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Slow Bit Torrent downloads? Router configuration tips.
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zub7
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9. May 2004 @ 07:19 |
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chocfiend....wow! dats alot of work you did there, thanks alot. i'll check out that site and try to find out wats goin on. i think its time i did my own research. Thanks a bunch.
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chocfiend
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9. May 2004 @ 08:55 |
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zub7 lol not a lot of work actually...everything I told you came off that faq fron conexant.
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mhernie
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9. May 2004 @ 13:14 |
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choc....
i did as you instructed and am trying another client. i installed abc and am running it now. how do i know if i'm still being firewalled or not? i can connect to different torrents, but the color of the rows is in yellow. does that mean i'm still being firewalled? i was used to seeing the yellow 'light' in bit tornado instead of yellow rows in abc. are they the same? i am getting d/l speeds of up to 50kB/s.
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chocfiend
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9. May 2004 @ 14:49 |
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dl speeds of 50 kbs is not shabby at all lol u could run a nat test http://btfaq.com/natcheck.pl that might tell u if u still have a firewall problem....there are a lot of settings in abc that i played with til i was happy with my speed....its too difficult back and forth on the forum if u want to instant message me on aim my screen name is chocofiend2001, i could try to help u more
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Jewel
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9. May 2004 @ 20:41 |
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Hi all..
I hope im not too late for this thread.. I juz found out this thread this morning and im glad there i've finally found a solution to my slow bit torrent speed problem. However wen i logged in my router IP adresss.. the screen i see is totally different with the one tat was posted up. This is what i see..
Am i at the correct page for the port forwarding?
Just a brief problem with my bit torrent:
My upload speed is 10Kib/s.. whereas my download speed is always less than 5kib/s..
Please help me..
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deadwilly
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9. May 2004 @ 21:22 |
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Im behind a wireless connection using a linksys router.....and when i forwarded my ports like u said too and now all i get his a high upload speed but still low download speed? Do i have to go to the computer my wireless connecton is connecting to and chage the ports on there too or something?
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chocfiend
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10. May 2004 @ 04:09 |
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ok I hope this helps some of you...it is my understanding that there are three steps to the process of forwarding your ports and and increasing your speeds. The site www.portforward.com is an excellent site to walk you thru this with a myriad of routers and their particular setups shown. But before you forward your ports, you must assign a static ip address. The instructions (link) for doing this are on the top of every routers setup page on that site. This must be done for all computers on your network or you will lose connectivity. Step 2 is to forward your ports. Again each routers instructions are on that site. Step 3 is to deal with any firewall issues you have. I will say that i found turning my built-in windows xp firewall off altogether has produced my best speeds, but even forwarding the ports here did make a difference. That decision is up to you as to security. I think many of the problems people are having with this is that they are still missing a piece of the puzzle. Going into your router settings is not enough. Also if you do not see your particular router on the site still look at the ones that are your brand and see if there is one there with a similar setup page or search for your brands router and check that site. I have found instructions on home sites as well.
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chocfiend
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10. May 2004 @ 04:11 |
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jewel....that appears to be your routers setup page :)
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chocfiend
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10. May 2004 @ 04:19 |
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One more helpful hint...unless you are METICULUS about remembering passwords do not change or assign a new password to your router setup page. If you do and you forget it, there is no one that can get you in here. Almost all router manufacturers use a universal password here and they are given on the portforward site for your particular router. Remember also that the ip address used to enter your router's setup will be obtained from going to start...run...command....ipconfig /all, it is not necessarily 192.168.1.1 as shown in the page layouts on www.portforward.com.
