Slow Bit Torrent downloads? Router configuration tips.

Alright, I need some major help. I have the system 'linksys BEFSR41v3' when I go to http://192.168.1.1/ . The password and user name should be admin and admin, but they are not. When I hit the drop down list it has darthvolcanus@hotmail.com, my e-mail adress. I have no clue what's going on, but maybe I already made a password long ago and don't remember it? or maybe it's just 'linksys BEFSR41v3' and I have a different router, no clue. If I did lose my password, what do I do?

 

to reset your router to the factory defaults and start over there should be a very small button on the back of the router by the ethernet ports, you will need a pen or something small to press it in, do this with the power on and you should be able to use the admin password. hope this helps, Craig G.

 

Thanks, everythings working now.

 

Ive done as you said way back on the first page and opened the ports etc but my problem is that as soon as I start a task [in BitComet 0.62] it goes up to anywhere between 30-50kb/s but then after about 30 seconds it rapidly goes down to zero and I have no idea why. As far as I know all the BitComet settings are the default settings.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

I hope these tutorials help, the azureus guide is only for disabling DHT and keeping your torrents private!

uTorrent tutorial: http://www.xzon.net/andrew/uTorrent.pdf

Azureus tutorial for disabling DHT:

Open options in Azureus.
In the Connection tab make sure all of the boxes, except the 2 in the image below, under Networks and Peer Sources are unticked They are not required!
Make sure "Public IP network(not anonymour) , and "From a tracker" are Enabled.

Next go to "Plugins\Tracker\Web" and DISABLE it

Next go to "Plugins\Distributed DB" and DISABLE it

Next go to "Plugins\Distributed Tracker and DISABLE it

Next go to "Plugins\JPC" and DISABLE it.
I personally don't see the point of it as all p2p data from your client will come via a proxy that your isp has to deploy. This is supposedly meant to increase performance but it would require multiple users wanting the same data from the same cache and that is even if your isp has deployed one. Untick the two boxes under the JPC to disable.

Next go to "Tracker Client" and "Enable key passing to tracker for enhanced security"

Next go to "Tracker\Server" and DISABLE all.

Then go to "Sharing" and ENABLE "Private torrent - only accept peers from the tracker"
Also UNTICK "Add hashes for other networks", I don't see why you would want it.

*** After this restart Azureus to let the changes take effect. After these changes your client will not be broadcasting ET peers to others and you won't be wasting your upload to others. These changes will not stop you connecting to ET or other private trackers, nor will it stop you connecting to public trackers.

What's needed are some images to explain it all!!

 

can someone please tell me what i am doing wrong, i am trying to download a torrent with azureus its got 36(113) seeds and 476(1875) peers, i unlocked the port 12556 and set it as the incoming tcp port on azureus, i open azur. and use https://www.grc.com/x/portprobe=12556 to make sure that the port is open, it says that it is. when i close azur. it says that it is in stealth mode. I dont understand why my download is only in the 10-20 kb/s range, i also tried a different torrent and that goes around 400-500 kB/s for about 10 minutes and then drops all the way down to 0-10 kB/s. can someone please help me out as to what i am doing wrong, thanks
-Nick

 

why have i never got an answer to one question ive ever asked on afterdawn??

 

Where are you?
Who is your ISP provider?
Has this happened before or just on this torrent?

 

i'm in trenton, nj my isp is optimumonline and i've tried many different torrents, i am using windows xp pro sp2 firewall and norton antivirus, and have a belkin router which i have forwarded the ports on

 

I may be wrong but the same thing was happening to me. Speeds would start out great and then quickly drop down to almost nothing.
Turns out it was my ISP throttling bandwidth to bittorrents. Through googling and various forums, I found a port that they don't throttle, they use it for VOIP so they can't throttle traffic on it and my speeds are back up to normal .
I'm in Toronto, Canada so don't think this would help you, sorry. Have to try and find out if your ISP is doing this and I'm sure there is a port out there to get around it.
Are you using a client that allows you to encrypt your torrents? I know with utorrent you can. That way they can't see what it is, thus they can't throttle it. Just a suggestion.

