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Malicious Intent
September 25th, 2004, 09:57 AM
vebcaster - thanks for all the information, but you haven't mentioned the health of your torrents. I can only really provide help with ABC and Azureus. It is strange that your upload is so slow. Have you tried to change the listening port?
hoopplaya4 - the aim of this guide is to get green faces. I don't know from then on - sorry. Perhaps someone else will be along, but dont hold your breath. It has been pretty much me and a few fanboys for the last 6 pages!
vebcaster
September 25th, 2004, 10:46 AM
malicious intent, thanks for your quick reply. please tell me what do you mean by the "health" of the torrents.
changing the port - I tried, to no avail. I pretty much tried everything. Azureus worked just the same (very slow uploads and downloads) - and I tried everything on azureus also. I don't get it. IT WORKS, users cand download from me, i can download from users, it just DOESN'T WORK well.
thanks,
Gecko Pointdexter
Malicious Intent
September 25th, 2004, 12:06 PM
Health = the whole green and yellow thing that my guide is based on.
yury1854
September 25th, 2004, 01:53 PM
Is there any way to get good speeds with BT if you CANNOT (for some reason) open up ports in the firewall?
Like using some sort of proxy/ghost client on another machine to interact with the network.
Paktu
September 25th, 2004, 03:33 PM
I am currently on a university residence hall network and at first had problems with yellow faces and NAT errors. I then tried setting my port to 5190, which is what AOL Instant Messanger uses, and it works great!
r3ko
September 26th, 2004, 12:29 PM
I was getting really slow speeds with bt, so i downloaded Azureus to check if i had any NAT errors, which i do. Well i went through your guide but i am still getting errors. I tried opening up lots of different ports with my router and testing them, but still no good.
I am on wins98se and my computer is on wireless connection with a linksys router.
i am out of ideas.
r3ko
bigevil
September 27th, 2004, 01:46 AM
i use azureus WinXP SP2 i dont have a router,firewall.i have disabled winxp fireall and ICS.i port scanned using grc.com all ports are reported as closed but i still cant download at more than 20 KB/s upload is faster than download 30 KB/s.I connect using LAN my true download speed is 100KB/s and upload is 45KB/s i did a speed test at dslreports.com.i cant find a solution to this problem.i always get a yellow light.i checked the ports using azureus i got NAT Error
PLEASE HELP
YWD67
September 27th, 2004, 03:45 AM
I use:
BIt Tornado
High Speed Broadband Cable (get as much 350 KB/s on download, but the average is 180)
Xp Windows with out that last new Security crap MS put out.
poindextermatic
October 2nd, 2004, 02:33 AM
I am using Azureus with a 512 connection, I tried your advice and changed to listen port 16881 instead of just 6881. I found dl speeds much slower even after a few hours, and yes I allowed the ports in my firewall....so I changed back to good old 6881 and everything is fine again...
????(confused)
WhiteyT
October 4th, 2004, 12:47 PM
I have a LinkSys BEFCMU10 modem hooked up to a Netgear WGR614 v4 router. I have forwarded ports 6881-6889 to my static IP address and am not using any software firewall including the XP firewall. I am using the Azureus bittorrent client and have a GREEN light.
I am a Comcast 4/384 subscriber.
I have tried 4 different cable modems.
I have tried 2 different machines.
I have tried hooking up my PC directly to the cable modem.
I have tried hooking up my freshly formatted laptop directly to the cable modem.
I have tried all kinds of port ranges and I have never gotten a NAT error.
I have tried tweaking every possible option in all the different bittorrent clients and 20 kbs download is the fastest I have gotten.
It seems as if my peers only send me data at about 2kbs each for a short while. Is this a problem that can be fixed?
OneQuestionIsAll
October 10th, 2004, 12:21 AM
Hi,
Im using Bit Tornado Client and am getting a yellow light. I'm running XP sp2 and have a NetComm Modem Router
BT's port range is 16881 - 16889
Windows firewall is set to except port 16881 for TCP
and my router settings have forwarded port 16881 for TCP
Problem went away once (when I went IE ---> Internet Options ---> LAN settings ---> autodetect [i'm fairly sure it wasn't a coincidence, but may have been]) but 3 days later it's back again (no change in system that I can figure).
i can't install ICSCFG (or at least it says that it won't be of effect because it isn't installed even though it IS in the add/remove program list) but it was working once without this so I assume it won't be necessary to fix problem.
Any help would be appreciated.
Ta.
Malicious Intent
October 10th, 2004, 04:25 AM
If you used autodetect LAN settings, that probably means that you dont have a fixed LAN IP address anymore. Instructions here (http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm).
Then make sure you forward everything to that static IP.
Malicious Intent
October 10th, 2004, 04:32 AM
Construct your IP as follows:
ww.xx.yy.zz
ww.xx = 192.168.
ww.xx should match the ww.xx of your router address. Make sure that yy also matches. This will probably be 0, but maybe 1.
Pick your own zz. This should be different to your router - which will be likely be 1.
So
192.168.0.2
OneQuestionIsAll
October 10th, 2004, 05:10 AM
thanks for ideas guys but yeh, i've got a static IP
just found that it actually works now (after a bit of fiddling) for all new torrents, except for one I'm half way through and it's quite large so i don't really want to scrap it if i can help it.
think the problem arose because (and don't call me fool because i know it [if this is actually the problem]) I d/l'ed over my limit for the month so the d/l got halted. I stopped everything and *ehem* defragged the HDD, and now (since it's a new month and my d/l quota is reset). i've continued the d/l. Only it wont go green. Not a single preference is different from any other torrent i start up (and they go green) so the defragging is the only thing i can think of that might have caused it to stuff up.
Any ideas?
One thing i thought might help it (though i'm not sure) was I once saw BT check the HDD for the files it had d/l'ed so far, is there anyway you can force it to look for them?
adrianmtzk
October 16th, 2004, 03:00 PM
Hi, I can connect to the torrents with Azureus, then I get yellow faces.... ALL THE PORTS are O.K. I have the port set to 50000 whatever..... but I still get downloads 0-20 kbs max, I have NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2004, is that the problem????!?@!?
PLEASE HELP!!
charlesmelissa
October 16th, 2004, 06:13 PM
Not Norton's, but probably your firewall or router. If you have Zone Alarm Pro that is the problem- Zone Alarm does not work with Bit Torrent. Also, some downloads are faster than others, it all depends on the speed on the other end.
Whistler
October 16th, 2004, 07:36 PM
if the ports are ok then its not your firewall or router. if youve ever had a green face then it just means you impatient and need to wait longer, other than that i don't know.
rebirth
October 16th, 2004, 08:55 PM
maybe you have a 256k connection? lol
adrianmtzk
October 18th, 2004, 03:49 PM
PLEASE SOMEONE!!! If my ports are OK, Norton Antivirus is not the problem, why am I downloading no more than 20kb/s and I have a connection of 1024 kb/s.
I am using Azureus.
Port 50000
All my firewall configurations are OK.
