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How do u make BitTorrent download faster? i have been searching the answer for days.
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eperez211
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23. December 2006 @ 09:48 |
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I would be happy with downloading a game at 90kbps. how do i get it to download at that speed. i lowered my uploading to 40kbps and my downloading is at 119mbps, and i still don't get passed 10kbps.
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biggermac
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Originally posted by eperez211:
I would be happy with downloading a game at 90kbps. how do i get it to download at that speed. i lowered my uploading to 40kbps and my downloading is at 119mbps, and i still don't get passed 10kbps.
Man, did you read.. better download speeds depend on better upload speeds- you have to be part of the sharing.. You lowered your upload speed. That'll make it worse.
On the other hand, you can't tell it to use more upload speed than you have to offer, that'll make it worse too - you need to resever 20% of your upload bandwidth for your torrent program. That mean if you have 130 kbps upload speed, you need to set the torrent program to use maybe 105 kbps only. AND since torrent programs use kB/s not kbps, 105 kbps = round 13 kB/s - you need tio tell your torrent program upload speed at 131 (13 kB/s). You can experiment here, at suc h low speeds maybr you can fudge a few kB/s.
I did say in my previous response that your upload speed maxed out is low for broadband. Maybe that's all you'ere gonna get.. Don't use 119 mbps = 119,000 kbps. You're not getting that. 119 kbps is not 119 kBps, or most used 119 KB/s - a small b = bits, a large B = Bytes, 8 bits = 1 Byte - Torrent programs use Bytes to report how fast it's going.
REally, you need a better DSL package, especally more upload speed.
Info info info - not a mind reader. If you are not using a program that uses colored lights or colored buttons then use a different torrent program, like BitTornado. Yellow light = a firewall (a block on incoming data), green light = good.
You even need to mention where you live, I understand Rogers (ISP) in Canada you can only use one port..
You're not even saying if you waited to see how fast it'll end up going or not - it's not instant.. A large torrent might take 45 minutes for you to reach a high speed potential.. At first you crawl at almost no speed, until you have enough of the torrent to begin sharing with others - then you start uploading to them, and like I said, your download speed depends on upload speed - normally you can't cheat like the other P2P programs where you can opt not to offer anything for others to download..
I also think your computer might be screwed up and you have spyware using up your resources and maybe a virus, because you complained about surfing speed.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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I don't claim to be an expert. But here is a re-post (about the 5th time re-posted) that might help out some:
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1) What program to use
Use a torrent program that implements a colored light system (or other system) that informs you of status as you download. The two I know that use a colored light system (I am sure there are others) are BitTornado (I use), and Azureus. This is because most problems are a firewall problem and the user will have a yellow light - you want a green light.
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(2) Firewalls.
A firewall is a blocker or filter. You can send stuff outbound (upload), however they will block most ports for incoming (think of a port as a hole for stuff to get in and go out). Firewalls are now necessary because there is so much evil stuff written that is trying to harm your computer - it is just floating around on the Internet and trying and trying to find a hole to enter your computer.
Almost everyone runs a Program that is a firewall (software firewall). But if you use a router, by the nature of it's duties, it becomes a hardware firewall. You can use a router and also run a software firewall, but running 2 software Firewalls will probably cause problems. Running a router only can be sufficient, but you do not get the bells and whistles a software firewall gives you. Example - For an old P3 running Windows 98 computer on my home network, no software firewall is used, the router seems to do OK as a firewall. And by the way if you download torrents regularly, you know they can take hours or all day, an old $80 computer like my Windows 98 one I just mentioned, even one at 500 MHz, is plenty good enough to download torrents so you don't tie up your main computer and have response slowdowns with it. Another Example (no bells & whistles) - The router firewall won't pop up a window and say "such and such tried to infiltrate your computer", nor will it say anything about outgoing that you never used before and are just using for the 1st time (it won't ask you if it is OK go ahead and let it connect)..
Port forwarding: this means open a port for incoming. So in reference to a torrent program, you must "port forward" in a firewall that port or those ports that your torrent program uses. Now you see, if you have a router (hardware firewall) and are running a software firewall as well, you must open up the ports used in both Firewalls not just one.
