Bittorrent discussion/questions/help

krim wrote:it does get more difficult as the torrent gets older... the new stuff you'll get in a flash.

exactly...
i try to get my MM torrents off the HP tracker the first day it is released...and they go fast... :applaud:

Waaa... it's torturing me... it zooms up to 32kB/s then dies back to 1 kB/s :( it's on 99% now.

Anime Dad wrote:Waaa... it's torturing me... it zooms up to 32kB/s then dies back to 1 kB/s :( it's on 99% now.

yeah, watching those unstable, inconsistant, slow torrents can be frustrating and confusing..
but i'd say it will complete...as long as it doesn't get stuck at 0, and then stopped at 99.9%.... :doh: :nut:

qilver wrote:

exactly...
i try to get my MM torrents off the HP tracker the first day it is released...and they go fast... :applaud:

BT is a lot quicker than the throttled ftp sites or download sites like sendspace. You get on a torrent that's moving and you'll see 600kB/s speeds (depending on your ISP).

But for old torrents, forgot about it. Unless you hook up with friends here will to go back and reseed dramas or Grateful Dead shows. That's why ratio tracking sites are cool and drama sites are cool. Always someone will to help out. :applaud:

Finished! YAY!

if you're using Azureus, i've found that the pure leechers can be bumped off, and if you're worried about overseeding, then you can set the up speed limit as well.

i generally seed something for a while..

case and point..

Next stop batch torrent, im the ONLY one left seeding, my ratio is over 2+, 10gb on a 4.5 gb torrent. I've watched 4 people complete the torrent, and NONE of them have stuck around to help seed.

im about to dump that torrent and burn it to DVD. Sorry for anyone who hasn't gotten it yet.

If I was in the USA and had unlimited downloads I would probably do the same. But we pay a penalty if we go over our limit :(

Oh.. that sucks.. my ISP just cuts my connection off if i go full throttle for too long. :mrgreen:

krim wrote:i
case and point..

Next stop batch torrent, im the ONLY one left seeding, my ratio is over 2+, 10gb on a 4.5 gb torrent. I've watched 4 people complete the torrent, and NONE of them have stuck around to help seed.

im about to dump that torrent and burn it to DVD. Sorry for anyone who hasn't gotten it yet.

Those leechers are no better than thieves. Stealing bandwidth.

Sometimes I wonder if people don't realize what BT is about. At the H!P torrent site, I haven't seen any regular users with a gt 1 ratio. But maybe they are all young and just think it's a "download".

Good karma to those Good Guys/Gals for never leaving people stranded and keeping a ratio above 1.0

Well, my one and only BT download with Azureus had a 1.6:1 ratio so I didn't feel too bad about stopping it.

krim wrote:Oh.. that sucks.. my ISP just cuts my connection off if i go full throttle for too long. :mrgreen:

Think you know the trick already... keep changing your BT port(s). bi-weekly if neccessary.

Hanzo21 wrote:

Think you know the trick already... keep changing your BT port(s). bi-weekly if neccessary.

i change every three months, but i just reset the modem and im good to go. I think it's more of the condition of the wires than the phone co cutting me off.

Don't give up on BT. Heck I've amassed Gigs and gigs (perhaps terabytes??) of stuff via BT.

I just came up with an analogy: obtaining data is like throwing a party. If you imagine the people who attend are the pieces of the file:

1. Using Megaupload or equivalent:
It's like having one person collect all the people you want to invite and stuffing them in one house. You then send the invitation to that one house and have all the people come in one shot. It's easy for you, the hard part is having to gather all the people.

2. Using BT with your ports off (in Azureus, having a yellow NAT indicator):
You send out the invites to a central location that has some of your contact info (in BT, the tracker), who sends them to those people. Luckily some of those people know others who should also attend, so they get the invites as well. When they arrive at your door, they find that it's locked so they try other means to get in. It's much harder for people to enter if the usual entry points are blocked. They might be able to enter, but it's not easy.

3. Same as 2, but with ports open:
They just walk right in the door. No problem.

4. What about low seeds?
Well, those people are away from their homes and do not receive the invitations when they arrive. They may come back and see them, but it's not guaranteed.

Hope this clears some things. It is 11:15 my time, so this post may not be as coherent as I imagine it to be. :bow:

Very clear!

My problem can be explained thus:

I've been invited to a party where lots of people are in attendance already, but my parents have decided i'm not allowed to go to the party and have locked all the doors and windows in the house so I can't get out, except the one in their room.

Translation: My work has put the firewall in place and blocked all unnecessary ports :( So now i'm stuffed. Get a NAT error every time.

Anime Dad wrote:Very clear!

My problem can be explained thus:

I've been invited to a party where lots of people are in attendance already, but my parents have decided i'm not allowed to go to the party and have locked all the doors and windows in the house so I can't get out, except the one in their room.

Translation: My work has put the firewall in place and blocked all unnecessary ports :( So now i'm stuffed. Get a NAT error every time.

You explained it well. The situation is still bad though, but not surprising. Can you imagine the bandwidth a company would use if BT were allowed?? :shocked: That's on top of the normal email and web traffic.

*tries to use the company's entire 60GB/s trunk*

dochira wrote:
You explained it well. The situation is still bad though, but not surprising. Can you imagine the bandwidth a company would use if BT were allowed?? :shocked: That's on top of the normal email and web traffic.

There's hope yet...... they blocked EVERY port except for web and email traffic, so Skype doesn't work either....... the tech guy is coming in today to look at it.

Redirected from the Ueno Juri thread:

bmwracer wrote:Set up?

I've got the Windows Firewall to ignore BitTornado and the DSL modem configured for BitTornado as well.... Is there more to it? :sweat:

runpup wrote:What color is your status light? Is it always yellow?

Yup. :puppydog:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup. :puppydog:

What ports are you using?