I get GREEN FACES!
and it is not the torrent, because I've tried many different files.
What's wrong??
Malicious Intent
October 18th, 2004, 04:34 PM
If it isn't in the guide, then I don't know. That is the nature of the guide. Personally I would blame Norton because I hate it.
I know it must be fustrating for you, but without sitting down and clicking through all you computer settings, and a little hit and miss tweaking, there isn't anything we can do. Sorry.
JellyfishPirate
October 28th, 2004, 11:48 PM
Hello,
I've got the yellow light on my BT client (DL's never go above 3 or 4 Kb/s). I'm 99% sure from what I've been reading on this and other forums that the router is doing this. I'm on a college's LAN, so the router belongs to them, or am I wrong? So if I try to mess with it I'll lose my connection priviliges. Sorry for my NOOBness, but if anyone can tell me if there's a way around this or not I'd greatly appreciate it!
Malicious Intent
October 29th, 2004, 08:43 AM
Sorry man, you would be very lucky to get this working at college.
xscrub
November 2nd, 2004, 06:23 PM
very good guide, well written, all the help with the NAT error is very helpful, although my question is:
i am getting the NAT error as well, however, i am in college, and using a dorm room connection and sharing many t3's with about 10,000 other students, and well really no access to a router or anything, is there anything i can do to help my bittorrent download which seem to range from 0-1kbps max. any help would be greatly appreciated. the speed is not the problem, i get about 2mbps off download.com or something like that. i am using no firewall and the windows firewall is disabled, i have service pack 2. i am using azureus the latest version that came out today. i have been trying to download a movie for the past 6 weeks now, and right now its still @ 1.7% so really help is good
dee123
November 27th, 2004, 01:23 AM
Hi,
I've been browsing these forums for a while and there been some really good advice from a lot of people.
This week I've had a bee in my bonnet about finally getting bittorrent working. I've suffered from poor download speeds for about three months with bittorrent and gave up and decided to stick with IRC.
This week I want to get it sorted since so many people I know are using BitTorrent and are managing to get very good download speeds.
"Malicious intent" great faq for sorting out download speeds but it seems I have tried most things in your faq and I am still having problems
I am using windows XP with SP2 and the firewall is port forwarding on port 60996, TCP and UDP. I am only using the windows XP firewall and until yesterday I had the zonealarm freebie but decided to get rid of it since I've heard it can have an impact on your p2P applications. I am using Azureus as my torrent client. I have a 1M connection with the ISP supanet. I am connected directly to my ADSL modem.
I have tried a range of ports but there is some messaging which I can see in the console window which is highlighted in red which state messages like:
Failed to establish outgoing connection [213.23.14.xxxxx: No route to host: no further information
69.47.xxxxxxx[]: StateHandshaking:: java.io.IOException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
Failed to establish outgoing connection [67.11.xxxxxx[]] : Connection timed out: no further information
[8:23:29] Connection Ended with 67.11.251.xxxxxx[]
I've tried various torrents and it seems that my download will only get to about 10kb/s and my upload will max out at 30kb/s. I have tried limiting the upload to 12kb/s but this did not acheive anything. My downloads just dropped. Most of the time they sit at 0.
I have left it for various amounts of time but it still does not build up.
Yesterday I was downloading some software and there were 1600 peers and 300seeds.
My downloads fluctuated between 0 to 10k whilst my upload fluctuated between 0 and 30k.
I have tried various ports but I still can not seem to get this working.
The configuaration test in Azureus seems to indicate everything is okay and I am getting a mixture of green smileys and yellow smileys.
Can anyone also tell me what the scan at the sygate website should reveal.
There are a number of different scans available and I'm not sure what information this site is meant to show me. Is there any sites where I can test my incoming connections?
I've also contacted my ISP and they have informed me that they are not limiting or blocking any ports.
I am using a USB ADSL modem (ORIGO ASU-8000)
Someone please help as this is driving me crazy.
Any chance someone can walk through my setting if I post them screenshots of my settings?
Dee.
Mels_Smileys45
November 27th, 2004, 02:14 AM
How long do you let it run before you give up? Downloads do not start off full speed. It takes awhile (sometimes a long while) before you actually get good speeds. When you get enough of the file to start uploading parts to people who need them, thats when your download speed starts rolling. Sounds like you may have tried everything so I'm just grabbing at straws here. Grabbing one file at a time helps a lot too.
Malicious Intent
November 27th, 2004, 06:38 AM
I have been getting really crap speeds on Azureus recently.
I don't usually say this, but change to ABC.
Tells us what happens. Last person I suggested it to disappeared - perhaps a good sign. Unless they haven't been able to connect to the internet since.
Malicious Intent
November 27th, 2004, 08:56 AM
and upload? seeds/peers? How long have you waited? Mel is spot on with the paitent thing.
Error messages?
This guide is about getting you to go green. Ive yet to successfully help anyone speed up a green torrent. The ABC is a stab and hope tactic.
shawners
January 17th, 2005, 08:58 AM
Hey I know this is like the millionth question about this stuff...but I need some help and I was wondering if you could give me some suggestions...
Windows XP SP1
DSL
1) I have 2wire DSL with SBC and I opened the ports 6881-6889, and 16881-16889, through the 2wire managment. (If you dont know about 2wire..The Phone line hooks up to the 2wire, and then the line runs from there to the computer...)
2) I have tried both Bit Torrent, Torrent Spy, ABC, BitComet, and Azureus all the newest versions.
3) All of them have yellow...when I first started using Azureus it was green but turned to yellow...(ABC has the worst speed with 1-4kb/s)
4) I have checked all the ports with Azureus and they said all of them were ok...
5) I get speeds ranging from 3-50kb/s and it just jumps...(with Azureus) and on Bit Torrent I download with speeds 5-14kb/s but upload with speeds 15-20 lol...(good for everyone else kinda)
6) I have norton antivirus and I have searched these forums and only found something saying enable the ports through there, but I cant find a option for that...also I just tried disabling it but no effect what-so-ever with the speeds...
7) Also I cant find anywhere how to find out about the proxies(dont even know what it is) with my service...(so that may be the problem, dont know was wondering if you thought it would be too...)
8) 30(216) Seeds connected, 57(1340) Peers connected...I have left it on over night and such, and no changes...No error messages on anything else...
9) Ive tried changing ports..Ive used 6881, 6882, 6883, 6884, 16881, 16882 (on Azureus)...
Something I got on BitComet;
CPU : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1500+ 1350 MHz
RAM size : 1,023.48 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Build 2600)
Default tracker optimization rules file loaded.
IP rules file: ipfilter.dat loaded, 0 entries.
Start Listening at TCP Port:23813
Start Listening at UDP Port:23813
Windows XP ICF Status: Firewall port is opened.
Windows XP ICS Status: cannot find working ICS.
Windows XP UPnP Status: device not found!