Now there is another way to open up ports. This is only for software Firewalls and only affects a software firewall.. You can just exclude your torrent exe program from the firewall. All ports will be open when you run the torrent. Here is an example - if you use Windows XP's firewall, click on control-panel/firewall, and you'll see one of the commands you can click is "Exceptions". In there listed are programs like Yahoo Messenger. You need to add your torrent program to the list.
Norton anti-virus 2005 .. Since I run Norton SystemWorks 2005 which has anti-virus in it, I know the anti-virus program itself runs a firewall, but it does not call it such. It probably asked you when you 1st installed Norton if it was OK to shut off the XP firewall (or any I suppose) and you probably ticked "OK do it". So, you've got to find where to add to exclude or ignore your torrent program if you didn't tell it OK before. (look for the "options' tab to be able to change/add things).
Finally on Firewalls and ports - don't use the default ports of 6881- 6889 (or whatever they are). There are 65000 port or so. Use a port or ports range above 20000. Me, I use ports in the 55000 range. If you only do one torrent at a time (recommended) you should only need to use one port (they call it a listening port I believe) and not a field of ports. (At least one port is all I need for BitTornado.). Plus remember - if you are using a router and especially used as your only firewall, then the more ports you forward, you increase the chances of some kind of a security breach when surfing the Internet.
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(3) Download one torrent at a time (until you become good at it and recognize when 2 at a time would work better).
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(4) never use any "automatic" setting.
For Example - In BitTornado by default the max upload speed is ticked to be automatic, so instead choose slow or fast DSL/cable which then will allow you to tweak the numbers it adds in the max upload speed box (and the max uploads or connections box). (See next for what numbers).
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(5) You must upload well to be able to download well
Very important rule: The whole peer to peer torrent style network is based on people not being able to "cheat", meaning you cannot choose to not share in the upload process and still be able to download fast. So remember that you must upload well to be able to download well. The faster you upload the faster you'll download (in theory).
I'd guess that most of us in the United States who have broadband (1/2 of computer users here perhaps??) can upload at 250 Kbps (31 KB/s) either with cable or fast DSL. I have 400 Kbps (50 KB/s) upload and it's becoming more common (I have cable & 4000 Kbps down). When I had 250 Kbps up (3000 down) I did OK, really, just about as well as with my higher speeds I have now.. The DSL speeds and plans will vary a lot more than cable speeds and plans. There are different types of DSL that work a bit differently than other types. Some people have DSL then find out they only have 350 Kbps download and 80 Kbps upload or something similar. OK for surfing quickly, but for torrents, not good. Since dial up is 56 Kbps up and down, that 80 or 100 Kbps upload you might have is not that much faster than dial-up.
Don't think because you have a 2000 Kbps (2 Mbps or 225 KB/s) download rate or more means that you should be getting that when you download. Even with great upload speeds an average of 600 Kbps (75 KB/s) download speed is very good. Some really popular torrents, with seeds up the butt to like 50 seeds and 50 peers and you can get 1 Mbps download (1000 Kbps / 125 KB/s). I've gotten 2 Mbps a few times. Once I hit 3 Mbps and I do not know what was going on there.
You actually are never downloading a solid speed - what you are doing is getting uploads from others and the torrent program combines the pieces. If you are getting a fast 1 Mbps download rate (125 KB/s) you are really getting uploads from several other computer sources which like you have limited upload rates..
Speeds will always be slow when you start out, and show a yellow light. You must get enough of a torrent to be able to begin to share before your upload speed starts going up, and after your upload speed starts going up give it a few minutes and your download speed should start to increase. You should get a green light after you have several people joined and start to upload faster (say maybe 5 minutes into the torrent).
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(6) Kbps, KB/s, Mbps - wtf is all of this?
