RAINMAKA Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 i am wondering how fast you guys usually download from bit torrent and how long it would take download a 2.5GB file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 i am wondering how fast you guys usually download from bit torrent and how long it would take download a 2.5GB file. I downloaded a linus mandrake (2.1gb) in a little over a hour. It went at my connections max speed of 385kb/s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 I really think a bit more info like ur connection speed would help!!.......maybe i'm wrong ....who knows?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransEdGe 03 Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 Well that would depend on your download speed and the upstream that the files are coming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINMAKA Posted December 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 my connection is 3000/256 and i get about 2700/240 out of my advertised speed. my download has been going for about 44 hours and its only 34.5% done. my download speed rarely gets above 10Kbps and my upload stays at about 15Kbps. one time the download sped up to about 40Kbps but then right back down to about 5Kbps where it normally stays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransEdGe 03 Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 lol , almost 2 days , i cant take this guy serious with that picture on the left , it jus cracks me up everytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 Have you done your port forwarding for bittorret, that can really help your speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINMAKA Posted December 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 port forwarding? i will try it as soon as i learn how to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 Do you have a router? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINMAKA Posted December 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 sure do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 Go to this site, choose your router and it will help your configure port forwarding for bittorent. http://www.portforward.com/default.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINMAKA Posted December 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 another question i have is which bit torrent program do you guys think is the best? i don't need every feature i just want a somewhat fast download. I'm using u torrent right now don't know if that is good or bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 Azureus is the best as far as features but requires a pretty good computer if you want it to run well. If you just want good speeds utorrent is good, light on resources as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINMAKA Posted December 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 i will probably just stay with u torrent perhaps i will try azureus when i download something next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 i will probably just stay with u torrent Good choice. It's all I use now as my main app for torrents. Speeds are great and it's very light. The heavy, bloated apps are not worth it (even though I can run them with ease). I do lots of other stuff while my torrent is transferring, so I don't like my resources tied up too toughly while I'm performing multiple tasks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 what programs do you guys use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 I've become very fond of bitlord and rufus torrent. Back on topic, have you got the portforwarding working yet rainmaka? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan9669 Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 i am wondering how fast you guys usually download from bit torrent and how long it would take download a 2.5GB file. If I download on private trackers (the "good" ones) I get my max download speed or close. around 750-800kb/s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINMAKA Posted December 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 i am going to try port forwarding right now, hopefully it helps because tristan9669 is getting awesome downloads i know i cant that fast but 300Kbps would be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 If you're having touble tell my your router model and I'll try to walk you through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINMAKA Posted December 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 ok i see i have to set up a static ip for my certain type of router. is that going to allow my family members to still access the internet on other computers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 A static ip for what? Your internet connection, whos your isp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan9669 Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 yeah make sure your not getting and nat errors, I'm using utorrent, it a little better than azureus becuase it uses less resources. btw you wont get any or very few fast speeds on public trackers even though theres a lot of seeders like on piratebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 I get very fast speeds on both public and private trackers, you just gotta experiment until you find a good tracker that you like, one which gives you good speeds and has files you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 i am going to try port forwarding right now, hopefully it helps because tristan9669 is getting awesome downloads i know i cant that fast but 300Kbps would be nice You could also put your pc in the routers DMZ and test it(basically you will lose security functions of the router), but you will not have the ports blocked anymore... Just make sure you have a good firewall/anti-virus up and running, stick it in the DMZ, and see if you notice a difference.. If its much better in the DMZ, you just have to forward the correct ports, and you'll be good to go... Here is a really good site for Port forwarding, and other routing info: http://www.portforward.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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