Start Listening at TCP Port:6882
Start Listening at UDP Port:6882
-Sherrill
I have 2 wire and norton.. You did the right thing.. But you got to make sure in the manegment, that you give access for it to go through firewall. On norton, you need to click on OPTIONS, THen click on INTERNET worm protection, then click on PROGRAM control.. THEN click on what programs you want to access the internet.. CHOOSE the .exe file of your torrent program, and click permit all.
This should help. There is a patch you can run, its in dos. Its on the internet. I may find it and post it up here. IT releases the max connections on windows xp from 10, to 50. May have to reboot afterwards. You be suprised how many more peers you connect to.
Phyrephox
January 20th, 2005, 02:01 PM
Hi all,
Great guide, and good job on keeping this giant of a thread organized. So, I have a problem that I have been dealing with for a few days and I just can't seem to figure it out. I use Azureus and it has always been fine, I've setup the appropriate settings router, windows firewall, norton firewall, and it works just great, getting green and high download speeds. All of a sudden I try to load some torrent files and I get a message
"Error: There are no more files, getCanonicalPath fails (allocateFiles<path>)"
Usually the error messages are informative enough for me to figure out, but this is just mind boggling. I've tried a bunch of things, downgrading azureus, reinstalling, upgrading Java, played with software/router settings, checking drive space; nothing seems to work.
I'm using WinXP pro sp2.
Cable
D-Link Router
Norton 2005
As mentioned before, Azureus has always worked fine, only until now. The only thing different I can think of is I installed Ares...
Any ideas? Because i'm fresh out
Thanks in advance
update: I'm starting to think its a problem with the program itself, since I have azureus on my laptop, and that is working just fine with the same torrent. Now i'm even more confused.
-PP
shawners
January 20th, 2005, 04:06 PM
go to portforwarding.com =)
Phyrephox
January 20th, 2005, 04:45 PM
Thats a good site, but I have no problems with port forwarding. As mentioned I never had problems before, all router settings are correct and have been working. My laptop (a second pc) has azureus running and working fine. Was there something more to portforwarding.com? I might have missed it. Of course I could just use the laptop, but it just bugs me that it stops working on my PC, and transferring files all the itme, sucks. Any other suggestions you might have?
-PP
shawners
January 24th, 2005, 10:05 PM
I had errors with Bit tornado, wouldnt run.. I unistalled 3.10 and went to 3.9 and got same error.. I uninstalled that and used ABC.. Im using that now, til bit tornado becomes more stable. The error said network error or something and it is to complexed to mess into. Changing clients can greatly be satisfying.. Maybe later come back to azureus.
maxim230
January 28th, 2005, 08:06 PM
Firstly, Tht was a well written guide Malacious Intent. I am facing this problem, need help........
I am using Win XP sp2 with firewall set to on. Azureus 2.2.0.2. Cable internet 128 kbps - through LAN. The ISP pumps in the bandwidth to the local area operator (local server) which in turn distributes the bandwidth through lan network to various users.I have no access or knowledge of what router is the local operator using.
I am not using any external firewall or anti virus software.
Azureus incoming port was set to default 7881 before i did port forwarding chages.
Currently i am downloading 3 movies from 2 different torrent sites. 1.xxx-tracker.net 2.desitorrents.com
As per your guide i forwarded the ports 6881 to 6888 and made similar changes in azureus and found that i got a green light and a significant increase in download speed for the torrent been downloaded from desitorrents.com. that works fine. But the torrents which were previously downloading frm xxx-tracker.net has now gone red and the error is (port 6881 is blacklisted). If i switch back to port 7881 which in azureus on testing replies as NAT error even after i have forwared the port the all torrents start downloading though at slow speed and yellow light. How do i sort this problem?
I hope i hv furnished you with all the info req.
Malicious Intent
January 28th, 2005, 09:05 PM
Perhaps port 7881 is being used by a different program. Chances are slim, but I can't think of what else could be causing it. Try a different port, like the 16881 suggested in the guide.
Is there anything else you did for port 6881? Windows firewall, etc?
Malicious Intent
February 2nd, 2005, 12:41 PM
Someone was complaining in another thread that AOL limit file sharing traffic. Perhaps moving to a company whos parent is a member of the MPAA & co to solve a file sharing problem was not so bright?!
This guide is to help those who are stuck on yellow. Blue generally means that the whole file is not available. Lack of availability may be your problem.
If all your torrents are showing up blue, I suggest a new thread, rather than continuing this one about yellow torrents.
Good luck.
tomars
March 29th, 2005, 08:15 AM
hi i didnt want to create a new thread because i thought you may know whats wrong with my bittorrent speeds
im using azerus and i used your guide to turn those health indicators from yellow into green - thanks very much it was well written and helpful, i didnt even realise i had anything wrong i just thought the torrents i was getting were rubbish
ok so i have my router forwarding 16881 to my pc and that works, then i have trend micro internet firwall allowing both incoming and outgoing traffic through the same port in the exceptions list. but now i have one more problem:
my download speeds keep jumping every 10s or so between upto 200kb/s and then back down to around 10kb/s and then often right down to 0kb/s
has anyone else had this problem? and how has it been overcome?
i thought that it may be due to my share ratio but i checked my statistics and ive uploaded twice as much as ive downloaded, any ideas?
thanks for the help
Malicious Intent
March 29th, 2005, 09:51 AM
Never heard of that problem Tomars. It sounds like your connection is dropping, rather than anything tracker side.
Try upgrading to the latest version of Java. Full support on the Azureus site.
Any problems - start a new thread.
Krell
May 2nd, 2005, 04:37 PM
Reset button for setting the unit back to factory default state
If you dont know your password, I sure as heck dont. Many routers have a default name and password of admin\admin or admin\1234.
Default IP is 192.168.0.1
Assuming you set yours when you set it up, then whos knows. I would reset it, then try to access it via the gateway address.
ALSO . .. try to flash your firmware
http://www.trendware.com/asp/download_manager/list_subcategory.asp?SUBTYPE_ID=364
If all else fails:
http://trendnet.1go.dk/
EDIT - and please stop triple posting, it doesnt help you, it just pisses people off
.
blackoo
May 3rd, 2005, 05:06 AM
thank you for your help, first i want to apologise about the triple posting it was by accedint, Can you tell me what does the firmware mean or do, and my trendnet is TW100-BRM504 you gave me a link to another version of my router, i took my router from a company at my area and they configured it to fit my use but they don't give me the passord for it (i don't know what's the heck with them) and thank you again for your reply,
Ina_87
May 9th, 2005, 10:34 AM
Hi!
I wondered if someone could help me! I'm a amateur when it comes to computers, downloads etc. But I want to download some episodes of the TV -serie Lost. I know that I can download it at the site www.btefnet.net, but I have no idea how! I would be very glad if someone could help me=)
moneoa
May 9th, 2005, 11:21 AM
Hi!
I wondered if someone could help me! I'm a amateur when it comes to computers, downloads etc. But I want to download some episodes of the TV -serie Lost. I know that I can download it at the site www.btefnet.net, but I have no idea how! I would be very glad if someone could help me=)
Install any one of the programs here
http://www.zeropaid.com/programs/?scatid=84
then just click on the links you would like to download
scribbly
May 22nd, 2005, 03:17 PM
Ok then, here are my specs
PC: P4, 1.9ghz, 768 ram, 80gig HD
Windows XP Home with sp2
Internet Provider: "Chello" (Netherlands), 500 kb/s download and 100kb/s upload
I'm at home on a LAN, we have a router.