 

hey people,im a newbie here,you gonna have to excuse me for not reading all the posts of the topic,but i read a few at the begining,and this last page,and came across some things that i dont really understand,camdog in the beginig of the topic suggests opening ports 6881-6889,but mitch999 wrote we should avoid those ports?anyway,i use azureus and bitlord,and configured them to work on the same port(not both at the same time offcourse),but what i found funny was that when i finnaly got azureus to have all the green lights - nat and users count,and in the mean time i got a respectfull ratio as my upload speeds were most of the time higher the the dl speeds) torrent wouldnt download anymore,and if they would,speed would be 1-2k,so i installed bitlord with the same port and got average of 37kB/s....thats probably highest rate i downloaded any torrent....i have siemens se555 modem/router with wireless connestion to my computer with dsl 512/128 connection

 

Hi. I am using Azureus torrent client. My download speed is very slow, and I have a 8Mbit/s network!!!!!!!!!! MY download speed never crossed 5 Kb/s.... It should go at least 600 Kb/s!!!!!!!!!!

I have already typed 'cmd' in 'Start --> Run'. I have then typed the IP adress in the browser, but it just said: Internet Explorer cannot open the web page. ?????? ??? '???? ?? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? SO, if you could tell me what's the problem? I am using Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet modem. I am very angry!!!!!

P.S.: I have turned off my firewall, NAT is OK (green)...

 

Hi. I am using Azureus torrent client. My download speed is very slow, and I have a 8Mbit/s network!!!!!!!!!! MY download speed never crossed 5 Kb/s.... It should go at least 600 Kb/s!!!!!!!!!!

I have already typed 'cmd' in 'Start --> Run'. I have then typed the IP adress in the browser, but it just said: Internet Explorer cannot open the web page. ?????? ??? '???? ?? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? SO, if you could tell me what's the problem? I am using Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet modem. I am very angry!!!!!

P.S.: I have turned off my firewall, NAT is OK (green)...

 

dont forget to put http:// and then ip

for ex.
"http://162.168.2.100"

 

Hi

Im in need of some serious help here. I've been looking around trying to get my download speed up. I Know for sure I have a NAT problem but im not sure how to fix it. My family uses my computer for their Apple Airport and im wondering if that would effect any thing? Does it work as my router or what? Any help would be appreciated.

 

owkeej iv'e read a lot of this forum but i still can't get a DS over 25 kbs witch is very low if you can get 450- 500 kbs
i have an speedtouch 510 series router and i can't find anything about fowarding ports or stuff like that maybe some of you can help me with this specific router

 

Go look here : http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm

Your router is under thomson/alcatel

 

Hi. I have putted the http:// prefix before IP adress, and IE still don't want to open the web page. I don't know how to configure that? I am desperate!!!

 

well i tried the router thing here and when i type my router adress on the eplorer and i get the user name and password and type admin and admin for username i get an error that it is not the right password...can u tell me what other username and password it might be..

 

Looking for some help here. once I found the ports thing for torrents I got hooked (it really is amazing how effecient it is)

anyway its KILLING my internet. I mean it brings my internet connection to its KNEES loading web pages or e-mail is nearly impossible (but the torrents work fine and vonage works fine) it seems to only effect e-mail and web browsing. I will have to try pages over and over again never fully working. I thought it was coincidence but I have tried with and without torrents running and it consistantly dies when I run torrents and works fine withing 30 minutes of turning off torrwnts.

Suggestions ? (I have my upload capped at 2/3 of my total available upload and raising or lowering this appears to have NO effect on the problem) and I am no where near saturating my download pipe (bit torrent never manages more than 1/3 of my capacity usually hovering around 1/10th of my capacity.

Any ideas ?

Chris Taylor
http://www.nerys.com/