 is around 16. SET ur "max upload rate" option to 16. like i said this is important. make sure that everytime u try a new BT program u set "max upload rate" to 16.
Concerning the connectoin to peers problem: i think i had that problem before. in bitcomet go to Preferences, click on "Connections". here there are two options that say "Maximum connections per task" and "connections to keep per task". i think the default setting for these options is "Auto". change these options to a high number like 800 (this is what i have it set to). click OK. see if u connect to more peers now.
ocm, u have to know what is the brand of ur wireless router. look at the router and find the brand name, then u can go here http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm and see if u can find ur router in their list. they have instructions on how to forward ports for almost all kinds of routers and firewalls.
If u manage to forward ports for ur router and still get "stealth" and yellow lights, ur modem may use NAT, which is another mode of security that can block ports.
And of course, windows xp has its own firewall. so if u got XP, make sure u exculde BitTornado from the firewall or whatever, or u can just disable the xp firewall altogether.
nikkawhat, it seems u got the port forward part taken care of because u say u get "closed" on the Shields Up test. now i have a westell modem and when i dont have the port forwarded i get "stealth" as a result. when i port forward i get "closed" as a result and when an application is using the previous closed port, the result comes out as "open". u know that when u DONT have a bt client running the port test will say "closed". now in ur case, i am assuming u'r saying that u get "closed" even when the BT client IS running. if this is the case, the only thing i can say about that is make sure u are testing the same port that BitTornado is using, which is in "Prefs" and under "Port Range".
Akina, in my opinion 5 peers and 15 seeds is not enough to get high download speeds. peers are important for getting good download speeds too, because most of the time u connect to more peers than u do seeds so u get most of ur download from peers. but i dont know 15 seeds IS a fairly good amount of seeds. just make sure u are getting that green light and u have ur "max upload rate" option set to the right amount, which is 75% (or 80%, whatever) of ur max upload in kilo-bytes. when u got this two important factors down, u know that if u are getting slow download speeds, is because there are not enough seeds and peers.
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Akina
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9. June 2005 @ 23:50 |
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Thank you both for your help again. The light hasn't turned green ever since the downloads have taken longer than usual, and I have tried other places but I continue to get the same time to download so I really don't know what's going on. Either way, thank you.
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biggermac
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10. June 2005 @ 00:30 |
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> Thank you both for your help again. The light hasn't turned green
> ever since the downloads have taken longer than usual, and I have
> tried other places but I continue to get the same time to download
> so I really don't know what's going on. Either way, thank you.
If using BitTornado and the light never turns green you have a firewall problem most likely - meaning the light is staying yellow.
It is simple Akina. With any torrent program, it needs to use at least one port. There are 60,000 of them and if you use a firewall program then all are blocked. In BitTornado, I think it is the "preferences" tab to click (but I am not sure), it has a port or a range of ports listed there. If there is a range of ports, it is still only picking out one for this particular torrent and using it. If you never get the green light but it is always yellow and downloading very slow, then I repeat - that port is being blocked. and again, most likely the culprit is your firewall program. As far as I know ports are only blocked for incoming (downloading), not outgoing (uploading). This prevents harm from evil people who have written evil stuff usually for your Internet access. A firewall blocks incoming and that means they cannot just get into your computer by accessing it through an open port. So you need to tell your firewall program to open that port - port forward. Whatever firewall program that you are using, be it the Windows XP firewall or other. You can also exclude the whole program (BItTornado) in the XP firewall - it will still work for the Internet, but for BitTor4nado it opens all up.
I cannot explain it any more simply.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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bob1958
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13. June 2005 @ 21:53 |
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How do people with linksys modems find where they can open the ports?
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cybershot
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14. June 2005 @ 04:57 |
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hmm..i been readin this thread for some time now and i seem to have similar problems yet nothing helps.....
btw i tried bittorrent first but that was before i got the nat error fixed, i got same dl speeds and once i even got 80 kb/s and my heart skipped a beat.
-pent IV 3.4 ghz 2gig ram (so my cpu is outoff the question in terms of the problem hehehe)
-winxp, firewall off. have norton firewall but added ports and so its fine (atleast it doesnt tell me its stealth)
-ports closed from test, and forwarded for lynksis router
-azureus 2.2
-comcast
-no nat error and i have green lights most of time
-i set global up to 31 bc from my test (bigermac's link) i had near ~300up and ~2mb down
-healthy torrents (~20seeds, ~100+ leechers)
now my question is, y the fudge are my dl's only going 10-20 kb/s (i dont dl more than 3 at a time and seed more than 2)sometimes i get a spike of 35 kb/s
should i not have faster rates given that i have comcast?
now bigermac, u seem to be the most knowledgeable in this scenario, could u pls explain? appreciate it
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cybershot
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14. June 2005 @ 05:01 |
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bob, go to ur router setup page, for me i have to type 192.168.1.1 in browser, then type ur pass...
depending on ur firmware go to applications and gaming or port forwarding. type a name, type in the port range which im assuming is 6881 to 6889, click both tcp and udp, put in the last digits of ur ip (go to start, run, type 'command', then 'ipconfig', ull see ur last digits of ur ip) then check enable and then save settings.
cheers
PLS READ MY LAST POST!!!!! THX
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bob1958
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14. June 2005 @ 09:01 |
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what is the deal with the grey face on the side of azureus?
Helping was all I ever did, just till that piece of s**t came flying this way
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cybershot
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14. June 2005 @ 09:45 |
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go to:
help-->about health
ANYONE PLS HELP,READ MY PREVIOUS POST!
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bob1958
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14. June 2005 @ 10:13 |
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where do you input the last digits of ur ip address?
Helping was all I ever did, just till that piece of s**t came flying this way
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