Ok then, so I'm using Azureus and I've configured the program and my router (NAT) to forward '16881'.
My downloads are green (hooray) but the download speed is really shitty (lately always around 10kb/s) and when I start Azureus I get "Warning, port 6881 already taken by 192.168.2.103" or something in that general direction. I'm ...... . 102.
I checked and nobody on our network is '103' which is rather weird..
Could any of you guys help me?
thanks in advance,
scribbly
cpugeniusmv
May 22nd, 2005, 03:38 PM
Ok then, here are my specs
PC: P4, 1.9ghz, 768 ram, 80gig HD
Windows XP Home with sp2
Internet Provider: "Chello" (Netherlands), 500 kb/s download and 100kb/s upload
I'm at home on a LAN, we have a router.
Ok then, so I'm using Azureus and I've configured the program and my router (NAT) to forward '16881'.
My downloads are green (hooray) but the download speed is really shitty (lately always around 10kb/s) and when I start Azureus I get "Warning, port 6881 already taken by 192.168.2.103" or something in that general direction. I'm ...... . 102.
I checked and nobody on our network is '103' which is rather weird..
Could any of you guys help me?
thanks in advance,
scribbly
Disable UPnP in Azureus and on your router.
Set up a static IP address (http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm) for your computer, and adjust your port forwarding to redirect packets to this new address.
Which versions of Azureus and the Java Runtime Environment are installed?
scribbly
May 22nd, 2005, 04:04 PM
the latest ones
[edit; hey, that totally worked, the error message is gone. (static ip thing did it) thanks dude!]
Malicious Intent
May 24th, 2005, 10:37 AM
I really should add this to the guide:
IF YOU ARE HAVING CONNECTION PROBLEMS WITH AZUREUS 2.3, UPGRADE YOUR JAVA!
Information can be found on the azureus homepage.
rapter_man
June 8th, 2005, 07:57 PM
I have a 300k adsl connectiion and i wanted to know what to set my upload to, i heard somthing that it affects your download speeds quite a bit with a dsl connection
thanks
Class316
June 14th, 2005, 02:11 PM
5.0 Common BitTorrent problems
This section covers other problems which BT users may be suffering from.
5.1 Client or program freezing
Symptoms: Torrent starts well, achieving good speeds. Speed then falls to zero. This is followed by the client freezing, computer freezing and/or loss of internet connection.
Solutions:
1) This is a common problem with ZoneAlarm 5. Switching it off may not solve the problem. It is recommended that users switch back to version 4.5.
2) Norton Anti-virus sometimes tries to scan the chunks which make up the files you are downloading. Get yourself a decent anti-virus program!
I have this exact problem (which results in loss of internet connection), yet I don't have either of these 2 programs installed.
If you still need to ask, please:
-> Say clearly what the problem is Internet connection dies
-> Say what client you are using ABC, latest version 3.0.1b
-> Say whether you are on SP1 or 2 SP2
-> The exact setup of your network/ how your computer is connected to the net just a cable modem
-> All the software you are running No Norton or Firewalls, I run peer guardian
-> What you have done so far to try and resolve the problem Checked the guide, limited users to 60 like it said
christof21
June 18th, 2005, 09:57 AM
Hi, gone through the guide but still having probs.
So here goes for some help.
Health is always yellow, and I can't get it to go green.
1)Using Azureus 2.3.0.2
2)Using SP2
3)Connected to the internet through a wireless ADSL setup.
4)No firewall apart from the SP2 built in one.
5)I've gone through the guide and done the following
a)altered port to 16881
b)got a nat error so I worked through part 2.1 of the guide. Health still yellow
c)Moved through to part 2.2.2 of guide, still health is yellow.
d)Configured router correctly as suggested in part 2.3, health still yellow
e)I don't use ICS
f)only using SP2 firewall, no 3rd party installed.
g)changed the upload limit to 22 kbps, and limited the users to 60.
After all this the health is still yellow, I am getting a max download speed of 29kbs.
I am on Pipex with a 1mb ADSL connection.
Network equipment is 802.11g BT Voyager 2100.
Any help is much appreciated, and I hope the info I provided is sufficient.
Auggie2k
June 18th, 2005, 10:06 AM
Is that port configured in the xp firewall? And are you using any worm protection programs like norton worm protection? Because I had problems similar to yours before and by disabling nwp, they went away...!
christof21
June 18th, 2005, 03:35 PM
port is configured correctly in XP firewall settings, I don't have any thing like worm protection.
I only have symantec anti virus, thats it. No worm blockers or firewalls etc.
Just curious as to what download speeds I should be getting over a 1mb broadband connection
Malicious Intent
June 18th, 2005, 03:45 PM
I want to help you christof21. I think you are the first person to actually make a proper attempt at explaining.
I used to have the Pipex 1mb. used to top 115 - 120, but generally 90-100.
Can't think of anything that could be wrong :(
christof21
June 19th, 2005, 03:30 AM
I was actually getting download speeds upto 50kbs last night.
Just resumed download again this morning, and am now only getting 10kbs, with the health status still yellow!
Auggie2k
June 19th, 2005, 04:42 AM
Is it possible that it's just a bad tracker? Is the file your downloading a popular one, like a recent game release from hoodlum?
christof21
June 19th, 2005, 04:51 AM
It's DL ing an MPEG file.
I think I might have sussed it. My IP address has always ended in 1.2, I just checked this morning and for some reason it has changed to a different number. I altered the settings in my firewall and, router and Bit client and the health is now green! YIIPPEE
I'll have to keep an eye on that IP thing though
addict4speed
June 24th, 2005, 08:39 PM
This might sound a lil stupid, but how exactly do u forward ports with Yet ABC?
Malicious Intent
June 24th, 2005, 09:14 PM
You forward ports to Yet ABC, not with it. Port forwarding is done on your router. RTFM.
Reaem
June 25th, 2005, 02:51 AM
Hi. MI I hope you can help me here, I've been trying to download via bittorrent (YetABC) for a long time now, but with very limited success.
I'm only downloading 1 torrent via ABC and have had yellow health since I started downloading (A week or so ago.) The uploads can get up to about 45kb/s, but the downloads almost never reach speeds over 15kb/s, usually at about 5-15, and very occasionally I will see 25 or so. I never recieve any any remote connections either...all I have is local. I think I'm supposed to get both.
Using Windows XP, not sure if I have SP1 or 2 but I think I have one of them, however I think that is irrelevant. (I can look if needed) I'm on a cable modem through a linksys router (Properly configured as of now) with windows firewall turned OFF (Temprorarily while downloading through abc). Two computers are using this connection, although only mine does any file sharing. The ip and ports are all fine.
