Torrent download question

dal · 25 Sep 2007 at 13:40

Hi all, got a quick question for you, I'm downloading a file from Utorrent, but I'm only getting like 10 kb/s down speeds, the highest has been about 25, I've read that it takes a while for the torrent to build up speed as it finds more & more peers, now I've had this running for over a hour, do you think It will get any faster as time goes on.

P.S mininova is the client.

Regards

tomwalker · 25 Sep 2007 at 13:44

Depends on a few factors, the main one being how many seed/peers there are and how many people are leeching.

Beans on toast Dave · 25 Sep 2007 at 13:45

make sure you limit our upload speeds as this can slow your download

Sp00n · 25 Sep 2007 at 13:47

Ports forwarded?

Zip · 25 Sep 2007 at 13:48

Make sure your forward a port

That was the one thing that messed me up for ages

eXor · 25 Sep 2007 at 13:55

dal said:
Hi all, got a quick question for you, I'm downloading a file from Utorrent, but I'm only getting like 10 kb/s down speeds, the highest has been about 25, I've read that it takes a while for the torrent to build up speed as it finds more & more peers, now I've had this running for over a hour, do you think It will get any faster as time goes on.

P.S mininova is the client.

Regards

Make sure your ISP is not traffic shaping. :mad:

Dingleberry88 · 25 Sep 2007 at 14:11

dal said:
P.S mininova is the client.

MiniNova is the tracker. uTorrent is the client.

Yas786 · 25 Sep 2007 at 14:22

Also remember that a lot of people limit their uploads to something silly ie 0.1kb/sec

. I usually limit mine to 10kb/sec when downloading and when uploading ill give a full 50kb/sec....i like to make people happy

...just wish people would do the same for me...

marc2003 · 25 Sep 2007 at 14:23

eXor said:
Make sure your ISP is not traffic shaping.

indeed. no amount of changing/tweaking settings will make much difference if you're with a duff isp.

dal · 25 Sep 2007 at 14:30

Zip said:
Make sure your forward a port

That was the one thing that messed me up for ages

How do I foward a port ?

It's OK I found it.
Seems like it's the file I'm trying to download as to the slow speed, tried another and got 140 kb/s

bikes · 25 Sep 2007 at 15:02

Spawn said:
Also remember that a lot of people limit their uploads to something silly ie 0.1kb/sec. I usually limit mine to 10kb/sec when downloading and when uploading ill give a full 50kb/sec....i like to make people happy...just wish people would do the same for me...

I know the feeling mate :mad:

But if I'm going out and just seeding I set mine at 100kb/s

Zip · 25 Sep 2007 at 16:32

Spawn said:
Also remember that a lot of people limit their uploads to something silly ie 0.1kb/sec.

Sorry!

I actually let people have full speed last time though

point decay · 25 Sep 2007 at 23:27

try a private tracker, far faster

jimbofett · 25 Sep 2007 at 23:34

Baked said:
try a private tracker, far faster

private tracker dont influence the speed

point decay · 25 Sep 2007 at 23:45

jimbofett said:
private tracker dont influence the speed

with most private trackers you have a ratio, and because of this people upload at a far higher rate than on a public tracker giving you better speeds

jimbofett · 25 Sep 2007 at 23:58

lol

the reason u have higher speeds is because they use seed boxes

initially anyway

point decay · 26 Sep 2007 at 00:05

and nobody sitting with a 5k up speed

jimbofett · 26 Sep 2007 at 00:07

hehehehe