On 6/13/05, Jan Visser <jan.visser@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kenneth Porter wrote: > > --On Monday, June 13, 2005 2:44 PM -0400 Kurt Hansen > > <khansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to download the iso's for FC4, but they are coming down > >> awfully slowly. > > > > > > Can others reach your listening ports? Check that your firewall allows > > the connection and, you're behind a NAT router, that the ports get > > forwarded to your host. > > > > If others can't reach your listening ports, then the only traffic you > > get is from peers you've connected to, which will artificially limit the > > size of the swarm you can reach. (Some other peers will be behind NAT > > routers that you can't reach, because they didn't' forward ports, and > > those sources will be unavailable to you unless they contact you first.) > > > > > > Well mine is not fast either. My share ratio is 1.80 so that shouldn't > be any problem. Anyway tommorow will be a nice day :D > I was getting the same speeds you are experiencing until I changed from Bittorrent to Azureus and checked the Azureus FAQ regarding the yellow status icon. Found that I need to change the UPnP setting on my router. If you are using a router with NAT enabled make sure that UPnP is enabled. Instead of 6-20 kB/sec I am now observing 200-220 kB/sec.