The only part of your guide I was not able to complete was the ICS program part (The link listed there no longer works.) I googled the program name and found it at some warcraft site, and it told me that there was NO ICS INSTALLED on my computer. This was confusing to me as I thought ICS was universal for all Windows XP computers (I'm no expert...). I was using program version 1.5, which is listed on that website as the latest version.
I'm limiting my upload speed to 20 until this problem is solved, as 20 seems to be the standard accepted UL rate for my connection.
I can't come up with anything else. Did I miss something?
-Reaem
Malicious Intent
June 25th, 2005, 10:10 AM
Reaem,
Sorry about the ICS links. If their links dont start working soon, I will have to find another solution. That will be a bitch, as I'm not working on any ICS based networks anymore.
Good news is that you dont need it. ICS is when you use a windows based PC as your router, which you aren't.
Have you tried any other torrents? Sometimes I get one which simple refuses to turn green.
Also, if you have been trrying to solve this problem for a while before using this guide, make sure that all the settings are on defualt. I often find people try to use the bind IP option.
Reaem
June 25th, 2005, 12:22 PM
Yeah, I've tried numerous other torrents on several other clients, and the torrent im looking at now has 100+ seeds, can't seem to get any of the connections to work properly. Seems to me this should all be working by now. I'm guessing the source of the problem has something to do with the fact that my connections are local and I can't recieve any remote connections. What causes this type of issue?
-R
Malicious Intent
June 25th, 2005, 08:42 PM
Yes, lack of remote connections is your problem.
Scroll down to the NAT for an explaination: http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/index.php/PortForwarding
It sounds like you should be OK Reaem, but sadly there are 15 other pages of people who are theoritically OK.
Check the obvious. Wrote it down if you need to. Tick off the following:
-> The ports you have forwarded on the router match those you have set ABC to listen to?
-> The IP address you have forwarded the ports to matches the IP address of the computer running ABC?
-> Randomise ports is switched off?
-> The port you are using is not being used by another program/computer?
-> The firewall is disabled (it often switches itself back on)?
-> You have no other firewall software?
flyingteapot
June 26th, 2005, 09:48 AM
hello,
So far as I can see I have checked the obvious things but still the speeds are slow.
I was using abc, which was fine for ages, then now I only get yellow and speeds to match.
I tried azureus, and the symbol is green, but the speed dont top more then 25 at any one time, slipping back down to 5 then back up, then down again, hovering around the 10 kbs mark.
I am not behind a router so its not port forwarding. I did change the ports but it didnt appear to do any good. I disabled the firewall, even though I'd given both programs exceptions and opened up the ports in xp firewall but still no good.
So far as I can see the internet is configured ok ...
I do prefer abc (latest version now) but just cant work out where my config is going wrong.
I even suspect ntl of intefering with it but download on anything else is fine.
Its very frustrating and I would appreciate any help.
Reaem
June 26th, 2005, 03:11 PM
I solved my problem...turns out my ip had somehow changed even though my computer never turned off...so the ports were being forwarded to an unused ip. My health is finally green=)
However I'm still only getting about 40kb/s. Isn't it supposed to top off at like 110kbs? Not that 40 is anything to complain about, but on a cable connection I figured I should be able to get more out of 140 seeds.
Thanks for the help so far MI=)
-R
Malicious Intent
June 26th, 2005, 06:08 PM
Flying Teapot - make sure your firewalls are set up correctly. There is nothing I know that isnt in the guide, so I cant help more.
Reaem - good to hear it. Speed depends on your connection. Not all cable connections are equal? You will need at least 1mbit to see speeds over 100kb/s. Give it time to get up to full speed
Malicious Intent
July 15th, 2005, 02:50 AM
The PC you have linked to the modem will be acting as a riuter using software built into windows called Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). Therefore section 2.4 is the one relavent to you.
HOWEVER, the link to ICS Configuration is dead :(. Check Google for combinations of "Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing", "ICS", "port mapping", "bittorrent", "fort forwarding" etc.
Let me know how you get along so that i can add it to the guide.
cpugeniusmv
July 15th, 2005, 01:11 PM
Here's the ICS Configuration Program that is linked to from practically networking, but their link doesn't work:
http://cpugeniusmv.org/hosting/icscfginst15.exe
Malicious Intent
July 15th, 2005, 02:27 PM
Nice one CPU. Is that going to be hosted long enough for me to add to the guide?
cpugeniusmv
July 15th, 2005, 03:21 PM
Nice one CPU. Is that going to be hosted long enough for me to add to the guide?
Yep, I'll forget it's there by tomorrow and never remove it.
neoacer
July 23rd, 2005, 08:03 AM
Malicious Intent:
I did all you told me and everything was great. The health bar was green for about a week. Then all of sudden, the NAT error came up again. I tried to redo everything ie configuration, port fowarding, etc but now the NAT error won't go away. Do you know why I got the NAT error again all of a sudden and what can I do to have green health in my download again.
cpugeniusmv
July 23rd, 2005, 03:18 PM
Malicious Intent:
I did all you told me and everything was great. The health bar was green for about a week. Then all of sudden, the NAT error came up again. I tried to redo everything ie configuration, port fowarding, etc but now the NAT error won't go away. Do you know why I got the NAT error again all of a sudden and what can I do to have green health in my download again.
Perhaps you didn't setup a static IP address, and your internal IP address changed?
Jorge
August 26th, 2005, 02:52 PM
Thanks digg.com for all the support!
Stealth3si
August 28th, 2005, 03:04 PM
I'm editing the router port forwarding. I wan to clarify how this is done because I'm ambigous on the sentence where it says to foward 16881 in increments of 1. if I'm downloading 3 simeltaneous downloads via ABC do i fowarding the ports like this?
16881- 16881 TCP UDP 192.168.X.X enable
16882 - 16882 TCP UDP 192.168.X.X enable
16883 - 16883 TCP UDP 192.168.X.X enable
or is it like this
16881-16900 TCP UDP 192.168.X.X enable
16901-16905 TCP UDP 192.168.X.X enable
16906-16999 TCP UDP 192.168.X.X enable
I haveo only one computer using BT and have abc listening to port 16881 min and 16999max
ALso on limiting upload, i tested by bandwidths:
Download Speed: 1278 kbps (159.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 313 kbps (39.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
if i wanted to limit to 80% of my upload bandwith should it be 39, 31 or 8 kB/sec?
I just need clarifiaction on thes two techinacl procedure. I'm not asking about download problems, etc. Thank you.
Malicious Intent
August 28th, 2005, 03:40 PM
For three downloads at a time, forward ports:
16881, 16882 and 16883 - so the first one.
Forward both TCP and UDP.
Set max upload to a nice round 30.
Stealth3si
August 28th, 2005, 08:03 PM
To verify what you have just said below are the picture to what my actual router settings look like, with the exception of my LAN IP address of course:
First picture:
Port Range Forwarding (http://www.imagerage.com/pic2/13t80593.jpg)
UPnP and Port Triggering pages/entries are empty.
