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tig3ris
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27. May 2009 @ 19:06 |
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Hey was wondering if anyone could help me get my settings dialed in for vuze. I just installed vuze on my new computer running windows 7 64bit.....I had bitlord installed but i couldnt get my upload speeds very high and read that people said that torrent client is for leechers that dont upload much. I want to keep my ratios good and share the files that i get to keep everything fair ya know. I have cable 16mb connection so i can give out and take alot. Can anyone give me instructions on what my settings should be for vuze. Thanks guys.
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27. May 2009 @ 20:15 |
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tig3ris
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27. May 2009 @ 23:37 |
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Ok im using a belkin router and i see that the site you linked to has the make on there so ill have to look up the model and follow there instructions. Im using a port in the 52000 because i read on the wiki page to use in between like 50000 and 68000 or something like that. I also found my provider on the list of isp and everything says no execpt.....encyrption level it says 5 and prevents seeding it said yes. My provider is comcast cable and i didnt do the speed test but i can download in the 2000kb range and im thinking my upload is atleast 600. Also i couldnt find the nat test in tools even after i changed it to advanced. And Vuze is allowed to communicate through my firewall. Very helpfull info you guided me too thank you. Any other suggestions. Also how bad is it that on that page it said comcast prevents seeding.
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28. May 2009 @ 00:43 |
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It's not good about Comcast but let's see, some ISP's that throttle don't at low usage time's like overnight. First, go to PortForward, click on your router, in the next window, click on Azureus and follow the direction's. If you need a static ip, there is a guide there. Also, set Protocol Encryption: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/395674 There has to be a NAT/Firewall Test under Tool's but you'd fail it anyway. At tool's>option's>plugin's>UPNP, disable UPNP. Preventing seeding would stop you on private site's but I never got the point of not allowing seeding on public site's, let's see what kind of download rate you get. Azureus recommend's a port over 50,000 but any over 10,000 seem fine.
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30. May 2009 @ 09:11 |
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The NAT/Firewall test is now under the Help menu (used to be under Tools).
Comcast has laid off the throttling, so I would not suggest using Level 5 encryption unless you have an issue. Level 5 will hurt speeds as it does eliminate some possible peer/seed sources. So, first clear the NAT as has already been said here and then cap upload and see what happens.
I have Comcast and have had no bittorrent issues lately.
You should take a speed test to determine the upload rate of your connection. I will caution that the speed test will show higher than normal results, due to Comcast's PowerBoost. PowerBoost gives a short term boost of speed for the first 10MB of download and 5MB of upload. Since the speed tests use small files, this has a considerable affect.
Still it is a good idea to take the speed test and adjust settings accordingly. After that, when you are on a torrent that has a lot of peers, you can set upload to unlimited for 10 minutes and see where your upload settles in at and adjust from that.
Upload in Vuze should be capped at 80% of your connection's upload capacity and some other adjustments can be made to distribute your upload for best download from other peers.
This guide has some good help on that under the Adjusting Internal Settings section:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/optimizing-vuze-speed.htm
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tig3ris
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30. May 2009 @ 13:08 |
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Ok i went through the port forwarding page and tryed to setup a static ip add but it wasnt happening. The pages i seen differed from what they showed on there guide and info that they had popping up in there windows was blank in mine. So i had to go back to making mine auto obtain. I think its because i have windows 7 and they didnt have an option for a guide for windows 7. I did the speed test and this is what i got......download 28.13mb/s and upload was 2.89mb/s. I went into to tools and in my plug ins the only one that matched the upnp was upnp media server so i disabled that one. Is that correct to do? and with my dl upl speed what do you think the proper kb/s on either should be set to? Thanks for the help guys.
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tig3ris
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30. May 2009 @ 13:15 |
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I also made vuze an exception in my firewall.
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30. May 2009 @ 13:59 |
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Did you manually forward through the router?
Does the Help>NAT/Firewall test show OK?
If you can not set a static IP (and I do not think there will be a guide for Windows 7 anywhere as it is not an official release yet), manually forwarding has to be re-done every time the IP changes.
It might be better to use UPnP and forget the manually forwarding.
UPnP is under the Plugins. When you press on the + sign next to plugins, the UPnP settings should be at the bottom of the list.
As to the speed test, the guide I linked above has a link to the Azureus Upload Settings Calculator. You should use that as it gives several settings that should be altered.
Also, take the speed test a few times to get a reliable average and adjust the settings for the speed test to give results in kiloBytes as it will be easier to use the calculator.
If you have any Qs, post back.
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30. May 2009 @ 14:32 |
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Not familiar with any 64 bit Os nor W7 much but can't you access Command Prompt at start>accessories to get the info for your static address? If so, you may need the DNS Server's at Open DNS. Set your download and upload to 0 for now, as said, and adjust upload to 80% by observation. Your 2.89 mb is 2960 kb = 370 KB x 80% but isn't going to be very accurate with that SpeedBoost. Hey there jeffw224, I see my older version of Vuze doesn't exactly resemble newer one's.
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tig3ris
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30. May 2009 @ 15:24 |
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The nat firewall test says ok now. So something i did made it pass because before it would time out and i think i had already turned off the upnp media plug in and allowed access execeptions in the windows firewall so im not sure why it is working now. I didnt change the port from test to test either. Maybe it was just because i needed to close and reopen vuze. Also i did make it to my cmd prompt and got all my info like ip address and dns and gateway type things but when i finally found how to get into my properties of my network connection on windows 7 because it is different than what they said to do in the vista tutorial. There screen showed values at the ip address and dns and those types of entries and mine was blank and also selected to obtain auto ip address. I might have done something wrong because i also went to my router page and couldnt find some of the info they were asking for. When i was manually putting the info into the properties section of my network connection they asked for a second dns entry and i didnt have one so tryed to just use the same dns value and it said it had to be different.
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30. May 2009 @ 15:51 |
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If your NAT is ok, you don't need a static ip. Your Network Connection boxes are blank until you fill them in with the info from ipconfig/all at Command Prompt, if I understand correctly. Also, 1 DNS Server is fine, don't use the same one twice or one that's the same as the Default Gateway.
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tig3ris
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30. May 2009 @ 18:42 |
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ok but if im passing the nat test then i dont need to worry about messing with my network settings?
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30. May 2009 @ 18:47 |
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No, just leave thing's as they are.
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31. May 2009 @ 08:29 |
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Yes if you have the port test showing OK, you do not want to mess with anything.
On the calculator, I was looking at my settings and realized that about 2/3rds of the speed test result was the number that I eventually settled in as the correct cap.
So, I would suggest entering the speed test result into the calculator and then take what it says to cap at and enter that in and then use those results. So if you enter the 2960 kbps result, you would get a cap suggestion of 296kBps. Then enter the 296kBps back up top and you will get a cap of 236kBps (and the other numbers to change), which is what will probably be the best setting.
Basically you are taking .8 of .8, which is .64 and is close enough to the 2/3rds
@Mistycat
Good to see you still around. Hope you are doing well.
I got tied up in some offline things for a while, but will probably be lurking around here more often now.
Take care.
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