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Azureus - Maximising my speed
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Primate
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18. December 2006 @ 23:04 |
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I've read 20-30 threads on this subject, none that directly answer my questions or apply to my unique situation.
At the moment I'm downloading anywhere between 10-30 kb/s on average on my 1.5mb DSL connection. I feel it could go faster.
EDIT: My connection is 1500/256 (down/up).
In addition, I have configured Azureus to upload a max of 25kb/s and 6 upload slots per torrent. (I assume this is ideal for 256kb upload)
I've set my port to 6881 in Azureus for TCP and UDP.
As you can see, everything is green. But only 20 kb/s?
I went to http://10.1.1.1 into my router's settings to add a Port Forwarding rule as many have instructed.
I then enabled Windows firewall and added ports 6881-6889.
As far as I know I've done everything correctly, but still my speeds are relatively slow. Can anyone help?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19. December 2006 @ 01:40
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Primate
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19. December 2006 @ 01:03 |
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The other thing I feel I should mention is my network setup:
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The Internet
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--ADSL Router-- ...... 10.1.1.1
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----Computer B---- .......... Azureus is here
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IP: 192.168.0.202
As you can see, Computer B is where I'm using Azureus.
From Computer A I can connect to 10.1.1.1 and to Computer B no problems.
From Computer B I can connect to 10.1.1.1 and to Computer A no problems.
The internet is working fine on both mnachines.
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Primate
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19. December 2006 @ 01:53 |
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OK I'm beginning to understand. Right now I'm downloading 40kb/s - 50kb/s. Quite reasonable.
I'm guessing the reason for my slow speeds is simply to do with the 'swarm'.
Right now we have 55(107) seeds and 191(802) peers. What's the difference between the numbers inside and outside of the brackets?
Also, the maximum it says I'm uploading is around 12-17kb/s. Why is this? I've told it it's allowed to upload a maximum of 25kb/s but it never reaches this high, why?
HOWEVER that does not explain this: Why is the swarm getting better download speeds than me?
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The_Fiend
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19. December 2006 @ 06:55 |
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First off, the Azureus wiki clearly states NOT to use port 6881, so switch ports to a port number in the 50000 range. or maybe port 1720.
I'm not going to explain why, if you want reasons, find the wiki.
Second, assuming you are using windows XP with SP2, download and apply Lvllord's TCPIP.sys patch.
Don't worry if your antivirus complains about it, it won't do any harm.
As for your question about the numbers of peers, the number outside the brackets are the people you are connecting to, the number inside the brackets is the number of people inside the swarm.
Last but not least, with little over a 100 seeders, and over 800 people leeching, it's no wonder you get slow speeds.
If all the seeders have such slow uploads as you, and then their combined upload speed has to be devided among 800 people...
Well, do the math.
Also, since statistics of the swarm are calculated with the reports from the ENTIRE SWARM, which includes you, you are wrongly assuming others are getting better speeds.
Those are the average calculated speeds that are shown to you, not given speeds.
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I dare ya !
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19. December 2006 @ 15:50 |
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What fiend said, plus:
Divide your speeds by 8 to find your maxes. So...
1500 is Kb/s, you're looking at KB/s, so your max speed is: 187.5KB/s, but you'll never see that. In fact, you'll never see 80% of that.
Next...divide that 256! That's 32KB/s max upload! You want no more than 80% of that! (So 25 works, but you got lucky.)
So there.
~Melee
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cd27idw
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23. December 2006 @ 08:34 |
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One thing regarding your port use as well; there's no need to explicitly declare your ports in your router. Just enable UPNP in both your router and in Azureus (you might need to install the plugin) and it will all be done automatically. This also allows you to change your listening port whenever you want, just in case you're paranoid about your ISP targeting your ports.
You might also want to enable your firewall in the router (your D-link should have one).
As regards optimising your download speed, there's a bundle of information on the WIKI pagesl; just look under the FAQ.
Regards,
Ian W
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scorpNZ
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23. December 2006 @ 09:20 |
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Yes but can you download more than one item at a time that would bring your downloads up to the max your line allows,i'm on 1500/196 actual download/upload speed on AVERAGE 150/185 Kilo bytes it can occasionally get up to 200 get in contact with your isp and find out if they have a speed test you can do then you'll get an idea of what your line is capable of, since distance from the exchange is a big factor, as is condition of your line from road to house(BUT P2P is governed by what has already been stated by above forum members),having more than one comp or console connected and being used on the net can drop your speed,again P2P speed is governed by amount of users,typically there are more leechers than seeders so at 20kb it's normal, it's when you download a software from say cnet and your speed is less than 150Kbs then i would look at my cables,filter and phone jacks and house line then if they turn out alright then it's down to distance from exchange assuming only one comp is being used
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23. December 2006 @ 17:45 |
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For the record:
we don't advocate UPnP here really, because although its potential is great, it's implementation BLOWS.
It works GREAT until it doesn't, and I promise that at some point it will break, and quite possibly take your client with it when it goes.
Normally it's as simple as stopping and restarting the UPnP service on your router as well as in your client, but it can SERIOUSLY screw up the way your comp interacts w/ the router.
So yea...it's a nice thought. I used it for over a year, but I do NOT recommend it now. It's simply not well implemented enough.
~Melee
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