Please ignore the "VNC" entries. So with these settings, we have ABC listening to ports 16881min to 16999max (via client settings) but receiving data only through ports 16881, 16882, 16883 (via router settings), right?
Thank you for your clarification
[*Oops; i forgot to include this question in the original posting. The question is should I continue seeding after my download is complete or just remove the torrent after the D/L is done. Correct if i'm wrong but i'v seen somewhere in this forum (mayber another one) that uploading/seeding is not necessary after the 95-99% mark of your download status (by that time one has uploaded enough).
TheGhost3000
August 28th, 2005, 10:53 PM
I canot set up static IP because I my win ME doesnt have any DNS servers numbers, the only thing close to that is a WINS servers, but that doesnt matter because it doesnt say anything in that directory anyways(comand>ipconfig/all).If I dont have the DNS I cant static IP,If I cant Static IP I cant port forward, the thing is my DHCP is enabled, looking at the example given by the portforward people, thats wrong. What do I do to get my DNS number,(Bellsouth tech suport is closed this weekend, and those bastard wouldent know what Im talking about).
and another thing
"Enter the ip address of your router in the address bar of your browser. In the picture above the address bar has http://www.google.com in it. Just replace all of that with the ip address of your router. By default the ip address should be set to 192.168.1.1. "
without proper proper port forwarding and nothing happened(I replaced the DNS number with the DHCP number) thats probebly the problem but I not shure.
Malicious Intent
August 29th, 2005, 03:47 AM
Stealth3si - looks good, but is 192.168.1.0 really the ip address of your local computer?
Start -> Run ->
Type "cmd" (without quotation marks) -> OK
Type "ipconfig" (without quotation marks)
One line will say "IP Address.................."
Copy your IP from that.
You should upload as much as you can afford to. You should aim for 100% so that you have uploaded as much as you have downloaded, but there is no point in switching it off at 100% unless you need your upload bandwidth for something else.
Krell
August 29th, 2005, 03:54 AM
Stealth3si - looks good, but is 192.168.1.0 really the ip address of your local computer?
I see that as an attempt to not tell his IP address, but if so, its pointless. Mine is 192.168.0.2!
And if it IS, then I scratch my head . . . .
Also, I will say this, when you set a range, its just that, a RANGE. therefore you need one entry for it, from start to finsish.
192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.10 thats a range.
port 16881 - 16883 thats a range
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Malicious Intent
August 29th, 2005, 03:57 AM
TheGhost3000 - set your DNS server as the IP for your router. Doesn't seem like that should make sense, but it is what mine is set to!
Alternatively check out the paperwork your BellSouth sent you.
Krell
August 29th, 2005, 04:03 AM
TheGhost3000
Lets establish what you DO have ok?
You have a PC, just one, and it is connected to a DSL "modem" ? YES \ NO ?
You DO NOT have a Router that is seperate from that Modem ? YES \ NO ?
What is the model # of the DSL Modem or any other networked devices that you have?
Now, when you go to Start > Run > winipcfg
What info can you provide from there?
"TheGhost3000 - set your DNS server as the IP for your router. Doesn't seem like that should make sense, but it is what mine is set to!
Alternatively check out the paperwork your BellSouth sent you."
BEAT ME to it again, good advice.
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TheGhost3000
August 29th, 2005, 10:34 AM
PC is connected to modem yes.
No outside router.
IP:192.168.1.11
Mask:255.255.255.0
Gateway:192.168.1.254
DHCP server:192.168.1.254
I have a wirespeed 6100 and port forwarding doesnt have instructions for that make.
TheGhost3000
August 29th, 2005, 10:41 AM
my problem is that I used to be able to download with Azureurs but 75.5% later, it just refuses to download or connect to any peers, the status says downloading although its not, I just dont get why It will download for days and then just stop, It also happened while I was downloading it would just stop, even if I haven't touched my computer for houres.
Krell
August 29th, 2005, 10:47 AM
Your answer starts HERE:
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/bellsouth/3.14+Westell+Info#6096 - read this
then read THIS - http://www.dslreports.com/faq/7074 see steps 9 and 10 !!!
Study this . . see if you can get to the configuration interface
If you can, pay me my money biotch!!
If you fail to read even a single word of those pages, I will put a jihad on you.
:D
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TheGhost3000
August 29th, 2005, 07:09 PM
Good News: NAT working
Bed news a torrent that worked before, still has a red smilely.
cyberguy777
September 9th, 2005, 12:15 PM
I was getting about a 15k cap from my cable provider, after reading you article and changing my ports from the standard ports, i now get between 30-50k. More than doubles my DL speed.
Thanks a million.
BTerminator
September 9th, 2005, 11:59 PM
that didn't help but what d/l spd should i get on a 256k Cable Internet?
zpman
September 10th, 2005, 12:49 AM
Has anyone here had any experiences in Java installation errors (1722) for the purpose of getting Azureus to work? I know this is off topic to this thread but since Java itself is relevent to Azureus it would be helpful tips for the Azureus/BT community. I've tried computer tech support forum, java forums and googled for Java 1722 erros and it seems that this is a difficult issue to tackle as much as it is a mystery to everyone. Thank you
It sounds to be a file permission problem. Are you using an administrative login to execute the installation of Java? Could also be an installation that failed during setup because of a corrupt installation binary. Which version of java are you trying to install? Are you trying just to install JRE or JSDK? Is this a fresh install of Java, or upgrade? Which operating system do you use?
Have you tried to delete the directory which it is installed then reinstall? What does your PATH look like? Have you tried any other versions of Java JRE? Are you specifying which directory to install JRE?
I do not have any experience in Java Environment Virtual machine installation errors. Only error is compilation of code (many). This is normal to a java programmer though. I have studied Java for little while now.
Do you also use any other java applications like Limewire? How long has it been since you tried to do this? Perhaps you can rollup to a previous backup (before your attempted Java installation). Then try again.
Download the offline installation package, then install locally. Don't download online version. This could very well be your solution.
Follow this (http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_1722.xml) link: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_1722.xml
Junkyarddog
August 11th, 2006, 08:01 PM
I desperately need some help here, I ran the speed test and the result of dl speed per sec was 400kb. Yet I get 50kb/s constantly when i dl some high seeders game like elder scrolls, sometimes less. I have a plain yellow face and have no idea how to fix it. Yes I read wiki but i dont get it, the firewall shows red, and I dont know what will help me to get the speed up. Any help will be appreciated.
Junkyarddog
August 22nd, 2006, 03:38 PM
um bump
Plus how could i figure out where the torrent is located becuz I thought the nearer to me the faster the dl.
shawners
September 18th, 2006, 06:18 AM
If its red, its firewall or router issue (Not portforwarded) If its green and everything is good yet no fast speed. Then read below.
You can get the fastest speeds on private bit torrent sites. And if you cant get the top speed, maybe a asshole on the otherside is using RATIOMASTER which is on zeropaid homepage. You can see who all voted for it so they can keep it on the homepage. Yet no one comments on the damage it can do and the slow speeds you can get from users registering them selfs as seeders when there not, and not even uploading to you.
