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Slow Bit Torrent downloads? Router configuration tips.
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bobbyg
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22. January 2006 @ 05:52 |
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In response to Tiberiu, Cox Communications does not block BitTorrents. I have a Mac Powerbook G4 and am running OS X 10.4.4 and use BitTorrents 4.2.0. I have a Linksys 802.11 B/G wireless router and Motorola Cable Modem provided by Cox. You have to open up ports 6881 to 6999 and make sure the router forwards them to the IP address of your machine for the application BitTorrents, which may change periodically if you have the router set to DHCP. Anyways, if you configure your router properly (which takes only a minute) then you will get high download and upload speeds (100K plus). With certain sites I have never been able to get decent speeds and from what I can gather it has to do with the way the sites Tracker is set up. Even if you configure your router properly you may never get good speeds on these sites. Also remember with p2p if there are only a few seeders for a torrent and those people have poor bandwidth you can only download as fast as they can upload to you. Hope this helps.
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BabyJ7286
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22. January 2006 @ 17:07 |
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Bud,
I have cox communications. I had for a while my download speed to 150-179 kbps. All was good until i reformatted my HD. i tried to do everything i did back then, but nothing is working. i have a linksys router. I did the port forwarding, tried using ports 6881-6889, as well as 10123-10130 as another number. I tried with my windows firewall off and then on. When it was working with 150 kbps my firewall was on. i checked to see if the firewall was blocking it and it wasnt. so i am totally lost. Someone help please.
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mitch999
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23. January 2006 @ 03:52 |
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I second bobbyg's comments and if u have a wireless router with 2 or more computers on it u have to asign individual addresses for each 1 & forward ports accordingly, remembering to use the bt clients name in the application settings, if u use Utorrent it doesn't seem to matter so long as your router is upnp enabled. And remember some sites have really slow speeds while others can be very fast, i have had it as fast as 700kb but as slow as 1 or 2 kb so don't panic and be patient, most web traffic is now taken up with torrent traffic and the further u are away from a main internet hub the slower your conection is going to be. Good luck. Craig.
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mikebou
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27. January 2006 @ 08:41 |
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hi !
does anyone know if i can find which port #'s utorrent uses ?
i've got everything done for this port forwarding but currently use bitlord, but thinking of switching to utorrent.
i just cannot figure out how to find the range of port #'s so i know which ones to forward. how do you find this information ?
with bitlord i forwarded the listening port # and i've found that is the wrong thing to do from these forums.
can anyone help me with this ?
how do you know which range of numbers to forward ?
thanks and cheers !
mike
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ßud
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27. January 2006 @ 08:46 |
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You tell the program which ports to use.
Usually above 55000
Where are you? Who is your ISP?
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mikebou
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27. January 2006 @ 08:50 |
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hi
how do i tell bitlord what range to use
i don't understand that part
thanks !
vancouver, british columbia , canada
shaw isp
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ßud
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27. January 2006 @ 08:57 |
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Never used Bitlord. Used Azereus, now I'm using utorrent and just love it.
There should be some sort of tools / options menu and in there you should be able to enter what port to use. And then you just pick a number and put it in.
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mikebou
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27. January 2006 @ 09:00 |
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sweeeet
i'm thinking of switching to utorrent this afternoon when i get home.
so when i find this in preferences, i just type in
55000-55010 just like that and then use the same numbers in my router settings ?
i'm unsure
hey , thanks for the help !
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ßud
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27. January 2006 @ 09:14 |
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That is correct!
I would highly recomment utorrent. Easy to use and really light on the resources.
With utorrent, its under Options / Preferences / Network Options and right there you enter "Port used for incoming connections" and it's only 1 port, not a whole string of them.
Rogers / Shaw here in Toronto, I think all of Ontario they are throttling back the bandwidth used for bittorrents. If they are doing that where you are, then try using port #1720. They do not do this to that port.
Good Luck
and remember ......... only download that of which you have the original :D
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mikebou
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27. January 2006 @ 09:17 |
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my prayers have been answered
thank you !!!
so if tell it to use port 1720
i make a "range" around that #
so say 1718-1722 ?
