sean wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:11:45 -0700
Tony Heaton <theaton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have to agree with all these bittorrent complaints. It took me 22
hours to get the FC5 i386 DVD from bittorrent. It took me 35 minutes to
get the FC5 x86_64 DVD from a mirror. 32 minutes to get the FC5 ppc DVD
from a mirror.
The biggest problem is usually that your upstream speed is limited which
will severely reduce your download speed (1). One common cause is having
local firewall (iptables) rules active. Another is having a router
(linksys etc.) which hasn't been configured to allow bittorrent
connections (2).
Once your environment is configured properly (which isn't always easy)
bittorrent download speeds are usually respectable.
Sean
1 bittorrent has fairness algorithms that cause your download speed to be
based on how fast you upload to others.
2 http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm gives a pretty decent walk through
to help you configure your router properly
I'm not sure that any of this is relevant.
I've been watching the Peer List off and on. Every now and again, some
seed will join the torrent and offer uploads at speeds in excess of 150
KB/s. When those seeds abruptly disconnect from the torrent, my d/l rate
goes down to 20 KB/s.
And right now--this instant, 2:40 p.m. EST (that's 19:40 UTC)--someone
has joined the torrent and is uploading to me at faster than 200 KB/s.
And that's just /one/ seed. (Well, maybe it's because I published a new
regulation to my Linksys Wireless Router WRT-54G, telling it to allow
"bittorrent" access to ports 6881 through 6889 to a machine having a
static IP address. True? Hard to say.)
Temlakos