Sasquatchy
October 9th, 2006, 12:22 AM
Thank you so much for this article. I was originally getting from 1-10 kB/s. Then i tweaked with it a little myself and i got it up to 10-20 kB/s. Just a few minutes ago, I opened the ports in my router and fixed my upload rates and now i'm getting from 70-120kB/s. Thank you so much.
Junkyarddog
October 9th, 2006, 09:34 PM
Hmm seems to me that I am the only one that has a severe problem here...I solved my router problem, the NAT is green smiley, the seeders are as high as 50-100, but I STILL dont get a speed pass 100kB/s. I mean, I have a cable running at 415k Byte per second, not bits, but Bytes. I expect at least something like 150-200 kByte per second, but the funny thing is, it rarely get pass the 70 marks and if it does, it doesnt reach a hundred. I read this guide 4 times now and tried everything. Is there something missing?! Thanx in advance.
robokiller
October 10th, 2006, 08:57 PM
Hi, i have very slow download speeds and have no idea why, i followed all yout tips in the guide like setting the port to 16881, limiting upload speed and everything seems to be working fine, i have over 90 peers connected and around 10 seeders but am getting only around 10-30kb/s on a 1.5mbit connection... i am using bitorrent client, have tryed azureus however and it shows a green light but still slow downloads...what can i do?
robokiller
October 10th, 2006, 10:45 PM
ok well i manged to get alot more seeders and peers using azureus and im now getting around 60-90KB/s so thats a big inprovement, must have not let it go for long enough when i tryed azureus before.... tip to all DONT USE BITTORRENT cus it S\/X @$$.
slickerflicker
October 21st, 2006, 07:30 PM
slickerflicker here,
i hope i can use, as well as be used.
thank you
tokendream
November 15th, 2006, 08:19 AM
Hi All,
I've read MI's guide and think it's excellent, however, having changed my uTorrent settings to force encryption and not accept legacy connections, and then changing my port to 25991 from 20252 (in case my ISP has started shaping my traffic) I'm still getting download and upload speeds that rarely go above 1k
I've checked port forwarding and it seems to be correct, I get a green circle in utorrent, but when i run the port checker it still tells me there's an error and the port isn't open. All my torrent are red.
I'm using ISS Proventia firewall and also have windows firewall in place, I've added TCP-25991 to both for both inbound and outbound connections.
My router is a Netgear RangeMAX DG834PN, I've created the service (TCP and UDP 25991), then created the firewall rule and the forwarding
I hope someone can help, it reckons it's going to take several weeks to download anything.
Cheers,
Alan
Jared Moya
November 16th, 2006, 12:34 AM
Hi All,
I've read MI's guide and think it's excellent, however, having changed my uTorrent settings to force encryption and not accept legacy connections, and then changing my port to 25991 from 20252 (in case my ISP has started shaping my traffic) I'm still getting download and upload speeds that rarely go above 1k
I've checked port forwarding and it seems to be correct, I get a green circle in utorrent, but when i run the port checker it still tells me there's an error and the port isn't open. All my torrent are red.
I'm using ISS Proventia firewall and also have windows firewall in place, I've added TCP-25991 to both for both inbound and outbound connections.
My router is a Netgear RangeMAX DG834PN, I've created the service (TCP and UDP 25991), then created the firewall rule and the forwarding
I hope someone can help, it reckons it's going to take several weeks to download anything.
Cheers,
Alan
To rule things out Id try Azureus as well........if you have enough memory its a better BT client in my opinion anyways...
tokendream
November 16th, 2006, 10:46 AM
Hi soulxtc,
I tried Azureus, it's a bit better (although I've switched ports again (this time to 109, which is POP2)
Now getting about 10K download, which means I need to wait a couple of days rather than several weeks.
The torrent health status is green so is the NAT and ratio indicator at the bottom, however, I do have a DHT forewall error which says that the UDP port mapping for the distributed database may be a problem.
I'm on a 2Mb connection, surely I should be getting much better performance than this?
Also turned on encryption as i know my ISP shapes traffic....
Thanks for the help, any more ideas greatly welcome... :)
2pac2007
December 3rd, 2006, 02:07 PM
im downloading a new movie from torrent leech
for my friend it downloaded at 150 kb per second with me it keeps on jumping from 40-90
i made my downloading rate at 0 witch means it could download at whatever speed it wanst to is there any reason it doesn't pass 100 kb per second or higher and why does it keep on jumping from 40 - 90 it has alllllllllot of seeders and leechers?????????????
2pac2007
December 3rd, 2006, 02:12 PM
another thing the arrow pointing down was blue for the past half an hour and now its suddenly red??
is ther anything i could do to chang it
tokendream
December 4th, 2006, 02:37 AM
I dream of 40 + K per second, I'm currently having trouble getting better than 0 bytes and rarely going over 300 bytes.
Can anyone give me anymore ideas?
CharlesBrown
December 7th, 2006, 06:19 PM
Nice guide, I went through and did just about everything but I think I messed something up... I cant connect through a router anymore, I have tried 2 different routers and cant seem to get them to work. If anyone has any advice or suggestions on what I could try doing I would really appreciate it.
OSX4
December 12th, 2006, 10:26 AM
Most applications (Bitcomet, Bitlord, ABC ect) have a maximum number of peers connection, usually set at 100-60 depending. Many times the client will crash at 100 unless u got a real nice PC so it is set to 60.
Now here is the point: You can only have 60 people connected to you or in the swarm. 60 only. You see a torrent with 1 million seeders and leechers IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. You will only be able to connect to a maximum of 60. Bittorrent then doesnt say to itself "hmm i will pick the fastest 60 seeders from the bunch". It doesnt work like that, you join any available swarm of 60 that has a space. Now if half of those 60 are sharing (uploading 1 or 2 files) then they cant put out maximum upload speed. Now say another 10 are the "upload limiters" who limit to 5k or 10k, your likely to get a few bytes now and again from them. So out of the 60, combining the fact that some will be downloading and uploading, some maybe palying an online game while uploading, some may limit their speed.......this is why downloads are slow ewven when lots of seeders. And....that is why if you disconnect a torrent sometimes, leave it 20 - 30 mins and reconnect, it will connect to a different swarm of 60, and if your lucky a couple of swedish guys with their fast upload lines will be in that swarm and you will get better speeds.
A side note about the "guide"......limiting your upload in my opinion does nothing to your download. Some trackers will ONLY give out what you put in. Limit your upload to 10kbs and your likely to receive 10kbs in download. Also the ACK packets sent once a data packet has been received takes such minimal amount of bandwidth that the effect if any wont be noticable at all. It is the equivilent of sending a 4bit message which in bandwidth terms is microscopic. Limit your upload if you want, your download may suffer cause of it, and if you leave it on when your sleeping whats the harm in full upload? It is very unlikely that your sharing ratio will be 1:1 if you limit your upload and in effect you are leeching without giving back what you took which is poor regardless of connection speed or excuses.