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ßud
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27. January 2006 @ 09:23 |
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Nope
All you have to do is tell it to use port 1720 and open port 1720 in your router and firewall, thats it.
Wait, firewall for sure, not positive about the router part as I don't have a router, just the firewall. But opening that range couldn't hurt.
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mikebou
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27. January 2006 @ 09:27 |
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uh now i've got a whole other ball of wax.
i have no idea how to open a port in a firewall
is there a link for that ?
thanks !
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ßud
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27. January 2006 @ 09:35 |
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What firewall are you using?
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mikebou
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27. January 2006 @ 09:41 |
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well i thought the router acted as one
ive got the win xp turned off and norton firewall on
:-)
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bobbyg
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27. January 2006 @ 09:47 |
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Here is a list of applications and their ports. There are also instructions for port forwarding for most routers here and lots of related information on the topic.
http://www.portforward.com/cports.htm
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ßud
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27. January 2006 @ 09:49 |
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I've only got the winXP. I know, it's not the best.
There should be some sort of options / setup where you can either tell it what port to open or you can tell it what program to allow.
With the winXP, you can browse right to the program (limewire, etc, utorrent in this case) to allow that program through the firewall. The firewall will then automatically open whichever port that program is using.
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mikebou
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27. January 2006 @ 09:56 |
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excellent thanks alot
have a great day !!!
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ßud
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27. January 2006 @ 10:03 |
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You too.
Good Luck!
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biglen33
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28. January 2006 @ 17:41 |
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i'm using Azureus with comcast and a linksys router.i'm using port 49152 and my ports are open according to natcheck.my download speeds don't seem to be that good and hover around 10-30 kb/s.i tried disabling my microsoft firewall and that didn't help.should i get better speeds.i've read this whole thread and tried basically all the suggestions.are those speeds good for a cable connection?
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movie73
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29. January 2006 @ 07:02 |
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to everybody who doesnt understand how sharing works.
when you are downloading a file from someone,
you are also, uploading it from another peer.
if there upload is maxed out your download speed doesnt matter.
ie. i have 3M cable but if im downloading a file from
somebody with dial up im only going to get 5k if im lucky.
but, if theres 30 ppl in my swarm with dial up i can
get 5k from all of them making 30*5k m/l.
so if your setting are correct.
and your not using port 6881 like it tells you not to use.
just leave it alone.
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faisi69
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29. January 2006 @ 20:43 |
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hii to all members, i really need help, i got Broadband connection, and siemens speedstream router, i have really heard about torrent files, but i m afraid as i starts downloading any file, i cant do that. its showing looking for seeds and leech and all...but it neva downloads the file....if somehow after quite long time it starts but only at around 1 kb/sec....please help in this case....i was goign thru this thread but please someone can summarize it more...and help me, where i can find port forwaring range in siemens router...
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domza8tor
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29. January 2006 @ 21:10 |
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faisi69
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29. January 2006 @ 23:06 |
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thanks alot dear, its really a comprehensive information needed, but i cant find my "siemens speedstream 6520 " settings on this page, i guess the one i have is the latest, so if u can help in my router port forwarding settings it wud be great....i tried myself but i m not able to get thru that port forwarding page....
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domza8tor
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30. January 2006 @ 03:28 |
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faisi69 - post some screen shots of ur router setup. I'll b sure to help u then.
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faisi69
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30. January 2006 @ 17:23 |
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hey domza8tor, thanks for your kind help man, i relly appreciate it...well i somehow managed to get thru port forwarding, i have done the settings and select the ports 10000 to 10010, as mentioned in the website, www.portforward.com for torrent....now thanks to god i can atleast download somethig, but then again my frnd is downloading at 150 kb/sec, but i cant go more then 50 or 60 kb/sec....infact i even went lan -> tcp/ip properties -> advance -> option -> check allow all ports. but i cant go up then this....can u help me please, i don wana ask to my frnd he is so wierd in this case....
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