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Anyone know anything about torrents?

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J.D.
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I'm using azureus, I have 15 seeds and 19 peers and a decent internet connection. Why's it only downloading at 8 kbps? Surely 34 sources should be able to produce a better speed than that... no?
Mar 26 2007 7:46PM
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theBOSS.
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You may need to open some ports if you are behind a router or firewall. I'm not sure about Azureus, but Bittorrent traffic by default is routed to ports 6881-6889, so without those open your upload/download speeds will suffer.

Also, some torrents (especially from public trackers) just plain suck. I usually start 3-4 at first and find which one is the fastest. Remember, you want a good ratio of seeders/leechers (more seeds=better, less leechers=better) for optimum speeds.
Mar 26 2007 8:06PM
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Kornn101
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yea, def a port problem probably

on my azureus i set my main open port to 6881

and go to my settings on my linksys routers, for applicatinos and gaming, and open ports 6881-6882 using both tcp and udp on my IP address, which urs should be .100 or .101 depending on how many computers connect to your router, which u can check under local area settings > dhcp clients table
Mar 26 2007 8:08PM
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Nicholas.
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right click on the torrent and change your max upload speed, put it as high as it can go, otherwise it can limit it.
Mar 26 2007 8:10PM
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user098123
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it depends on how fast the other users are uploading as well, if they are uploading slowly, then you will have a slow download rate.
Mar 26 2007 8:11PM
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skodeo7
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He knows whats up. Also, try updating the tracker frequently so that you can connect to more seeds. Its very important that you forward your ports (http://www.portforward.com is very helpful). Also you may have to modify your firewall settings.
Mar 26 2007 8:11PM
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fappy
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DC++ = the way to roll
Mar 26 2007 8:28PM
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bp.lando
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cuz your 19 peers are having dibs on it too!
Mar 26 2007 8:33PM
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