BitTorrent ...SLOW... (Ive read the sticky)

[KinetiX]

Im using the YABC client on 1mb cable broadband on XP SP2 and whatever I do my download speed always seems to stay lower than 10kb/s. Which is very slow considering i am on 1 mb broadband and I'm downloading a 700mb file, so its gonna take around 14hours to download and thats with 20 % done. :(

Ive set all the port settings for YABC, Ive set the port exceptions for windows firewall, and I've set up my router ( US Robotics 8000 is the model ). But it still downloads v. slow and the text in YABC is yellow. What else do I need to do?

[cpugeniusmv]

Check out the Event Log (Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Event Viewer). Are there any entries with ID 4226?

[KinetiX]

Yes theres two TCPIPs under system and they have warning signs next to them :(
what do i have to do about them?

[cpugeniusmv]

http://www.lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=4226patch/faq

[KinetiX]

I upped form 10 to 100, i still have the warnings, download speed is 3.2kbs, and the text is still yellow. :(

[encroacher]

im believe u havr 2 forwad ports n chit

[KinetiX]

im believe u havr 2 forwad ports

how would i go about that?

[encroacher]

roflmao! n chit!1 u r teh noob

ok u just havr to open ur router n tell it the ports like wich onez u use in abc lol!!

[KinetiX]

roflmao! n chit!1 u r teh noob

ok u just havr to open ur router n tell it the ports like wich onez u use in abc lol!!

Did u read my original post??? I said I'd already configured my router!

[jkagef]

Bittorrent always been shit, newsgroups are better as you always have your bandwith to the max :tilted

[cpugeniusmv]

I upped form 10 to 100, i still have the warnings, download speed is 3.2kbs, and the text is still yellow. :(
Those original errors will remain in the event log unless you clear it. I'd be concerned if there were more errors after the time you made the switch to 100 connections.

So...do these torrents have healthy amounts of seeders?

[cpugeniusmv]

roflmao! n chit!1 u r teh noob

ok u just havr to open ur router n tell it the ports like wich onez u use in abc lol!!
At least he can spell.

[encroacher]

hey whats it all time 2 pick on encroacher n chit jeez i just help the guy n you wanna fight

[The Hunter]

encroacher, please stop with the BS.

[Ken17625]

hey whats it all time 2 pick on encroacher

Of course it is.

You're rude, retarded, and you have the communication skills of a snail crawling across a keyboard.

[Greylin]

Bittorrent always been shit, newsgroups are better as you always have your bandwith to the max :tilted


I bet you just solved his problem with that insightful fanboying of newsgroups. We all know that newgroups can max out your connection but for the love of god STFU. I've actually attained faster download speeds through bittorrent.

[crackerjacker]

I bet you just solved his problem with that insightful fanboying of newsgroups. We all know that newgroups can max out your connection but for the love of god STFU. I've actually attained faster download speeds through bittorrent.

tell him like it is man
go greylin go
:)

[KinetiX]

So...do these torrents have healthy amounts of seeders?

77, which I think's a reasonable amount?

[cpugeniusmv]

77, which I think's a reasonable amount?
Seems reasonable to me too, as long as there aren't 928374982734 leechers trying to download from those 77 seeds.

[KinetiX]

the thing is the text in YABC is still yellow indicating that there is a problem with my configuration or setup?

[KinetiX]

Im downloading at about 2kb/s and uploading at 14kb/s :(

[Greylin]

I know this will not help with the problems you are having with yABC but have you tried another torrent vlient to see if perhaps the problem is program specific. I would recommend Azureus. If you get a similar problem then it most likely is not program specific. Have you tried disconnecting your router and turning your firewall off to see if those might still in someway be hindering speed/connection. I would also check to make sure that Window ICF is turned off.

[KinetiX]

I disconnected my router earlier and windows gave me the "limited or no connectivity" so im presuming I've got to unisntall the drivers for the router or something which I really can't be bothered to do. Im gonna try Azureus now...