(a) Kbps and KB/s are vastly different speeds or transfer rates. It is not the slash ( / ) that makes the difference, it is the large letter "B" Vs a small letter "b". OK remember B = Bytes and b = bits. It takes 8 bits to equal a byte. Everyone always used to use Kbps (bits) and the ISPs (Internet service providers) I've seen always use (appropriately so) Kbps too. I do not know how B and Bytes got started, but now everyone is confused. Torrent programs want speed entered in KB/s and your ISP tells you in Kbps. You must convert to put a value in a torrent program. Divide Kbps by 8 to get KB/s. If you have 200 Kbps upload then for the torrent program that is 25 KB/s.
-There is one more step though before you add in your max upload speed into a torrent program.
(b) Torrent programs need to use some upload bandwidth to work right. If you entered in all of your upload speed into the max-upload-speed box in the torrent program, it I going to choke when it reaches speed up past 80% of that. A rule of thumb is to only tell a torrent program 75% to 80% of what your actual upload speed really is. This leaves the extra 20% to the torrent program which needs it to work well in. OK. If you know you have 25 KB/s upload speed, 80% of that is 20 KB/s. Put 20 in the max upload speed box.
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(7) Maximum uploads (not maximum upload speed)
Leave this to 4 unless you know 5 or 6 might be better. (experiment later once you've gotten good download speeds). I'd say don't tick it up past 4 unless you have 400 Kbps (50 KB/s) upload capability, but research more on this if you want to add more connections.
Still in reference to connections (or "max uploads" in BitTornado, and not "upload speed") I am guessing here with a slight hint of knowledge - I believe this is the number of computers you are uploading to at one time. And if for example, you upload at 25 KB/s, then 4 computers should be receiving from you about 6 KB/s each.. If you tick 5 connections then 5 computers get 5 KB/s each, however if you serve too many computers, each receiving less a chunk of good speed upload from you, it might effect the formula that the torrent programs use to determine if you are uploading well and then stiff you of download speed.
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(8) I believe older computer operating systems like the Windows 98 line does not understand UPnP. The torrent program might have UPnP turned on. Also in your router (if you use one of course) you might have UPnP on or off. It might be worth experimenting with these settings. I myself have shut off UPnP in my torrent program and in my router, and even on my Win XP computer it seemed to work well downloading a torrent.
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(9) Different torrents are going to be different speeds - even if you download two different ones in a row (one after the other was finished) and they had the exact same seeds and peers numbers, one might download at 800 Kbps (100 KB/s) and the other at 400 Kbps (50 KB/s), you never know.(
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(10) Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) tries to stop WORMs. Before they could proliferate with many connections at one time. In so doing this SP2 fix, it limits (I think) what might be called "half connections" to 10 (research this further yourself, terminology might be wrong on my part). Unfortunately this causes havoc with older style P2P programs, and might effect your torrent speed too in such a way as that if you lose a computer in your group that was uploading to you, getting connected to another source might take a while, and you'll see your speeds vary a lot as you watch during a download. There is a so-called "fix" called the LVLord fix. Google "LVLord". This fix involves entering automatically into your registry do be careful save your registry before you run it. Put in "1000" into the field instead of 10. You will get a warning when you run this fix, and if you get afraid and abort, of course the fix won't work. If you do at some point ever be infected with a WORM, you will be a big source of the problem.
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(11) Some settings you change might not go into effect until you close your torrent program and open it up again. For example in BitTornado on the main page I can change the upload max speed setting OK and it does into effect immediately, but if I changed on a 2nd page the ports used, that wouldn't go into effect until the next time I open BitTornado.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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23. December 2006 @ 15:46 |
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Hey
How can i forward ports on a BT Voyager 240 adsl router/modem
cos its not in that thing which u download off portforward.com
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biggermac
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24. December 2006 @ 05:06 |
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Originally posted by JOSh765:
Hey
How can i forward ports on a BT Voyager 240 adsl router/modem
cos its not in that thing which u download off portforward.com
-Josh
With my Netgear router, the local address is http://192.168.1.1, at which point I have to type in my Identification and password. When logged in, I have an easy to understand menu. "Port Forward" is one of the choices. Other companies might make it harder to figure out what to do once logged into the router which is why I recommend Netgear if your going to buy a router.
