Slow Torrents

[Irishwhistle]

I have heard that torrents are supposed to be a lot faster than normal downloads so I want to make use of that speed. I downloaded the BitTorrent client and the downloads are extremely slow (like 3Kbps or slower) does anyone know how to fix this? I am using wireless internet with a Linksys router. Thanks!

~Jordan

 

[kof2000]

either not enough peers/seed or you need to forward the port the client is using.

 

[Irishwhistle]

either not enough peers/seed or you need to forward the port the client is using.

How do I go about forwarding the port? I am using the main BitTorrent client off the BitTorrent website. Thanks!

~Jordan

 

[kof2000]

6881-6889

you need to access the configuration page on your router. you need to foward those ports or you can just plug your pc directly to the modem then you wont need to do this.

 

[Irishwhistle]

Where can I access these settings? I have seen a page that has port forwarding stuff on it, but on that page there is a textbox and it asks what application to forward the port to. What should I type in the box? Thanks!

~Jordan

 

[dragon2309]

Can you post a screenshot of what the port forwarding screen looks liek?

dragon

 

[Irishwhistle]

Can you post a screenshot of what the port forwarding screen looks liek?

dragon

Sure, here it is:

Thanks!

~Jordan

 

[Irishwhistle]

Now I am getting a torrent speed of 0KBps! Could someone please help?
Thanks!

~Jordan

 

[kof2000]

make sure 192.168.1.100 is actually the assigned network address for the computer you are using.

 

[Irishwhistle]

make sure 192.168.1.100 is actually the assigned network address for the computer you are using.

It is.

 

[kof2000]

some ISP block bittorrent ports. you may need a 3rd party client to bypass.

 

[vonfeldt7]

torrents always go slow for me (although that slow...) 15-20kbps avg

 

[kof2000]

i am able to max out my connection with torrents. 600+kb/sec and only uploading 20kb because connection will suffer if i dont limit my uploads it is user based and the type of software you are using to connect.

 

[Irishwhistle]

Wow! I'm getting 0.1-18KBps! How can I speed this up? I am using the uTorrent client. Thanks!

~Jordan

 

[kof2000]

first thing is to increase the connection limit in the os. xp limits the number of connection. you can patch it to increase it to 50 or 100. the only drawback is that worms spread faster but you can speed boosts because you can connect to more peers and seeds.

 

[Irishwhistle]

first thing is to increase the connection limit in the os. xp limits the number of connection. you can patch it to increase it to 50 or 100. the only drawback is that worms spread faster but you can speed boosts because you can connect to more peers and seeds.

I don't care about worms spreading faster. How do I patch it? Thanks!

~Jordan

 

[kof2000]

google it. xp connection patch

 

[Irishwhistle]

google it. xp connection patch

OK, I downloaded it and my speed is a bit faster, but only a little tiny bit faster. Any more ideas? Thanks!

~Jordan

 

[Irishwhistle]

This is weird, My up speed is higher than my down speed, it's usually the opposite.

~Jordan

 

[DrCuddles]

I use uTorrent, it has a built in encryption modifier, so that your ISP knows that the information going in and out from the torrent client is encrypted, i get speeds of between 150-200kbs, i have tried the rest as i always do and IMO uTorrent outstrides them all by miles.