Improve BitTorrent Download Speeds

**Malicious Intent** · November 27th, 2004, 05:38 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, 07:56 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, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by BSherrill

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, 01:01 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, 03:06 PM

go to portforwarding.com =)

**Phyrephox** · January 20th, 2005, 03:45 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, 09:05 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, 07:06 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, 08:05 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, 11:41 AM

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, 07:15 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, 08:51 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, 03:37 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/downloa...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

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**blackoo** · May 3rd, 2005, 04:06 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, 09:34 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=)