Anywho, you need to log into your modem and get inside. There might be a nice menu in there, or it might be more cryptic and harder to figure. Pop "Voyager 240 modem" or something similar into Google and find a link to a forum where other's who have your particular modem discuss things.
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24. December 2006 @ 07:09 |
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biggermac
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Originally posted by Mik3h:
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Wow Mik3h, such a very mature comment. Are you in high school yet, or still farting in girls faces because it's so "kewl" to do so?
By the way, this is ddp:
Definitions of DDP on the Web:
The seller (exporter) is responsible for all costs involved in delivering the goods to a named place of destination and for clearing Customs in the country of import. Under a DDP Incoterm, the seller provides literally door-to-door delivery, including Customs clearance in the port of export and the port of destination. Thus the seller bears the entire risk of loss until goods are delivered to the buyer?s premises. A DDP transaction will read ?DDP named place of destination?. ...
www.nextlinx.net/incoterms/incotermsEng.html
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And to think Mik3h is an AFTERDAWN ADDICT
If i was ddp id have that guy out of here!
Ohh and on PFConfig when you slect a programme it asks which TCP and UDP ports you want to forward
How do i find out what TCP and UNP ports im using on limewire and utorrent
-Josh
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Mik3h, wtf was that about? did i do something to you that i don't know about. as it currently stands i'll be talking to drd about this & have you banned from this site. want to comeback will have to be as a newbie.
ddp is my initals of my full name except for 1 letter.
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rayee
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24. December 2006 @ 22:02 |
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I have tried doing everything BUT my download speed is still below 20kb/s.
I'm located in s'pore and am using a bitcomet 0.70. My connections is DSL broadband.
I've tried every possible way to increase my bitcomet speed but to no avail. I've got both remote and local connections and my upload speed is usually 10kb/s and less.
All my ports are closed except for one which is stealth and another which is open. Someone please tell me how to open the rest of the ports in simple english and NOT in computer language please!
I spend 37 hours trying to figure all these out but my speed still remain stuck at 20kb/s and below!!
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biggermac
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25. December 2006 @ 20:11 |
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Originally posted by rayee:
I have tried doing everything BUT my download speed is still below 20kb/s.
I'm located in s'pore and am using a bitcomet 0.70. My connections is DSL broadband.
I've tried every possible way to increase my bitcomet speed but to no avail. I've got both remote and local connections and my upload speed is usually 10kb/s and less.
All my ports are closed except for one which is stealth and another which is open. Someone please tell me how to open the rest of the ports in simple english and NOT in computer language please!
I spend 37 hours trying to figure all these out but my speed still remain stuck at 20kb/s and below!!
Well rayee, it may depend on some things that you may not have included.
Because of evil a-holes, these days people need protection from incoming trash that could harm your computer. With Windows XP you should be running a "firewall" - protection for your "ports" (holes) that let stuff out and in. You have like 65,000 ports. So 1st you need to open ports that your torrent program uses (it's not the normal Internet pathway in use by torrent programs). Start/Control-Panel/Security-Center and you'll see the firewall option.. Once there "port forward" (open the holes) for those ports or the port you want to use. BitTornado allows you to use any port or port range, not what is for a port range. Remember here, for this "software" firewall we are talking about, instead of port forwarding, you can choose the option to "exclude" or "ignore" or similar word, the whole torrent program so all ports are open for it yet still protecting the Internet, like tell it Bittorrent.exe, if that is the name fo your torrent program.. ...However you might be running a 3rd party firewall not the built-in Windows XP one - same deal as mentioned already..
But, if you are on a home network, the router used (the brains where the computers connect before going into the modem) is also a firewall - a hardware firewall, similar to the software firewall I mentioned above. You need to log into the router and port-forward those ports you are using.
Finally now, I don't have this problem, but some people buy the fancy DSL router when offered a choice, or the ISP just uses them anyway, and some DSAL modems are also firewalled - same deal as the router, you need to log into it (open up the modem software-wise) and port forward..