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deadwilly
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10. May 2004 @ 13:23 |
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thats the fastest ive ever got....and i did all the port forwarding and stuff
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CamDog
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10. May 2004 @ 13:52 |
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mhernie
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11. May 2004 @ 08:11 |
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green, green, all green.
problem was my recently installed Vonage voip service. i'm an idiot. i didn't even think about it blocking ports even though it was connected between my cable modem and my dlink 624 router.
vonage recommends that you connect it that way, but you don't need to. you can connect it to any of the available ports on your router directly. if you don't it does the NAT instead of the router. you could log into the vonage (motorola voip) device and port forward from there, but why create more problems for yourself. connect it to your router and you're good to go.
now all that is left is finding out how to optimize my d/l speeds....
thanks everyone (choc) for your help...
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zub7
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11. May 2004 @ 09:13 |
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ok chocfiend....i've done some work and found out that my adsl modem make is well communications, i've been on their site and downloaded the latest driver yet no difference to download speeds. there is no help on their site on port forwarding and the make is not listed on portforward.com, so i'm kinda stuck, lol. need ur help again.
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chocfiend
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11. May 2004 @ 11:56 |
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Wow what a time I had...lol haven't been able to get in here to post, somehow got deactivated and was jsut going in circles trying to log in...ok done with my rant lol I first want to sat Welcome back Camdog, you are my hero for starting this thread. Mhernie...congrats green is golden lol...zub7 will certainly help you all I can but once again it is very difficult to walk you thru all the steps on a forum when I don't know what your looking at. Im me on aol aim chocofiend2001 and I'll be more than happy to help you.
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chocfiend
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11. May 2004 @ 12:20 |
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deadwilly, did u check to see if you are behind a firewall? Windows xp has a built in firewall and a lot off people don't even realize they have it. You will have to open up ports in any firewalls as well as your router. Here is a link for Microsofts instructions for the xp firewall http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ports.asp
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scott_b
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13. May 2004 @ 06:04 |
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Hey there, have just read this entire thread and am still having problems with this!
Do u know which way to set this up? My router is a Zoom X3?
I know the Ip address and all the information needed, i just can't figure out what way to input it all!
Any help or advice will be much appreicated
Thanks
Scott
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chocfiend
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13. May 2004 @ 09:26 |
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ok the id is the name of the program your forwarding ports for, such as torrents, the public port will be the first port number you're forwarding , in this case I believe it is 6881, private port is the same 6881, port type is tcp, and host ip is your computers ip address. If you have a static ip address put that in here, if you don't I would recommend putting in 127.0.0.1 .You will need to do this for every poet u are opening, I did ten of them (6881,6882,6883,6884,6885,6886,6887,6888,6889,6890) hope this helps
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chocfiend
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13. May 2004 @ 09:27 |
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don't forget your firewall!!
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scott_b
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13. May 2004 @ 12:54 |
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Cheers chocfiend,
i dont actaully have a firewall as such!
I have NAT built into the router?
Plus XP firewall - but i will probably just disable it.
Is that all i have to do?
Scott
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scott_b
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14. May 2004 @ 03:32 |
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OK, ive just looked at my download speeds -wow!
I have just went from 3-6kbps to 30kbps! my uploads have also improved.
I only used TCP on the relevant ports - will i possibly see increased speed by selecting UDP on the ports aswell?
Or am i being greedy! :)
I give it a try and let u all know - thanks chocfiend!
Scott
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dlman2
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14. May 2004 @ 19:22 |
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Help!!!
Dose it make any different if I set 6881-6999?? I got this info from anther forums. I have no idea what are those numbers mean. oh well...
My router is different then what all u are showing.
It dosen't work. I'm still downloading 6k/s. please help. thanks
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hiker_89
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15. May 2004 @ 05:52 |
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He every1
I have an Efficient SpeedStream 5360 Dsl modema and i cant seem to be able to open its ports i searched alot of websites. But still couldnt find anything, tried looking through this whole thread and still could find anything to help me open the ports. Can anyone help me i would really appreciate it.
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chocfiend
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15. May 2004 @ 14:45 |
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chocfiend
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15. May 2004 @ 14:48 |
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dlman2 where did u get the trigger from? and what router/modem do u have? Make / manufacturer and model? That would be helpful
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dlman2
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15. May 2004 @ 19:55 |
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