BT engine

[dano99]

I downloaded this app called BT engine. It promises to make torrent downloads faster. But I'd like to know more about it. Has anyone used it and if so with what torrent client?

[cpugeniusmv]

I downloaded this app called BT engine. It promises to make torrent downloads faster. But I'd like to know more about it. Has anyone used it and if so with what torrent client?
http://www.download.com/3302-2071_4-10315627.html

[mp3MaStA88]

i call this a scam, because it says free to try and then you have to pay so much to continue to be able to use it

[Tech N9ne]

i call this a scam, because it says free to try and then you have to pay so much to continue to be able to use it
I second that

and its probably stock full of spyware and shit of that nature

[RACKnRAIL]

I'm not gonna spell it out, but I found the full version of that program "FREE" cough...if you know what I mean? Truthfully though, I can't say it works all that great for me. I get very good speeds without it. Bottom line is...the app needs a bit of work before it's worth any $$ and even then...I wouldn't pay for it.

[dano99]

My ISP line is very slow, I use azureus and ABC would it help me? I have BT engine 4. RacknRail which BT client did you use it with?

[RACKnRAIL]

My ISP line is very slow, I use azureus and ABC would it help me? I have BT engine 4. RacknRail which BT client did you use it with?
I tried it with azureus and torrent storm, but as I mentioned, I didn't get very good results using it. However, on a dial-up connection, it could prove helpful, but don't quote me on that.

[dano99]

I ran it with BTdownload and there seems to be some improvement in the speed from very slow to a little slow.

[uselesscrap]

I ran it with BTdownload and there seems to be some improvement in the speed from very slow to a little slow.

Sounds to me that you either have to do some port mapping or simply find a better client. You should be able to get rock'n speeds with a DSL/Cable connection...there's just no reason for it. Have you tried any of the bittorrent forums for help?...or browsed all of our BT threads? Another possibility is that you have tcp/ip (bandwidth) issues due to SP2 or perhaps you have two firewalls enabled (windowsXP and 3rd party)....I just can't tell from here! I hope you get it figured out though...ur missing out on many gigs of stuff.

[netuser88]

It tries to open as much free TCP ports for BT as possible, and it really works. The problem is if you have a firewall, the firewal will block the opened ports. For instance, I use ABC with BT Engine. I can D/U files but I get all yellow connections because of my firewall. I get better results without BT Engine by just opening a small number of specific ports for ABC. That way I get all green connections in ABC and relatively faster file transfers.

[RACKnRAIL]

It tries to open as much free TCP ports for BT as possible, and it really works. The problem is if you have a firewall, the firewal will block the opened ports. For instance, I use ABC with BT Engine. I can D/U files but I get all yellow connections because of my firewall. I get better results without BT Engine by just opening a small number of specific ports for ABC. That way I get all green connections in ABC and relatively faster file transfers.
IC...thanks for the info. BTW, welcome to ZP.

[Malicious Intent]

What does the number of ports have to do with speed?

[Rajarius]

What does the number of ports have to do with speed?
Quoted for great justice.

[netuser]

What does the number of ports have to do with speed?

Well, I don't really know, but BT Engine seems to sell the idea that the more ports you open the better (or faster?) is your BT downloading. I had used Sysinternal's TCPView to verify if BT Engine really opened that much ports, and it did. In my tests, the program could open port #1000 and upwards, and BT would take them. The problem, as I pointed out earlier, was that my firewall did not allow those ports for transaction, so I got all yellow connections.

Initially, I also thought more ports meant better transfer rate, but it was only after reading the info in http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=17671 and some other sources that I realized that "quality," as indicated by the colors, was also crucial in my BT connections.

In my trials, however, I discovered that the number of opened/forwarded/mapped ports with my firewall limits the number of my concurrent BT connections. For instance, if I opened 5 ports and tried 6 downloads, the 6th would always be in the "waiting" status in ABC.

BTW, I was netuser88.