Singapore... Some whole darned countries use a set-up that isn't "normal" and only certain ports work, and are overall slow connections too.
...And did you mention what speeds, upload and download, your DSL actually goes? at maximum?? - "Broadband" means anything faster than dial-up - there are some awfully SSLLOOWW DSL packages out there, as low as like 300 kbps download and slower than that upload.. dslreports.com will tell you your speeds, though you may not be able to test at a facility nearer to you so speed might be a bit under-reported..
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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Originally posted by rayee:
I have tried doing everything BUT my download speed is still below 20kb/s.
I'm located in s'pore and am using a bitcomet 0.70. My connections is DSL broadband.
I've tried every possible way to increase my bitcomet speed but to no avail. I've got both remote and local connections and my upload speed is usually 10kb/s and less.
All my ports are closed except for one which is stealth and another which is open. Someone please tell me how to open the rest of the ports in simple english and NOT in computer language please!
I spend 37 hours trying to figure all these out but my speed still remain stuck at 20kb/s and below!!
Originally posted by JOSh765:
And to think Mik3h is an AFTERDAWN ADDICT
If i was ddp id have that guy out of here!
Ohh and on PFConfig when you slect a programme it asks which TCP and UDP ports you want to forward
How do i find out what TCP and UNP ports im using on limewire and utorrent
-Josh
- Account was hijacked. :)
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1. January 2007 @ 11:17 |
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hi everyone im not really new to downloading torrents i was just wondering is there any way possible for me to get more than 25kb/s downloading, its taking like forever to donwload a good game...Plz help me im using BitComet 0.79
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18. January 2007 @ 02:36 |
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McAfee Virusscan enterprise 8.0
Anyone have it?
I Don't know how to make bit torrent go faster with that disabled or allowing anything so if any one has it can u help me ste[ by step or just add me on msn .. i'manidiot.com edited by ddp.. Greatly appreciated thanks guys.
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Fewsion, no email posting as per forum rules above. post edited
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Hi guys, i was just browsing the net looking for a way to speed up my download speeds. I am currently using Utorrent which has been recommended to me by my friends. I used to use BitLord to Download. On there my speeds were stable but fairly slow (40-50 kb/s) However, on the Utorrent client my speeds are extremely unstable and are going anything from 0-90, this is causing downloads to go extremely slow. Do you guys know if there is anyway to solve this?
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24. January 2007 @ 12:07 |
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AshurTom (Newbie) wrote:
Hi guys, i was just browsing the net looking for a way to speed up my download speeds. I am currently using Utorrent which has been recommended to me by my friends. I used to use BitLord to Download. On there my speeds were stable but fairly slow (40-50 kb/s) However, on the Utorrent client my speeds are extremely unstable and are going anything from 0-90, this is causing downloads to go extremely slow. Do you guys know if there is anyway to solve this?
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There are a multitude of causes that can slow down your download speed. You don't give out any information as to your situation.
What is your situation? DSL or cable?
What is your max download speed and max upload speed? Test at a place like DSLreports.com. Make sure you understand and report correctly kB/s vs kbps (100 kbps and 100 kB/s - one is 8 times faster than the other, with the large B = bytes and a small b = bits).
Are you behind a router? A good torrent program like BitTornado will let you know if you are firewalled by giving you a green light for all is good.
Torrent programs are written so you have to participate to get good download speed - this is why every torrent will result in different speeds. Remember the golden rule - you must upload well to be able to download well. If your upload speed is junky, the torrent programs thinks you are holding back and not participating and so your download speed will be crappy.
It takers time at first to build up enough of a torrent for you t0o be able to share with others - speeds are not immediate and constant.
Set your upload speed in the torrent program to 80% of your max upload capability. Too much upload speed can hurt you too because the program needs that 20% left out to work in.
Are you sure the program you now use just isn't reporting true speed, while the other reported averages.. - BTW I se an independent speed reporting program too, an oldy but goody named netmeter. Set it up as a small window out of the way - you'll know upload and download speed for everything. If nothing is happening it disappears. (If you set it up that way..)
