Any tips on how to tweak BT?

[Anubis]

why are tyou useing ports in the 7000's?

azureus defaults to 6881 i, use it

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

i changed the ports back to default in Azureus and on the router

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

nothing happed eveb when changing the ports to the 40000s

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: LordSnailz

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: DotheDamnTHing
Using azureus, port forwared numbers 7524- 7530, capped uploads to 25k and on supposed 3mb down and .8mb up line but nowhere getting those speeds. My combined download for about 5 torrents is 50k and these are popular files with 300+ peers. Any suggestions?
much appreciated for any help

BitTorrent is symetrical. If you cap your upload at 25k/sec, you'll probabably download at about 25k/sec most of the time. If you want faster downloads, increase your upload speed.

Any explanation as to the fact that, with PTC, I can download at 100k/s while capping upload to 0.01k/s?

read this

uhh ... that doesn't really answer his question as to why his dl speed is so high even with a low upload speed. From your explanation, they're suppose to be symmetrical?

Of course your peers' upload speeds will play a huge role in isolated cases, but I strongly believe that they are symetrical over time. I upped at 100KBps at one point then I got capped to 20KBps by my ISP. My download speeds over the course of the next month or two were significantly lower. After I called to get uncapped again, I started getting nice speeds. I don't think it's ALWAYS going to be symmetrical, but if you leave it as such for a long period of time, you will notice your overalls are related.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: DotheDamnTHing
nothing happed eveb when changing the ports to the 40000s

That's because it doesn't make a difference which ports you use.

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

help....i cant even break the 75k mark 😉

 

[HonkeyDonk]

For me:

BitTornado (latest build/version)
Cable Time Warner RR - 3mb/512k(?) down/up
My BT client is set to unlimited down and 3k up, and least amount of connections
Forwarded ports are 6881-6999 (and I have it set in my BT client preferences to that as well)

I usually get 150kbs and also a lot of times it gets higher. Of course each torrent/tracker comes up w/ different results and sometimes I will only get 10-15KB/s or 45KB/s. But typically it's fast.

The rule of downloading at the same rate as what you upload isn't always true. My ratio is always like 0.0015 (i know, i'm a BT asshole).

 

[Anubis]

260k/s 😀

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

bastard 😉

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Anubis
260k/s 😀

well if you've got around 112 seeds and that many peers on just a 140MB file, you're going to get a nice download anyway.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: Anubis
260k/s 😀

well if you've got around 112 seeds and that many peers on just a 140MB file, you're going to get a nice download anyway.

yea I know, However all the stuff I DL is like this so w00t for me

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

what about me?

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: DotheDamnTHing
Using azureus, port forwared numbers 7524- 7530, capped uploads to 25k and on supposed 3mb down and .8mb up line but nowhere getting those speeds. My combined download for about 5 torrents is 50k and these are popular files with 300+ peers. Any suggestions?
much appreciated for any help

BitTorrent is symetrical. If you cap your upload at 25k/sec, you'll probabably download at about 25k/sec most of the time. If you want faster downloads, increase your upload speed.

Any explanation as to the fact that, with PTC, I can download at 100k/s while capping upload to 0.01k/s?

read this

Cliff's on that? A bit over my head.

As it applies to the original question (there's a bunch of other stuff in there, too), a BitTorrent client will "choke" peers that it doesn't want to send data to. The reference inplementation unchokes the four peers that it is receiving the best download speeds from. This means that if you are uplaoding at really poor rates, other clients are likely to choke you, and stop sending you any new data. If you uplaod at high rates, other clients are likely to unchoke you and start sending you data.

Of course, this algorithm doesn't FORCE any client to unchoke clients with high uplaod speeds. You could write a BT client that unchokes every one of its peers, or it's slowest peers, or any other criteria it wants. So, it's possible that some popular torrent client has a non-standard choking algorithm that allows for fast uploads to people who don't share.

That's only when using the original BT client. Azureus doesn't do this. The original client only used to let you download at the same rate you had set for your upload.

See?

I've got accounts at stat-tracking sites and on occasion leech a torrent that's popular if I'm late on it. I'll get speeds like above, and a ratio of 0.02 on the torrent, but my speed is unaffected. Happens all the time.

 

[dawks]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: DotheDamnTHing
Using azureus, port forwared numbers 7524- 7530, capped uploads to 25k and on supposed 3mb down and .8mb up line but nowhere getting those speeds. My combined download for about 5 torrents is 50k and these are popular files with 300+ peers. Any suggestions?
much appreciated for any help

BitTorrent is symetrical. If you cap your upload at 25k/sec, you'll probabably download at about 25k/sec most of the time. If you want faster downloads, increase your upload speed.

Any explanation as to the fact that, with PTC, I can download at 100k/s while capping upload to 0.01k/s?

read this

Cliff's on that? A bit over my head.

As it applies to the original question (there's a bunch of other stuff in there, too), a BitTorrent client will "choke" peers that it doesn't want to send data to. The reference inplementation unchokes the four peers that it is receiving the best download speeds from. This means that if you are uplaoding at really poor rates, other clients are likely to choke you, and stop sending you any new data. If you uplaod at high rates, other clients are likely to unchoke you and start sending you data.

Of course, this algorithm doesn't FORCE any client to unchoke clients with high uplaod speeds. You could write a BT client that unchokes every one of its peers, or it's slowest peers, or any other criteria it wants. So, it's possible that some popular torrent client has a non-standard choking algorithm that allows for fast uploads to people who don't share.

See?

You dirty dirty man you, now share! 😀

 

[silverpig]

There's a better site than tb for pr0n... 😉

 

[Insane3D]

I'll add my question on BT here since I got no help in the networking forum. Apparently, the mention of BT makes the "network gurus" not reply to your thread. I use Azureus to d/l DJ mixes from ETS Global, and I used to have the ports forwarded in my Linksys router..6881 I believe.

