Slow Bit Torrent downloads? Router configuration tips.

I have followed some of the tips on this matter but my bit torrent is still slow. I live in london, UK and I have a BT Voyager 205 router, my internet speed is 2mb. I am using PTC bit torrent. Could anyone help me please.

 

Hey!
I've just read all 47 Pages of this Post; and applied all the knowledge i got from this post yet my downloads have not increased in speed. My downloads range from 1kb/s - 50kb/s, on average it mainly sits on 10-20kb/s or less.

What i'm working with:-
ISP:- OPTUS CABLE (Theoretical max download speed ~ 1MB/s // max upload speed 15kb/s)
Modem:- Motorola SB5100 (Surfboard Cable Modem)
Router:- D-Link DI-704P
OS:- WIN2000 SP4
Torrent Program:- Bitcomet 0.56
Firewall:- Norton Personal Firewall 2003
Network:- 3 PC's networked all with static ips; only my machine (192.168.0.2) downloads from torrent others do not.

Here are all my settings for my router/firewall/bitcomet



















Suggestions/Comments or any Help would be greatfully appreciated.

Thank you,

Dom...

 

I would desperateley appreciate help with my slow bit torrent as well.

 

let me say this, lets just assume for all intents and purposes, that your routers are configured properly, now there are still many reasons the download can be slow 1) very few "seeders" 2) very few leechers, 3) just because your ISP says you are a 1mb or 2mb line, doesnt mean that is the actual speed you will get, you would have to run a speed test on a local bandwidth speed test website in your area (me personaly i have a 6mb/768kbps line, i average about 5.7-6.1mb at any given speed test and i average 710-725kbps on upload). 4)It could be your ISP has the ports blocked, 5) it could be a routing issue meaning, you may live in UK and the person that you are downloading from, may live in california USA, which with the path that it takes to get to you may slow the speed down. Now i have my router configured and on 1 file, that i have downloaded, i got 640K which just about maxes my download speed, that was with 150 seeders and 500+ leechers. But for the most part i always max out my upload because people that download files dont want to share. Mostly my downloads average about 80K and some average 200K, so just because your not getting fast download speeds, doesnt mean its the routers fault. Its more then likely the stingy pricks that dont want to upload and share files.

 

Thx Billgates for the reply. I'm in Australia; i tested my connection its 840kb/s download speed (Optus are tight and wont give us more then 15kb/s upload yet I still share). I understand the whole process just wanted a second opinion.
DEATH TO ALL LEECHERS!!!
Share please; we all suffer not just you!!!
Thx.
Dom....

 

Hey, i am having a few problems. i have a zoom x3 router but i have been unable to open the ports required for bittorrent. i looked on the consoles advanced settings but there was no tab for 'virtual network'

i know a couple of people who have or have had the same or similar modem but they inform me that the virtual network tab should be in the advance settings.

the situation i am now in is that i have no way of opening the bittorrent ports. if anyone knows what the problem is, please give me a nudge in the right direction. thanks

 

check to see if there is a firmware update for the router, if there is, then it will probably be in the new firmware

 

I have a ??? i am not running a router i have a 4 mb cable line str8 to my pc is this smart and how to make it work wth azerus

 

Chris111
google is ur best friend.
Try this http://www.portforward.com/cportsnotes/azureus/azureus22.htm
Some more information would b nice; do u get a connection at all, can u download if so what speeds? etc.

SUKHTHIND
Some more information would b nice? Router/Connection/Torrent client?

BillGates
Everything is a.O.K i've maxed speeds of 210kb/s.
It really matters on the seeders/location.

Dom...

 

ok, so i've got it all workin great with fast downloads and great movies. now, how can i tweak bit tornado to make it run faster when i know im not getting optimal speeds?

 

yrubinucf - That's great, if your flooding ur uploads that could b the problem. Try setting ur client to use 50-70% of ur upload speed.

In my case i found 7kb/s works fine for me. My maximum is 15kb/s; i've clocked speeds up to 370kb/s.

Hope that helps.
Dom...

 

Hi, i have read the info about the port forwarding to get faster torrent downloads. I understand that i need to go to my IP address to forward the ports, but the problem is that i can't go into the IP address. Whenever i try to go into my ip address, it always comes up with "Cannot Find Server".

I have dial-up internet and is currently using ABC to download my torrents.

Can some1 plz help me

 

azn4life - Dialup modems do not use Routers; therefore you can't port forward.

Dom...

 

domza8tor: thanx for the help...thats not my problem, i'll have one download with 95 seeds going 20kbps and another with 15 seeds going 65kbps (i would love the 350k+ downloads that u get but i'm alright with 100 and i think my max is about 100 anyways). i set my max upload rate to about 5kbps all the time and it helps tremendously but i was talking more about the ability with bit tornado to prioritize particular segments (or any other tweaks for that matter)

 

does anyone know how to do step 6 for a SpeedTouch 510 router?

 

I too have a Linksys router using Azureus and was, for the longest time, having nat problems. Untill i set up all ports as shown, also my wife is using Azureus on her laptop with a wi-fi card, so i had a problem with sometimes her machine would have nice green smilely faces and my pc wouldn't and also the other way around.The solution was to split the ports and give her laptop half and my pc the other half making sure the right ports are forwarded to the right machine. Also the upload and download speeds vary widely depending on how many seeders are on line and what kind of conection they have. To increase your download speed don't have your upload set to max for each torrent, i:e dont swamp the upload bandwidth. Hope this helps, i'm not a tech or anything like that, it has taken many months to get the router working properly, Craig.

 

Phoenix01 - This an example of how to port forward (i.e it uses VNC as an example of forwarding ports)
http://www.portforward.com/english/.../Thomson-Alcatel/SpeedTouch510Alt/default.htm

Hope this helps...
Dom...

 

eyy just wondering my bit torent runs slow
how i get it faster i have a netgear adsl firewall router with 4 port 10/100 Mbps swith DG834, and i cant understand bcoz everyone else has a different type of router,sum1 tell how to do it with my routerpleasde

 

Foxes best place to go is WWW.PORTFORWARD.COM , find your router in the list, and follow instructions

 

ok thanks ill try that