On Tue, 2006-21-03 at 14:43 -0500, Temlakos wrote: > 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 I wonder that could have been me... At one point I noticed I was uploading at over 400kB/s.... Eeek now I am just seeding at over 600kB/s I am at a ratio of .85 so it will stop uploading in an 2 to 3 hours or so.