Ever since I got Vonage, I have been unable to get port forwarding working. I'm guessing it's because the Vonage box is in front of the router. BT still works, but the status things always stay yellow, and my d/l speeds are usually very slow, although my up speeds seem to stay high.

Any ideas on how to get those ports forwarded again?

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

for some reason, azareus just stopped downloading...i restarted the program and nothing still...the torrents go yellow, some green but nothing downloads? what happened?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: DotheDamnTHing
Using azureus, port forwared numbers 7524- 7530, capped uploads to 25k and on supposed 3mb down and .8mb up line but nowhere getting those speeds. My combined download for about 5 torrents is 50k and these are popular files with 300+ peers. Any suggestions?
much appreciated for any help

BitTorrent is symetrical. If you cap your upload at 25k/sec, you'll probabably download at about 25k/sec most of the time. If you want faster downloads, increase your upload speed.

Any explanation as to the fact that, with PTC, I can download at 100k/s while capping upload to 0.01k/s?

read this

Cliff's on that? A bit over my head.

As it applies to the original question (there's a bunch of other stuff in there, too), a BitTorrent client will "choke" peers that it doesn't want to send data to. The reference inplementation unchokes the four peers that it is receiving the best download speeds from. This means that if you are uplaoding at really poor rates, other clients are likely to choke you, and stop sending you any new data. If you uplaod at high rates, other clients are likely to unchoke you and start sending you data.

Of course, this algorithm doesn't FORCE any client to unchoke clients with high uplaod speeds. You could write a BT client that unchokes every one of its peers, or it's slowest peers, or any other criteria it wants. So, it's possible that some popular torrent client has a non-standard choking algorithm that allows for fast uploads to people who don't share.

That's only when using the original BT client. Azureus doesn't do this. The original client only used to let you download at the same rate you had set for your upload.

See?

I've got accounts at stat-tracking sites and on occasion leech a torrent that's popular if I'm late on it. I'll get speeds like above, and a ratio of 0.02 on the torrent, but my speed is unaffected. Happens all the time.

Even if Azureus doesn't choke people who aren't uploading, they will still be choked by peers using the standard BitTorrent client, or any other client that DOES choke non-uploaders.

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

anyone know what happened?

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: DotheDamnTHing
Using azureus, port forwared numbers 7524- 7530, capped uploads to 25k and on supposed 3mb down and .8mb up line but nowhere getting those speeds. My combined download for about 5 torrents is 50k and these are popular files with 300+ peers. Any suggestions?
much appreciated for any help

BitTorrent is symetrical. If you cap your upload at 25k/sec, you'll probabably download at about 25k/sec most of the time. If you want faster downloads, increase your upload speed.

I use azureus for umm...linux distros and stuff. Anyways, I have it set to unlimited down and 10K up, and at times I max out my line (300K). I never shut it off, so the percentage of uploaded vs downloaded sits at around .50, which is apparently the minimum you need so that your capped upload doesn't effect your downloads. Just keep your uploads going, and your downloads should go faster.

 

[Namuna]

Originally posted by: Insane3D
I'll add my question on BT here since I got no help in the networking forum. Apparently, the mention of BT makes the "network gurus" not reply to your thread. I use Azureus to d/l DJ mixes from ETS Global, and I used to have the ports forwarded in my Linksys router..6881 I believe.

Ever since I got Vonage, I have been unable to get port forwarding working. I'm guessing it's because the Vonage box is in front of the router. BT still works, but the status things always stay yellow, and my d/l speeds are usually very slow, although my up speeds seem to stay high.

Any ideas on how to get those ports forwarded again?

I've got Vonage as well...But I learned, before getting it, that it's a MUCH better idea to connect the Vonage to your Router (not the other way around). If you connect your Router to the Vonage, then you've basically given ALL control over your bandwidth to Vonage.

Calls sound like I'm talking to John Merrick (after he's had a few drinks) when I'm dowloading, but I'd rather sacrifice call quality to gain bandwidth for downloading.

BTW, I have my up capped at 15k and still get in the high 100k for down.

 

[sniperruff]

i use bitotrnado. more stable than ABC and there is no cap (however i set my upload to 25...) leeching is bad!

also i think that the up/down ratio is enforced by some specific torrents. some let me DL as much as i want and some has a DL rate that gradually increases over time. popularity of a torrent does not matter...

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: Namuna

Originally posted by: Insane3D
I'll add my question on BT here since I got no help in the networking forum. Apparently, the mention of BT makes the "network gurus" not reply to your thread. I use Azureus to d/l DJ mixes from ETS Global, and I used to have the ports forwarded in my Linksys router..6881 I believe.

Ever since I got Vonage, I have been unable to get port forwarding working. I'm guessing it's because the Vonage box is in front of the router. BT still works, but the status things always stay yellow, and my d/l speeds are usually very slow, although my up speeds seem to stay high.

Any ideas on how to get those ports forwarded again?

I've got Vonage as well...But I learned, before getting it, that it's a MUCH better idea to connect the Vonage to your Router (not the other way around). If you connect your Router to the Vonage, then you've basically given ALL control over your bandwidth to Vonage.

Calls sound like I'm talking to John Merrick (after he's had a few drinks) when I'm dowloading, but I'd rather sacrifice call quality to gain bandwidth for downloading.

BTW, I have my up capped at 15k and still get in the high 100k for down.

Yeah, maybe I'll do that. I'm hesistant though since my call quality doesn;t degrade even when d/ling multiple torrents. If I find out what ports the Vonage box uses, I can simply have the router forward those to the Vonage box no?