[sToNeD_rApToR]

i m writing these commands 3rd time in a week, i dunno if these worked for anyof the guys i replied to, but i thnk this is more reliable way of opening a port:
got to RUN: telnet 192.168.1.1
login:admin
pwd:admin
->console enable
press enter twice
192.168.1.1>nat inbound add (ur WAN name) port number/tcp 192.168.1.2
eg:
192.168.1.1>nat inbound add yoon-0 6881/tcp 192.168.1.2
in this example, yoon-0 is my WAN name and i m opening port number 6881 enabling tcp comm. and telling the router to route the traffic from 6881 port to lan ip:192.168.1.2(this shouls also be ur LAn ip), even if u see something else instead of 192.168.1.1, u can still try this but remember the end number should be within 0 to 21(i thnk by default), xxx.xxx.xxx.1 -- xxx.xxx.xxx.21.
now to check if the thing worked:
192.168.1.1>nat inbound list
u should c the port u just opened in this list, if not then u did something wrong, check ur LAN ip and WAN name, for finding them, type: 192.168.1.1 in Internet Exlplorer or Firefox whichevr u use. if u c the port the do this:
192.168.1.1>config save
config saving........
192.168.1.1>exit
enter twice
but all this process if temporary, everytime u turn off-on ur router, ur isp will provide u a new ip, so everytime u will have to manually open the port by typing all the commands again.

[KinetiX]

Switched to azureus and its giving me green health now and the download speed has improved but its still slow at 14kb/s

[sToNeD_rApToR]

i m just gonna explain wot seems to be the problem u r having. yellow means u r able to connect only to LOCAL clients, which in turn means that u have to configure ur router/modem(which u already have) and NAT problem. if u use azureus, disable uPnP also. and 6881 is the default port which azureus uses. and remember to disable all ur firewalls especially the junk by microsoft.

[KinetiX]

[QUOTE=sToNeD_rApToR]i m writing these commands 3rd time in a week, i dunno if these worked for anyof the guys i replied to, but i thnk this is more reliable way of opening a port:
got to RUN: telnet 192.168.1.1]

didn't work

[Greylin]

I disconnected my router earlier and windows gave me the "limited or no connectivity" so im presuming I've got to unisntall the drivers for the router or something which I really can't be bothered to do. Im gonna try Azureus now...

That's probably because your TCP/IP Properties for your NIC are pointing to your router
or drawing an DHCP address from it and it's also the default gateway. What info do you get when you use the command ipconfig at the command prompt. Is it showing your IP address in the 192.168.x.x range?

[sToNeD_rApToR]

wot happened, did u get a error, wot exactly happened

[KinetiX]

That's probably because your TCP/IP Properties for your NIC are pointing to your router
or drawing an DHCP address from it and it's also the default gateway. What info do you get when you use the command ipconfig at the command prompt. Is it showing your IP address in the 192.168.x.x range?

.....Yes.....

[KinetiX]

wot happened, did u get a error, wot exactly happened

It said connecting.... then the window closed..

[sToNeD_rApToR]

telnet wotever ipconfig tells u, and then try typing all the commands

[KinetiX]

wot happened, did u get a error, wot exactly happened

tried it at the command prompt and it said couldn't open port 23

[sToNeD_rApToR]

no u did something wrong
telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(default gateway ip)

[KinetiX]

telnet wotever ipconfig tells u, and then try typing all the commands

just says couldn't open connection to host on port 23

[sToNeD_rApToR]

http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm

[sToNeD_rApToR]

dont open port 21, lower numbered ports r by default assigned, open 6881, default port for azureus.

[KinetiX]

Thanks guys.
Managed to get up to a speed of 45kb/s - 60kb/s.

[Greylin]

http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm


Awesome link man. Nice & easy to understand instructions. Good one to point people with less experience to.

Glad it's working for you KinetiX.

[sToNeD_rApToR]

but how? explain

[shawners]

Alot of it is that users on the other end may not be connectable, or their limit of connection to users is at the max limit, plus if they cap their bandwidth.. Plus some clients ban the ports 6881-6889. As well as ISP will throttle those ports since its known as BT. I have set my router to 35000-35050 which ABC will randomly pick a port, and have configured norton to let Internet traffic by, and did the router setup to give access to ABC.exe and made the ports open for the ones i set in ABC. IF its a 700 meg file, i can only guess its a cam or vcd maybe. Some trackers may connect you to slow peers. And if your in a regestered torrent site, some trackers will not let you go full max til your ratio improves.

[sToNeD_rApToR]

shawners i asked u last time also, dunno maybe someone else. but hows the site oink.me.uk, does it have good rock and old 70's 80's songs and wot about the number of users n all. and can u send me an invite to this site coz i tried registering and it says i need an invite.

[SanDiegoKid]

Yeah.. what happened to mine.