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24. January 2007 @ 14:26 |
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Thanks, my max upload is 265 kbps and download is 945 kbps
i am pretty new to all this, is the B faster than the b or the other way round?
and also, i have no idea what you are talking about in the last paragraph ;(
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25. January 2007 @ 02:44 |
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Originally posted by AshurTom:
Thanks, my max upload is 265 kbps and download is 945 kbps
i am pretty new to all this, is the B faster than the b or the other way round?
and also, i have no idea what you are talking about in the last paragraph ;(
Since I recall that you said that your speeds were noticeably up and down, I was getting at that some reporting of speed by programs reports the speed on an average and some true speed so you'd see the dips and increases - example if you're at 100 kbps for 3 seconds and 2 seconds after that for 3 seconds your at 300 kbps, that's an average of 200 kbps..
A B = a Byte - it takes 8 small b, which is bits, to = one Byte. 100 kB/s is actually 800 kbps. The slash is not deciding here, a slash could be used in kbps as kb/s though not used much with the small b. And so you know a k or K can be used though technically it could mean different things too. k = 1000, p = per, s = second. The / is just taking place "p" is all.
Torrent programs are almostv all treporting in (B)ytes. Since I see your maximum upload speed is not even 1000 kbps, if the torrent program says 100 KB/s then you're at actually 800 kbps - almost your max anyway. If you are grabbing a 2 hour movie clip, it's going to take all afternoon and evening anyway even if you had a faster download speed. A few very popular torrents might go like 2000 kbps (250 KB/s) and that still will take over and hour for a 750 megabyte .avi clip and if it's a 1.5 gig clip of course you know longer.
Note that some torrents you are grabbing, which are not real well participated in, you have to be really happy if you get as high as 600 kbps (75 kB/s).
Just a note - 1000 kbps (125 kB/s) = 1 Mbps (small b - back to bits again).. And so now you know what that means if you ever saw like "My wireless router goes 54 Mbps wireless and over 100 Mbps when wired.
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28. January 2007 @ 04:22 |
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HI guys i am trying to download using bitlord but the download rate sucks plz help me. the speed is always between 1-10Kb/s and 1 min per day it goes 20 then it falls again... how can i make it download faster?
(full details plz) THNX
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28. January 2007 @ 06:01 |
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Originally posted by Tasakas87:
HI guys i am trying to download using bitlord but the download rate sucks plz help me. the speed is always between 1-10Kb/s and 1 min per day it goes 20 then it falls again... how can i make it download faster?
(full details plz) THNX
I'll tell you what.. You want someone to make an effort, you be the one to 1st make a bit of an effort please and give out "full details".
Your problem could be one of many things, or a combination of. Hows about starting with your computer, memory, Windows version,
are you on a network like a home network (behind a router),
DSL or cable, does your modem have a built in firewall,
what's your software firewall used, do you know what ports your torrent program is using, did you disable those ports in your firewall/firewalls or exclude the exe program used,
even where do you live because some places, like in Canada, are set up differently,
what is your upload speed? Download speed? - test at dslreports.com and make sure you know the difference between kbps and kB/s when reporting,
are your getting a yellow light or green light in the torrent program,
and add any other info which you think might help.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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29. January 2007 @ 19:41 |
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first of all thnx for responding. my pc details are: amd turion 64 at 2.2ghz, 2gb ram and i am running windows xp home. my firewall software has bitlord set as "trusted application" the results from the link you suggested (www.dsl....) are: download speed 56Kb/s
and upload speed 8Kb/s as for the rest of the details you are asking for i dont have an answer. the internet service i use is provided by the halls of residence in wich i live and it's called digivillage. that's all i know so please help me.
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30. January 2007 @ 11:30 |
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Originally posted by Tasakas87:
first of all thnx for responding. my pc details are: amd turion 64 at 2.2ghz, 2gb ram and i am running windows xp home. my firewall software has bitlord set as "trusted application" the results from the link you suggested (www.dsl....) are: download speed 56Kb/s
and upload speed 8Kb/s as for the rest of the details you are asking for i dont have an answer. the internet service i use is provided by the halls of residence in wich i live and it's called digivillage. that's all i know so please help me.
