Tweaking Bittorrent - How To Configure Bittorrent

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 3:13 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Wow, you really reply fast~ Looks like it's guessing game. Thanks~~!

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 2:02 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

meaning each time i closes my Utorrent do i nids to re-key in ani figures..??Thks ya

Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

rav4: as ethidda said, if you don't do the upnp thing, then YES, you would need to re-do it every time.

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:11 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Okay I hope my comment doesn't get lost in the midst here

It has always taken me weeks to download torrents. They're rarely seeded either even when I request them to be. They always start out red and it stays that way. My firewall trusts bittorrent as well. Can someone please help me, I'm so frustrated I can't see half the things I want to because of this problem.

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:33 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

@bollywoodrani: There are several things that could be possibly slowing down your bt downloads. people would probably be able to provide better help if you gave some specifics, such as the file(s) you tried downloading, the bittorrent client you are using, what kind of network you are on (home, office, school, # of computers connected, upload speed, download speed). Also, I have no idea what you mean when you wrote "They always start out red", what are "they" and again, which client are you using?

But just from what you mentioned, here are the problems I can think of:

1.) There are no seeds. If there are no seeds, there are no seeds. There's nothing that can be done about that except to find seeders to help seed. A torrent with small number of seeders will always be slow, and it can have nothing to do with your setup. However, you might want to clarify if you mean that there are no seeds or that you simply aren't connecting to any seeds.

2.) You mentioned a firewall. Which firewall (XP default, or did you install one)? Do you also have a router? If so, did you configure that? Also, make sure that you have given the port to the bt client in that no other program uses that port (or ports). If you have concerns about your configuration, you can google bittorrent network configuration, and there are plenty of guides to tell you what to do.

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:58 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i am using uTorrent. my download speed is always under 10kb.
how to adjust the uTorrent configuration?

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

So, utorrent has a little icon on the bottom on the status bar, between DHT nodes and download speed that tells you if the ports are all forwarded properly. It's either red (for not forwarded properly), a yellow triangle, or a green circle (which is what you want). If it's NOT a green circle, then you can change it by double clicking on the connectivity icon and change the ports. And then make sure that your firewall and/or router are also forwarding those ports (google for this... there are lots of guides on the internet).

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I 'vr got the same prob, I'm using Flashget and my torrents only receive 15 to 10 kb... how can i improve my DL speed?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

depending on your ISP, whether you're on a university or even what country you're in, it could affect your speed. since the dl speed of bittorrent is usually affected by your UPload speed, you should be asking how you can improve your UPload speed.

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Hello, I am a uTorrent user & I've been trying to forward a port for quite some time now.
At the bottom of uTorrent there is a yellow triangle

Hidden:

To get rid of the triangle I have tried using this tutorial from the Port Forward website.
However I find that when I type in my Static IP Address this appears

According to the tutorial, the username & password are "admin" by default. Yet when I type it in I can't gain access to the page.

If anyone could help me or tell me what I'm doing wrong it would be greatly appreciated. Smile

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:32 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

im trying to use the proxy server foh utorrent, but how do i noe that it really works and that my old ip no longer shows wen seeding?
can someone give a tutorial on how to set ur proxy server for utorrent??????

I've encountered a critical problem with my isp, they've blocked the utorrent communication to limit my download speed. It's only around 10-20kb/s instead of nearly 100kb/s 2 months ago. I'm sure that is the point, since many of my friends are facing the same situations. I turned the Enable Encryption in utorrent on though. I wonder if there are any ways to solve this, or else, I just gotta wait for my isp to make a good behavior? This is my major problem.

Second, my modem is named COM21 and its code is DP1112XB, I could not figure out the port forward, I have checked in the www.portforward.com though. Weather it has a bad effect when I have not done that yet.

More info about my appl.s:
utorrent 1.7.2, i configured it followed the instructions here
kaspersky 7, good configured, i suppose
peerguardian 2
ISP advertised down/up speed: 1.2 MB/s - 512KB/s

If you need more info, pls let me know. Thks u guys very much.

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

if your ISP blocked bittorrent traffic, it's pretty tough. i would turn off peer guardian. i don't feel it does much good.

if you do not use bittorrent, is your internet speed fast?

what country are you in?

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:01 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I think (and I stress the think) this is the right place to post this =='

Anyhow, I'm having problems with downloading from one torrent file (Antique Cake Shop.) I use ABC 3.1 and connect thru a linksys wireless router. The torrent shows up as green and all of my other torrent files are able to DL just fine except that one file. I've tried turning off all of my other torrents at the same time, but it ends up just staying at 0.0 for downloading and seeding. I'm wondering if it's some kind of weird firewall that might be restricting access for just that one file or if it's just the person I'm trying to seed from that has the firewall? Or if it could be a problem with the tracker? I've opened up the usual BT ports on my router and enabled my IP address so I'm not sure why it won't work. ==;

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Linna: welcome to the forum. i hope you visit the hawaii thread later.

anyways, 'antique' is a pretty antique torrent. i believe it's quite old, so there may not be as many seeders/peers. one thing i've noticed about BT is that the tracker only provides a guideline. there have been many times when i have been the leecher or seeder, and have not been able to connect to everyone. if you are green, then you've done everything you could at your end. after a few hours, if you don't connect, it's time to request another seeder.