View Full Version : Help a noob with bit torrent
friend18
10-28-2006, 05:21 PM
So I just switched to Cable instead of DSL, so I know my speed has vastly increased, on average I get around 10,000 down, 1500 up. When I use torrents they suck. I can only download at 10 kb's per second and that's when its good. And I know I can upload more than just 6.0 kbs at a time. Why the hell is it so low. There are some rare occasions when it jumps to like 100 download speed. What the hell. Why is it so slow when I have a great connection? By the way I am using a Mac, and I've tried using bittorrent, tomatoe torrent, and transmission.
sevver
10-28-2006, 05:36 PM
You should probably do a few things, change the ports in your bittorrent client to something like 65000, and open them up in your router. I am sure that your provider throttles back on torrent traffic if you have the default ports assigned to it.
masherscf
10-28-2006, 06:24 PM
Sometimes cable companies will profile your internet usage. There's no way they can really tell if you're using BT. However, if you match the profile, they'll happily throttle down your bandwidth. They'll do this with no warning or notification. It's happened to me. Don't assume that cable bandwidth you thought you were paying for is actually out there for you to use.
sevver
10-28-2006, 06:48 PM
If you read the data packets, then an IP and a Port number is in the information someplace. I would imagine that ISP's would be interested in people who use P2P applications and limiting their services. But as Masher says too, if you have a constant use of bandwidth going on both up and down, then this would not fit the normal profile.
masherscf
10-28-2006, 07:14 PM
If you read the data packets, then an IP and a Port number is in the information someplace. I would imagine that ISP's would be interested in people who use P2P applications and limiting their services. But as Masher says too, if you have a constant use of bandwidth going on both up and down, then this would not fit the normal profile.
I was told that they look for persistent low grade upstream bandwidth usage.
sevver
10-28-2006, 10:10 PM
I was told that they look for persistent low grade upstream bandwidth usage.
That is very possible too, since normal habits probably don't require a constant uploading.
klitzy
10-28-2006, 10:12 PM
So whats the dif between uploading and downloading?
friend18
10-28-2006, 10:28 PM
Ok I think that may have helped a tiny bit. I'm downloading at a 30 rate now. How much is bit torrent supposed to download at? Because this is really slow. I expected to get huge speed because of my connection. And I don't think my speed has been lowered by my provider. Just tested, 10000 down, 1400 up.
sevver
10-28-2006, 10:34 PM
So whats the dif between uploading and downloading?
----------------------> upload
<---------------------- download
:rolleyes:
friend18
10-28-2006, 10:36 PM
What should I set my upload cap to? Is there like a perminant ratio up/down that effects how fast you download every time you use torrents?
noonebutme
10-28-2006, 10:58 PM
Who's your ISP? There's some ISP's that throttle bittorrent traffic, or cap your bandwidth after you go over a certain amount.
Also, have you forwarded ports and do ya have OSX' firewall enabled?
friend18
10-28-2006, 11:08 PM
Who's your ISP? There's some ISP's that throttle bittorrent traffic, or cap your bandwidth after you go over a certain amount.
Also, have you forwarded ports and do ya have OSX' firewall enabled?
cablevision
Yeah I forwarded ports. I don't know if I have OSX firewall enabled. How do you see? Btw it finished downloading. I'm just seeding now. Only took 1 night and most of today. :( :)
cablevision
Yeah I forwarded ports. I don't know if I have OSX firewall enabled. How do you see? Btw it finished downloading. I'm just seeding now. Only took 1 night and most of today. :( :)
Just a tip, don't worry too much about seeding, unless your helping a certain person out. Do you, but spend much time worrying and doing it.
noonebutme
11-01-2006, 10:13 PM
Cablevision tends to throttle bittorrent if you go over a certain amount uploaded, without telling you that they're going to do so. Chances are, your connection's throttled - call Cablevision up and find out if it is or not.
masherscf
11-01-2006, 10:55 PM
Cablevision tends to throttle bittorrent if you go over a certain amount uploaded, without telling you that they're going to do so. Chances are, your connection's throttled - call Cablevision up and find out if it is or not.
I have Cablevision and this happened to me. However, from what I was able to beat out of the "tech" that called me about it, the thing that triggers the throttle is long-term low-grade but persistent uploading of any size.
I've been able to torrent files that download in less than an hour without consequence. However, some of these larger files with less seeds is probably impossible without setting off the throttle.
terminalsikosis
11-01-2006, 11:24 PM
Tell them your an overobsessed gamer, and you also download a ton of HD video from discovery channel, they wont give a rats ass then!
masherscf
11-02-2006, 01:06 AM
Tell them your an overobsessed gamer
Do you mean "over-obese"?
noonebutme
11-02-2006, 08:36 PM
Tell them your an overobsessed gamer, and you also download a ton of HD video from discovery channel, they wont give a rats ass then!
They'll still care. Cablevision's one of the worst ISP's around next to Comcast.
rowlodge
11-02-2006, 09:58 PM
just did'nt work at all it shared with everybody down the street and sucked every bit of speed out of it.
i get 150 kb dsl downloads usually but there has to be at least 10 or more seeders. i keep my upload rate at 20 kb with max 25 upload slots. it senses if your a leecher and limits you that way too.