Slow Bit Torrent downloads? Router configuration tips.

kk thxs, ill try it because even with rogers.com it's really slow but i can still live with it until the end of the month

 

umm ok, i think you contradicted your self because you said: enable Protocol Encryption and allow incoming legacy connections but untick allow incoming legacy connections lol your saying allow incoming leacy connections but then you say untick it, so should i untick it or not lol?

 

If after ticking allow incoming legacy connections, you see no increase in speeds, untick it. It can make you more vulnerable to traffic shaping and is of no use if it doesn't help anyway.

 

kk thxs... and wow utorrent has much more stabble speeds. I only have 2 seeds and it's going at an ok rate. I can't wait till i switch up my isp... thxs again!! Who ever visits this thread might wanna go here to talk about the new systems!!! http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/468270#2829819

 

omg i was downloading a big file on utorrent today and it was going very very fast for my isp, a stable rate of 40-100kb/s. I left it for an hour or two and when i came back it was back down to 0-1kb/s....WTF!!! it got to 28.5% before it just broke down. I didn't change anything and i wasn't doing anything on the computer either. Any explanation since it was doing fine for about 2-3 hours?

 

Lot's of things can apply, low number of seeds, you and most of the other peers have completed the same amount, your ISP only blocking at certain times, your connection, etc.

 

well for some reason my seeds are 0(4500) and my peers are 58(2856). I don't know why my seeds are zero because i was downloading at pretty fast speeds and it was still zero. The best explanation is that it only blocks sometimes because now im back to earth going at about 0-8kb/s so it's atleast something but most of the time it's going from 0-1kb/s. I wish there was a way to download straight from the internet like regular downloads, that would make like so much more easier lol

 

There is sort of, look into Newsgroups but I don't know how Rogers affects it and not free: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/389304 or http://www.angelfire.com/gundam/newsgroupguide/ No uploads to maintain a ratio, no port forwarding, maximum speeds that stay consistent.

 

Hack the max half-open TCP connections

If you’re on XP sp2, your TCP connections are limited to a maximum of 10. This might hurt your downloading speed because it wont let you connect to as much peers as you want. It is supposed to slow down viruses because their spreading strategy is to connect to a high amount of ip numbers, but it could cripple your torrent downloads.
A nice way to fix this is to download this patch http://lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=downloads

 

Well, i say. This has to be one of the single most informative threading marathons i have ever had the patience and inclination to read through in it's entirety.

Apart from one question.

It keeps on cropping up but no one can seem to come up with a definitive answer, or not that i've seen anyhow. There is always the chance that in 71 pages i did miss it but i don't think i did.

The Alcatel/Thomson 330 SpeedTouch. It's not a router so can't be portforwarded and mostly every ISP who is providing it is listed on the BAD ISP list from Azureus.

Now, I'm an old old denizen of the internet and i've been using torrents since they were invented lol, I'm going to come up with the definitive solution to this Thomson 330 dilema if it kills me. If anyone can come up with a solution faster than i can i'll be entirely greatful. In the meantime, my first port of call is going to have to be a change of bit client, which i am not happy about. I love BitComet, used it for ages.

I'll be trying Azureus first.

 

Well, Azureus worked very well with Magnet links. I got good good speeds with it but couldn't maintain computer stability (which i actually expected with azureus which is why i tried it first). My little computer is only 256meg if i had double that i think Azureus would be a good choice. I think i'll try this utorrent next...

 

Pls help!!! I just get my BT home Hub installed, but i cant get any download working at BiTcomet. Bitcomet worked fine with NTL previously, but not when i get BT home hub now.

I've been www.portforward.com read through. However, I am stuck when rename on New Game or Application[/color, a window pop up said invalid name, no matter what name i write on it. Please help!

And I am not sure do I need to get static IP?

I m a beginner, please give me step by step advice.

