I'm using good ol' ncftp and a mirror and am just about done after 5 hours. I'm still a bit leery of torrents, though I understand and, conceptually at least, applaud their goal. -----Original Message----- From: Jan Visser [mailto:jan.visser@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 4:56 PM To: Kam Leo; For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: FC4 Torrent Slow? Or, is it just me? Kam Leo wrote: > 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. > I am using Azureus, and that port is open. So thats not it. Anyway it's up to 70 kb/s and my max is 80 so that's good. ETA 8h 36m -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list ********** Confidentiality Notice ********** This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are confidential and are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) identified above. This message may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable law. If the receiver of this information is not the intended recipient, or the employee, or agent responsible for delivering the information to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, reading, dissemination, distribution, copying or storage of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the electronic transmission, including all attachments from your system.
