I am experiencing problems with regards to BitTorrent downloads since I have moved to a new ISP here in Scotland, namely Tiscali UK.
I have found out that Tiscali limit BitTorrent usage on all lines. I have also read that if you use Azareus to download torrents and if you set the Incoming TCP Port to 443 (which I believe is SSL) and set the Transfer Encryption to ON then you can get proper speeds - like i used to enjoy on AOL and the now dead V21.
However, I seem to still be experiencing this problem of slow BitTorrent downloads. It's not just some, it's all of them and i feel this is a real con on behalf of Tiscali UK!
Has anyone got any tips/hints as to how to solve this problem? I have made the changes to my settings in Azareus as I mentioned above.
The machine in question is a WinXP Pro machine. Regular browsing and HTTP Web-based downloading is fine! (Often very fast) Modem: SpeedTouch 330. Line: 2.2Mbps. Unlimited Downloads.
If you are experiencing issues with your torrent speeds, please read on.
If you are using a router, please ensure that you have configured it to play nice with your BT d/l & u/l speeds, here are some
great guides on how to open and forward ports on your router:
*Step 1*
Router Configuration Guides
Slow Bit Torrent downloads? Router configuration tips (By CamDog):
If you have a firewall installed, you must allow your BT client full access to the network via <Insert firewalls name here>. How to do this depends on what firewall you are using, information on how to do this is likely to be found on the manufacturers forums:
Windows firewall has no outbound protection, meaning a full software firewall will prove much more effective.
*Step 3*
Download well seeded torrents, seed's are people who have the full file and are distributing, leech's/peers are people who are acquiring the file, the more leech's the slower the speed as the seed can only upload xxxyyyzzz amount at one time, the greater the upload & download speed of the seed the faster data can be transferred, a torrent with 100 seeds and 500 peers will go very slow, as there are more people trying to download the file than share it, meaning less data can be uploaded to the peers as there is more to share it with.
A torrent with 200 seeds and 10 leech's will go very fast! as the seed can upload more to xxyyzz person as there is less people to share it with.
Please tell us the amount of seed's and leech's on the torrent!
*Step 4*
If you have Windows Service Pack 2 installed, you'll need this:
Windows will prompt you with a pop up telling you system files are being altered, ignore this, click cancel, also your Anti Virus may alert you telling you this patch is a virus, its not! so ignore that too :-)
*Step 5*
If there still slow, its possible your ISP is capping your BT download & upload speeds, you need to call them and ask them how they feel about "Peer to Peer file sharing programs" and whether they have placed any caps, it may be worth you checking out this guide if so:
?:::::::::::::::::Rav009?s Bit Torrent Privacy And Safety Guide:::::::::::::::::?