Tasakas87, that really doesn't tell me even what country you're in.
However, the speeds you mention sound to me like you have a dial-up account (uses the same pathway as your voice phone-line and you can't use the phone and access the Internet at the same time).
Even if you meant upload 8 KB/s that's still only 64 kbps (64Kb/s).. The truth is that your connection is way way (WAY) too slow. Computer files these days are huge. Example - a Windows update download might take an hour on a dial up account, but with Broadband (cable or DSL) it might only take 30 seconds (speeds vary - broadband can be anything faster than dial-up).
Factor in too that torrent programs need you to participate - there's no cheating. If you don't upload well your download will be further slowed down just because the program is punishing you for not helping enough.
There's nothing you can do with those speeds. You'll need to get a good fast DSL or cable account. Satellite isn't a very good choice for this either. I hope you have the option. You'll love web pages loading in a second. Downloads in a minute not 15 minutes not30 minutes.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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Bermiberm
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6. February 2007 @ 05:15 |
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I downloaded bittorrent a while back and i opened a port in my router. The bittorent only downloads on about 5-20 kbs even after i opened the port. I have a netgear router (wireless network), a cable connection speed of 1.5M
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biggermac
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6. February 2007 @ 06:31 |
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Originally posted by Bermiberm:
I downloaded bitTorrent a while back and i opened a port in my router. The bittorent only downloads on about 5-20 kbs even after i opened the port. I have a netgear router (wireless network), a cable connection speed of 1.5M
There can be a lot of causes as to your slow download speed.
1) Torrent programs report in Byte speed not bit speed. AS in (B) vs (b). 8 bits = 1 Byte. 20 kB/s reported by the torrent program is 160 kbps.. .....well that's still slow.
2) Most of the time you can't get 1.5 M (which also is 1500 kbps/or almost 200 kB/s). It very much depends on participation most of the time. And too, how many "seeds" (complete copies) and with how many peers (how many participating). If it's a large file and very popular like 20 seeds and 50 peers or more, yea, you can expect to *eventually* build up to your max 1.5 M download rate, remembering that it might fluctuate up and down throughout.
3) Remembering that it is called "filesharing" as in: share, the torrent programing was written so that you have to participate in the uploading process of pieces you already downloaded - and you have to not hold back - in other words (golden rule): you must upload well to be able to download well. ...So set your upload rate in the torrent program to like 80% of what you got to give - if your upload speed is 400 kbps, that's the same in torrent language as 50 KB/s, so set your torrent upload speed to 40 KB/s (using a small k or large K is alright, only the B vs b is critical). If you set upload speed too high vs your upload capability, also you might suffer speed with downloads, because the program needs that extra 20% to work in.
I don't know if the program you are using needs both a listening port and an uploading port. I haven't been torrenting in a while now, because I have other options, but I used BitTornado and it was excellent in it's simplicity and you could use any one port. Recommend you use a port above like 17000. Better like over 50000 (max is about 65000 ports used by computers). Once you change ports close the program and start it up again.
4) many a time in a non-well-participated-in torrent even 500 kbps (.5 M or about 72 KB/s) is better than you can expect.
5) it takes time to build up speed - 10 minutes you might crawl because you have nothing to give for uploading (remembering the golden rule), and so your download suffers, at some point speed starts increasing.
6) Make sure the DSL modem also does not have a built-in firewall.
Make sure your ISP provider also doesn't have quirky ports that need to be used.
--- yellow light or green light? green means no firewall. - did you also fix your software firewall?
7) knowing netgear routers which i think are excellent - if you have what I have, a 54 Mbps wireless G model, and you a the wireless connection where several computers and connections are involved, when you set a port to be forwarded, it only works for the computer you assign it to - and so you need also in the Netgear router to assign the home network a permant address - If you were computer 2 but Joe in the next room the next day logs in 1st he is now computer #2 if no permanent assignments were made.
...McBigGuy@no-emailxxx.org
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