On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 15:42 -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On 3/21/06, alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I have been using BitTorrent quite a bit and I have seen pretty iffy > > performance downloading FC5. > > > > I am using the correct ports, my firewall handles it fine, and my ISP does > > not block. Other downloads have not been a problem since the last router > > upgrade. > > > > Something else is going on here. > > When many download from few, performance will suffer. Bittorrent is > "many from many" but only after material has "been in circulation" for > awhile. I'm pretty convinced that folks complaining about BT > performance in the few hours after FC5 release are simply drawing > attention to their own ignorance. > > -- > Chris Let me put this way: I usually download ISOs from BT with rates exceeding 1.5Mbps. (I'm on a 2Mbps/512Kbps line) My BT is upload is configured to cap at 256Kbps. (To leave me some link space for my VPN connection.) Last ISO I downloaded (FreeBSD) was downloaded at above 1Mbps sustained. I've got a manually configured iptable firewall and my ISP *does* not block BT ports. However, I'm downloading x86_64 ISO at ~300Kbps (~150Kbps upload) and the i386 ISO at ~40Kbps(!!!) (110Kbps upload). BT is indeed slow.... and in my case, there's no problem between my CRT and operator chair. Gilboa
