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@xxxxxxxxxxxx Spamtrap address > mtd123@xxxxxxxxxxxx > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list 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