 

As far as a static ip address, you will need one if it's changing on you and negating any forwarding. Besides, it's easy to do, Now, go to start>run>type in cmd or command and select ok. In the black command prompt window, type ipconfig/all and press enter on your keyboard. Make a note of your ip address that appears. To exit, type exit and push enter or just close. Shut down your computer for 5 minutes and when you restart, check your ip address again and if it has changed, it will have to be set static but if not, note the lease obtained after it because I believe it will change on that day. But, really, setting it static is easy and you won't have to check it all the time and probably is best, check it out here: http://portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm

 

Well I've tried everything listed here, tried using different ports, and I'm not getting anything over 40kbps. I'm using azureus and I have a d-link dir 655 router. While this router can run bittorrent without constantly disconnecting it's quite a bit slower than my linksys router on the download speeds. Can anyone help me here?

 

Try enabling Protocol Encryption: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/395674 and disable UPnP: http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/UPnP

 

Hmm, I tried both of these already as well, it didn't help.

 

Mistycat, i am fully in awe of your knowledge in these matters however it is not always possible to create your own static ip address. If you do not know the DNS of your SP and they are refusing to admit to it being any different from what is shown on ipconfig/all, then you cannot possibly use portforwarding. Also if your connection is an ADSL dial-up broadband you will not be able to enter ANY DNS on the connection config page. Finally, if you only have a SpeedTouch 330 Modem (very popular in the UK with ADSL providers) it does not even have a web utility to forward the port on!!

This has been my problem and i very much doubt (although if you can tell me how to obtain Static IP in this case i will provide you with all the chocolate and fluffy things your heart may desire ) it can be solved in any conventional sense.

What i have done is used uTorrent's Protocol Encryption (in and outward bound) and disabled UPnP. Now connections are fine for approximately 6-7 hours, after that i'm refused connections to peers, all i do is disconnect, wait five minutes and re-connect. The other problem I'm having is that fair usage is scragging my connection speed during certain hours. When this happens i simply shut down, disconnect the modem altogether for five minutes and then re-connect and boot up. Signing into uTorrent i still get a bit of a stumpy connection in peak times but other than that it's fine.

I am also completely able to upload my own torrents (which according to some popular beliefs should not be possible) and have had three out of three succesful torrents, one of which has gotten quite some interest. None of them have died and all still are registering a green strength on the lists.

So, my advice?

Are you ADSL? Is your IP dynamic? Does setting up a 'static ip' stop you from browsing? Does your ISP refuse to admit their DNS is different to what you see on ipconfig/all?

Get uTorrent. Allow encryption inwards and outwards. Disable UPnP.

Try again.

Hope this helps some folks!!

 

Try going into your router to obtain your DNS; I had to and it wasn't hard. This site explains it: http://portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm I don't know why your ISP refuses to let you know what your DNS is unless you told them it was to set a static address to download torrents. Edit: a static ip address shouldn't be necessary with a modem. You can have look at this site; I haven't tried it yet but I plan to. It's free and supposed to be quite good. But again, I'm only going by posts I have read: http://www.opendns.com/

 

I am trying to increase the speeds at which I download and upload. I am using Bittorrent version 5.0.6, I am using a static IP address for my computer, which is not wireless but two other computers in my house are wireless and go through the same router, should they have static ips? I have enabled port forwarding on my router for 6881-6889(should i do more?), i have also added the ports in windows firewall (doing tcp and udp, is this necessary?). Is there anything else i can do to speed things up??? Perhaps a different torrent client? different software firewall? in bittorrent, under settings should i set the max upload and download, or let it autodetect the bandwidth? Is there a way of knowing which ports might be blocked by my ISP? any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

The Speedtouch 330 is a dial up ADSL modem, it has no web interface. I'm a bit of a fossil at 30 years old, perhaps you call it a GUI or something? You cannot go into it because there is no 'it' to go into

I'll take a look at that thanks, i live always in hope. Of course i did not tell them it was torrenting lol, although there is absolutely no reason not to say it's for torrents as long as you are perfectly versed in why it is legal and why stopping it without proper notification is a breach of service

I told them it was to run a web server.

They won't tell you why your IP Address and Default Gateway are the same address and your DNS is useless because they want you to BUY a static IP

Anyhoo, thanks once again for the suggestion and i am now going to have a look at what you found. I still hold sway that your knowledge and understanding of all this is certainly amongst the best i've seen online, keep up the good work eh?

Cheers

~Goo