ok torrant help!

[waggy]

if this is a no no then mods let me know.

I want to download TV shows. and torrents are great for that.

first off i really don't know much on these heh
well i downloaded bittorrnado and got the torrent. it says it has a lot of seeds etc. im only getting 3 kB/s =(

also the thing is yellow when i don't have a firewall set up.

sigh any help would be good heh

 

[scottish144]

1st, I'm prejudiced, but I hate Bittornado. Use BitComet. Tends to have more/better features (I personally use BitComet, and I am extremely biased in this ). 2nd, the amount of seeders represented does not gurrantee good bandwidth. Just because they're connected to you doesn't mean they are not connected to someone else, or that they are seeding the files you want. Also, some clients throttle your download speed based on your upload speed. I dunno if Bittornado does this or not. If all else fails, be patient. I've had bandwidth go from 70 KBps to 5 KBps in an instant.

 

[dBTelos]

Download the stand-alone utorrent and forward the ports on your router if you have one.

 

[waggy]

ok forward the ports?

 

[dBTelos]

http://portforward.com/

 

[waggy]

ack gotta set up static ip on the machine? heh damn hmm maybe buying another dvr would be better heh

 

[Atheus]

setting a static IP will only take you 30 seconds.

 

[waggy]

yeah got it setup.

seems to have helped. my download is around 9kB/s and my upload is 20kB/s

 

[TheRyuu]

What kind of router is it?
After I know that, I'm sure I'll reply with some really long, detailed guide on how to do it if you havn't figured it out yet. (all I really need to know is who made it, i.e. Linksys, cause most of the firmware is relatively the same).

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: wizboy11
What kind of router is it?
After I know that, I'm sure I'll reply with some really long, detailed guide on how to do it if you havn't figured it out yet. (all I really need to know is who made it, i.e. Linksys, cause most of the firmware is relatively the same).

I have a Dlink Di-524

i went to the site DBtelos mentioned and did what it siad. but i still get a yellow light with bittornado and my speeds suck

 

[TheRyuu]

I'll try to generalize as much as possible since I'm writing this not knowing what kind of router you have.

First off, go to Start->Run>type "cmd"
Now in the Cmd, type "ipconfig /all" (everything withough quotations marks)
-Write down everything on the page (or everything that concerns the connection at hand)

Now that thats out of the way, go into the router (192.168.1.1 (or 0.1 depending on router, thats what it normally is), and find the DHCP tab or were that stuff is at. Change the starting IP adress to, lets say, 192.168.1.103.

Now save and exit out of the router (web page) and go to "Network Connections". Right click the connection that you want to set up the static IP for and hit "Properties". Now click the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and then click the properties button (or just double click it).

This is the part were we enter in all the info we got from (basically) step one. Select "Use the following IP adress" and "use the following DNS Severs" and enter, FOR THE IP ADRESS, 192.168.1.102, and for the other info that you got from the beginning (and some of the info will not be used) just enter in accordingly.

You can go to "Advanced" if you have more than 2 DNS Severs which really is the only reason you'd go into advanced section.

Hit apply and your done setting up a static IP. Now all you have to do is forward the ports to 192.168.1.102, also, use Port Triggering for those ports as well.

Have fun

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: wizboy11
What kind of router is it?
After I know that, I'm sure I'll reply with some really long, detailed guide on how to do it if you havn't figured it out yet. (all I really need to know is who made it, i.e. Linksys, cause most of the firmware is relatively the same).

I have a Dlink Di-524

i went to the site DBtelos mentioned and did what it siad. but i still get a yellow light with bittornado and my speeds suck

Just try to follow my guide. I have a linksys, so I kinda did it based on that, but for most of them there all the same pretty much.

 

[waggy]

ok did that. when i run the Utorrent test it still says port is NOT open =(

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: waggy
ok did that. when i run the Utorrent test it still says port is NOT open =(

Did you forward and trigger the port corretly? You obviously did something wrong. (I think )?

If the IP adress of the computer is 192.168.1.102 then forwarding it to 192.168.1.102 (and triggering the port) should allow it to work. Does the port ever change/more than one port?

 

[waggy]

hmm may not have heh.

this is why i usually pay someone to do it hah! that dvr is looking better and better..

 

[duragezic]

Most routers have uPnP support. Most clients have uPnP support too... I think that means if its all enabled you won't need to forward ports. Kai Xlink must do that cause XBConnect required forwarding and triggering (at least older versions did).

Or as said, switch to static ip, forward the one port you have uTorrent set to use. There's really nothing to it. The only difficulty possibly arising would be if the router doesn't seem to forward correctly... which in that case it might help to update the firmware if you haven't done so.

 

[waggy]

eah my router has upnp support. one FAQ said to turn it off.

aslo h avent updated the firmware willd o later to see if it h elps.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: duragezic
Most routers have uPnP support. Most clients have uPnP support too... I think that means if its all enabled you won't need to forward ports. Kai Xlink must do that cause XBConnect required forwarding and triggering (at least older versions did).

Or as said, switch to static ip, forward the one port you have uTorrent set to use. There's really nothing to it. The only difficulty possibly arising would be if the router doesn't seem to forward correctly... which in that case it might help to update the firmware if you haven't done so.

I hate uPnP.

Doing it the old fasion way is easier.