bittorrent slow
Guy Fraser
guy at incentre.net
Tue Mar 21 20:27:20 UTC 2006
On Tue, 2006-21-03 at 14:43 -0500, Temlakos wrote:
> sean wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:11:45 -0700
> > Tony Heaton <theaton at lanl.gov> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have to agree with all these bittorrent complaints. It took me 22
> >>hours to get the FC5 i386 DVD from bittorrent. It took me 35 minutes to
> >>get the FC5 x86_64 DVD from a mirror. 32 minutes to get the FC5 ppc DVD
> >>from a mirror.
> >
> >
> > The biggest problem is usually that your upstream speed is limited which
> > will severely reduce your download speed (1). One common cause is having
> > local firewall (iptables) rules active. Another is having a router
> > (linksys etc.) which hasn't been configured to allow bittorrent
> > connections (2).
> >
> > Once your environment is configured properly (which isn't always easy)
> > bittorrent download speeds are usually respectable.
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> > 1 bittorrent has fairness algorithms that cause your download speed to be
> > based on how fast you upload to others.
> >
> > 2 http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm gives a pretty decent walk through
> > to help you configure your router properly
> >
>
> I'm not sure that any of this is relevant.
>
> I've been watching the Peer List off and on. Every now and again, some
> seed will join the torrent and offer uploads at speeds in excess of 150
> KB/s. When those seeds abruptly disconnect from the torrent, my d/l rate
> goes down to 20 KB/s.
>
> And right now--this instant, 2:40 p.m. EST (that's 19:40 UTC)--someone
> has joined the torrent and is uploading to me at faster than 200 KB/s.
> And that's just /one/ seed. (Well, maybe it's because I published a new
> regulation to my Linksys Wireless Router WRT-54G, telling it to allow
> "bittorrent" access to ports 6881 through 6889 to a machine having a
> static IP address. True? Hard to say.)
>
> Temlakos
I wonder that could have been me...
At one point I noticed I was uploading at over 400kB/s....
Eeek now I am just seeding at over 600kB/s I am at a ratio of .85
so it will stop uploading in an 2 to 3 hours or so.
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