Krell
December 12th, 2006, 12:14 PM
This is not entirely true, it's somewhat true but with qualifications.
For one, those "swedish" guys do not have the upload caps that we do in America, so limiting our upload here means we can post on ZP while we use BT, otherwise, irrespective of 4k acks, you can not surf the web. Experience teaches everyone this, and we answer that scenario all the time here which is why we dish out the advice. And not just here, pretty much everywhere.
As for ratios, with the difference in what we can DL with BT, and what we can UPLOAD as a max setting, there will never be a 1:1 ratio, not unless you seed for a week after your torrent is complete.
With uTorrent, I set the scheduler to limit the bandwidth untill 11:pm, then go full till 5:30am, then back to limited.
As for disconnecting for 30 minutes, I do not see this as needed, the tracker refreshes every x-amount of time anyway, which means some seeds drop off, and some are added, you can manually refresh the tracker as often as you want to. Whenever possible, I look for and add other trackers for the same torrent hash.
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OSX4
December 14th, 2006, 03:16 AM
Ah good point Krell about the limits.
From a UK perspective, we do not have upload caps, only download caps and only on some companies. Naturally i go for the cable companies which have no download caps. But as from the UK perspective, and still taking into account that UK upload speeds are very poor in comparison to the download (4mb download gives you 376 up - equates to 45kbs upload) and that we do not have upload caps, i still find it hard for anyone to justify not having a 1:1 ratio, regardless of their connection speed. Give back what you take.
In countries where a cap is imposed on UPLOAD then i may understand, but definetly not if only the download is capped. Whenever i upload a torrent i loose the use of a computer for almost a week to ensure its spread around enough. How would everyone feel if i limited my upload to 10kbs to protect the download speeds and my IE use across my home network?
I still feel the advice of "limiting your upload speed to increase download speed" is wrong and only harms the BT community and slows everything right down. It is "basic" generic advice given on many sites which, unfortunately, the new users of BT tend to follow. If people have an upload cap then they must choose their downloads wisely and budget on their bandwidth each month, failing to do that will simply breed hundred and hundreds of hit and runners, damm annoying people when you spent a couple of days uploading a new torrent to them only for them to disconnect and the total number of seeders doesnt change.Once people have got the files, cant they leave it uploading while sleeping/at work/school/whatever?? Bit Torrent survives because of the availability of seeders being online and sharing files and we all know how real annoying it is when you downloaded 90% of a slow torrent and then all of a sudden there are no seeders and your stuck at 90% for days. This is what can happen when ratios are not equal, people limit their uploads and/or they hit and run.
Krell
December 26th, 2006, 01:37 PM
hay guys check out www.devilsfire.com (http://www.devilsfire.com) we are currently looking for mods,and uploaders so if you are intrested join us now
FUCK OFF and go recruit somewhere else
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oufy
December 26th, 2006, 11:50 PM
how can i oped more than port in my router to improv downloadspeed ?
OSX4
January 2nd, 2007, 10:12 AM
What router is it.
And FYI you can open up hundreds of ports on your computer and it will not improve your download speed, you must open up the correct ones the application is using. Opening up other ports can allow malicious attacks. Just dont use the known blocked or limited ports that your ISP knows about and give a port range of between 2 and 100.........for example
Port 15000 to 15001
OR
15000 to 15100
These are examples but will help with connections but i dont think it will improve your download speeds due to the reasons i mentioned above.
:icon_thum
zeroana
January 2nd, 2007, 11:44 AM
how can i oped more than port in my router to improv downloadspeed ?
i can not find the page on my router config ? :icon_salu
Krell
January 2nd, 2007, 01:41 PM
RTFM
Honestly, if you cant be bothered to go to the web site and read the FAQ and manual, what do you want from us? 192.168.15.1? Then what? A password?
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hitech-hate
January 14th, 2007, 02:04 AM
First off, I extremely appoligize with plaguing you with the same question i'm sure you've been asked before ... and for that reason I will try and provide every detail that I can:
OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition (aka has SP2)
Router: D-Link DI-524
I have established my static (aka internal) IP by two means, ipconfig /all and the DHCP table on my router to be 192.168.0.102
I have followed all of the instructions on portforward.com and established (and enabled) a Virtual Server entering my "Private IP" as 192.168.0.102. I also set both private and public port to a port in the 50000s
Within utorrent I obviously set the port to the same as that im forwarding (5XXXX) under Preferences -> Connection
I chose to reboot, and wait a few minutes before opening utorrent. Using their port testing tool I was told ERROR does not appear to be open.
I have disabled windows firewall, and for the sake of testing this I disabled my zone alarm firewall as well. Still no luck. I have ensured that on the router I have added a rule on its firewall allowing traffic through port 5XXXX. Still nothing. In desperation I even went into the DMZ ... nothing.
Under Network Connection Properties --> Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) for the ethernet card being used it obtains the IP automatically (as it should, this being broadband cable). I have even checked to see if the DHCP client in windows is active (and it is).
Now heres the confusing part. at the bottom of utorrent there is a green circle with a checkmark in it ... this would normally lead me to believe all was well ... but, my download speeds are insanely slow (it may go from 0kb/s to 1 or 2kb/s and then back to 0kb/s), not to mention the utorrent port checker says the port does not appear to be open.
I am very confused, puzzled, and frustrated. Once again, i'm sorry for asking what I know is such an annoying and repeated question, but I have googled all that I could, read as many FAQ's as I could, did everything to understand the actual networking properties being changed and how they relate .. and all i'm left with now is a human suggestion. I would sincerely appreciate any help anyone could provide. Thanks.
Jay
jokira247
February 15th, 2007, 03:33 AM
thanks for ur help keep on the good stuff
jokira247
February 15th, 2007, 04:31 AM
very well u are a profesional..............
rocky12345
February 18th, 2007, 06:09 AM
Thanks............................
rocky12345
February 18th, 2007, 06:13 AM
Well Go On............................................
rocky12345
February 18th, 2007, 06:14 AM
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rocky12345
February 18th, 2007, 06:16 AM
Very Well.............................................. .......
rocky12345
February 18th, 2007, 06:18 AM
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rocky12345
February 18th, 2007, 06:19 AM
Thanks............................................ ............................
rocky12345
February 18th, 2007, 06:20 AM
Great............................................. ...................
HERONEO
March 20th, 2007, 11:25 AM
yahhh my speed is good now
thekingace
March 22nd, 2007, 01:10 PM
Always Dload with U Torrent and get A good connection and try to upload more than download......peace.
arczimodo
March 23rd, 2007, 03:27 PM
big thx :) now i have great speeds
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March 25th, 2007, 10:05 AM
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kenny022
April 17th, 2007, 09:39 AM
thanks its great help me improve my speed alot
mrtolletolle
April 17th, 2007, 11:34 AM
Hi everybody...
Ive been seraching for a program with which i could make a copy of dvd movies. Im using mac....
However it seems that the program "handbrake" is perfect for ripping.. go ahead and try it:
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thomas
sonsonalex
April 17th, 2007, 07:13 PM
good work