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[goodcow]

Yes, yes, "open the ports." Which ones, and why is it even after experimenting and opening numerous port ranges, and temporarily disabling my firewall does it still download slow as shit?

 

[speedpop]

The only way to really gain any speed is due to peer vs seed ratio. As well as some waiting in line time which can lead upto 1 hour to 4 hours but even then it can be very unreliable.

E.G. I was downloading Takeshi's Castle episodes off 2 seeds and I was the only peer going at 50k/sec. Tried to get an episode of Futurama with 4 seeds and 10 peers and it was as flat as a rock.

All in all, I try not to rely on BT too much. People say it's the new way to download, obviously they've never tried IRC's fserves and xdcc's. Bollocks.

 

[Marty Chinn]

fserves and xdccs have lines though and who knows how long it'll take.

 

[Drexon]

So yesterday my friend and I downloaded the naruto 95-96 special, he was getting <3k and I was just getting 170k! I thought I'd brag about it and, oops, hit the space bar, canceled the download. Back to <20k. .__.

 

[miyuru]

If people understood how BT works, we'd never see these threads, so annoying.

No offence goodcow, I like you

 

[Ecrofirt]

1) don't use the official client.
2)you may actually have to set a limit on your upload speed. I know with my current connection that if I set a max upload speed of greater than 17kb/s, my download goes right down the shitter. I don't know why, but I could be downloading at 100k/s and uploading at 13k/s one second, but as soon at it hits 18-20k/s, my download speed drops down to like 1k/s.
3) fiddle around with the max number of connections on a file. if it's too low, you won't be able to DL from enough people to get a fast Dl going. If it's too high, it goes screwy.

 

[Marty Chinn]

1) don't use the official client.
2)you may actually have to set a limit on your upload speed. I know with my current connection that if I set a max upload speed of greater than 17kb/s, my download goes right down the shitter. I don't know why, but I could be downloading at 100k/s and uploading at 13k/s one second, but as soon at it hits 18-20k/s, my download speed drops down to like 1k/s.
3) fiddle around with the max number of connections on a file. if it's too low, you won't be able to DL from enough people to get a fast Dl going. If it's too high, it goes screwy.

The thing with your upload speed is if you peak your upload rate at the level your connection is, it's preventing you from sending out request packets for new data which in turns slow downs your download rate.

 

[Catzgirl]

Yes, yes, "open the ports." Which ones, and why is it even after experimenting and opening numerous port ranges, and temporarily disabling my firewall does it still download slow as shit?

Sometimes the dsl modem has a built in firewall. Our Westell modem had to be configured to allow bittorent and battle.net ports. Such a pain in the ass ;p Took me like 2 weeks before I figured out it wasn't our router. Anyways, try calling your dsl company and asking. I had to put the modem ip into a browser and then go into expert settings and some other crap. Heh. Good luck.

 

[Cold Shadow]

First download Bittornado (http://bittornado.com/) It has a light and when it's green your ports are forwarded correct, if it's yellow you are a idiot. Also remember that your download is proportional to your upload when there aren't so many seeds.

 

[BlackMage]

I am using bitornado rght now and the stupid light is stuck at grey!!

 

[Drinky Crow]

put your peepee in the RS-232 jack

 

[FoneBone]

This thread intimidates me... I was looking forward to having broadband in a few weeks (when I get to college), so I could use BT to download stuff easily... Is it really this hard to use?

 

[border]

It's not hard to use but the speeds are often pretty shitty. I use BT as a last resort.

 

[BlackMage]

This thread intimidates me... I was looking forward to having broadband in a few weeks (when I get to college), so I could use BT to download stuff easily... Is it really this hard to use?

My advice: if you are going to get a router, get a linksys. It's the easiest router to open ports with or even disable the goddamn firewall completely. If you don't get a router you most likely dont have to worry about anything.

 

[RobotChant]

It's not hard to use but because everybody's setup is different some people can run into problems that can be hard to resolve. Also because you're downloading from other users, speed can be very inconsistent. One minute the download can be fast, the next, things can slow down to a halt; speeds also vary from torrent to torrent.

With Torrents, you have to always be on the lookout for them and get on them early. If you get on during the tail end, it&#8217;s likely you&#8217;ll get stuck and never complete your download. That&#8217;s the most annoying part to me.