BitTorrent issues with FC4 isos
Jared Buck
JBuck814366460 at aol.com
Tue Jun 14 04:03:07 UTC 2005
Tom Diehl wrote on 6/13/2005, 8:58 PM:
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Jared Buck wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Am trying to download FC4 via BitTorrent but I continue to
> experience the same problems I've had with every torrent
> > download I've tried - the speed is around 6 kb/s for every torrent
> I've ever downloaded. I've enabled UpnP, asked my
> > router to port forward port 6881 (or whatever port I happen to be
> using), and told my software firewall to allow
> > Azerus to run as both a server and a client. After trying all of
> these, my BT downloads continue to poke along at 6
> > kb/s or so, - when I download files over HTTP or FTP, I get around
> 200kb/s. I had BT before and once it DID download
> > at around 100kb/s, but I don't remember what settings I enabled to
> get that speed.
> >
> > I'vve tried everything I can think of, and right now, BT in my
> opinion is just not very efficient at downloading
> > ANYTHING. At my current speed it will take 8 DAYS to finish
> downloading the FC4 isos, and that isn't acceptable to
> > me. These slow speeds are the only reason I currently have a very
> big dislike of BT.
>
> How long are you letting it run? It sometimes takes several hours for the
> dload speed to come up. Mine was running 10-15kb/s for approx the first 4
> hours, it is now up to 150kb/s. For my dsl circuit that is about all I
> can
> expect.
>
> Regards.
>
>
> Tom Diehl tdiehl at rogueind.com Spamtrap address
> mtd123 at rogueind.com
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10-15 is where it is right now in terms of download speed. I'll let it
run overnight and see where it is then.
Jared
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