bt question (1 Viewer)

[redruM]

i'm trying to dl a file using abc. and its a "yellow poo colour". i know that it should be green for it to be maximised. i'm gettin ~25kbs. i am on 1.5mb so should get around 160kbs.

can someone help me to check/find out how to make it work properly.

i have just tried to use bt. any help is muchly appreciated.

edit: the only setting i have changed is that i have set my upload speed to 16kbs.

 

[ReaveR]

Try this. Not sure if it works though, because it doens't see me as having ports open but mine hit green fine.

Does ABC have some sort of NAT/Firewall test? Az does, if you've already got it installed you can just use that. Do your other torrents go green? How are you connected to the net (ie. modem/router etc)?

 

[Rafy]

Yes, try forwarding your ports (6881 usually)

Setting your upload speed low also has an effect on your download speed.....

Also, it could be just that the torrent is a slow one...

 

[ReaveR]

The upload speed he set to is more than enough to escape other clients choking him.
It's probably better to not set the default port (6881) as well, as some trackers may not allow it.

 

[redruM]

i'm with tpg and i am using the dsl302g dlink modem.

i tried that site and got the following message:
Error: I could not see your service on 60.240.12.114 on port (6881)

what do you mean by forwarding ports?

edit: i checked the seed/peer status and there were 29 seeds and 46 peers, if that helps.

 

[Rafy]

http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Dlink/DSL-302G/BitComet.htm

 

[redruM]

thanks for the link. it should help.

good luck in your trial exam.

 

[ReaveR]

Port fowarding is for when you're using a router to share your connection on a network. When packets come in to your router they won't know where to go and thats why you'd get low (ie. 0.5kb/s) speeds cos they'd all get lost. Using port fowarding you can tell packets where to go etc.

Are you connected directly to your modem, with no other computers? Also, is it even a router because something I found on Google just said it was a modem. If it's just a modem and you're directly connected to it you don't need to foward any ports. Also, other torrents worked in the past yeah?

 

[redruM]

i think i mentioned it was a modem in my post?

i am connected directly to my modem via usb. i have never really tried torrents in the past.

 

[ReaveR]

i think i mentioned it was a modem in my post?

i am connected directly to my modem via usb. i have never really tried torrents in the past.

Yepyep, sorry. The portfoward.com link confused me cos it said your modem was a router too. If you're connected via usb directly you don't need to foward any ports. Try another torrent, or failing that another client?

Or..open the ports in your software firewall, if you have one.

 

[redruM]

as far as i know i am just running the winxp firewall.

but i got an error when i tried to open windows firewall in control panel. "due to an unidentified problem, windows cannot display windows firewall settings." only option is "ok".

what is a good client to use? remembering that i have very basic knowledge of bt.

 

[ReaveR]

Try this.

Az is a good client
Really though, ABC should be good enough. I'm thinking its your windoze firewall settings.

 

[redruM]

thanks for that link!!

i should get into the habit of googling error messages.

it says i have to restart the comp. i cant do that yet, in fact i havent done it for the last week because i have a heap of webpages that i cant be bothered bookmarking and closing
(job applications).

 

[ReaveR]

Good luck with the applications as well as bt
Application forms might time out after a while though...
I think its your windows firewall being retarded, so try fix it when you can.

 

[redruM]

i found another torrent with better s/l ratio and the total speed it better @ ~85kbs.

i am quite satisfied with that i guess. i will check up on the firewall issue later.

thanks all for your inputs.

 

[Grizzly]

torrents i get usually hit a max of 150 for me redrum

 

[Krangelus]

your speeds also depend on how new the torrent is

 

[Grizzly]

your speeds also depend on how new the torrent is

Sort of , i mean, "new" torrents sometimes dont have enough peers, and "old" torrents have so many because the tracker is about to die.

 

[redruM]

torrents i get usually hit a max of 150 for me redrum

damn you grizzly!

i tried a really good torrent, and i got speeds of ~60kbs

 

[Grizzly]

damn you grizzly!

i tried a really good torrent, and i got speeds of ~60kbs

haha
Its the torrent sites that you gotta register as a user that give you those type of speeds...not the free ones where people cap their uploads and never seed...