Bittorrent discussion/questions/help

Pemu wrote: Nope, idol goods are categorized to "idols" section :mrgreen:

I have a 'Misc' section, which may or may not contain 'idol goods' and other stuff which doesn't get cut onto CD.

BTW hiroki052, this is a list of various torrent sites which might be use if you haven't seen it before: http://www.torrentlinks.com/index.php

Hey guys,
I recently read a thread somewhere, where a lot of people saying that having XP will give you problems when downloading via Bittorrent. Is there a thread or other link dealing with this issue? Have any of you guys had problems or not? I'm not on XP, I'm on 98.....but I eventually would like to get a new computer and XP is the main thing out there now (I don't want a Mac). Any links with info or help?

Sorry if this is a rerun thread...if it is, please direct me to the thread and feel free to lock this one. :sweat:

Sorry if it's in the wrong section too, wasn't sure where to post it :P

KouSeiya315 wrote:Hey guys,
I recently read a thread somewhere, where a lot of people saying that having XP will give you problems when downloading via Bittorrent. Is there a thread or other link dealing with this issue? Have any of you guys had problems or not? I'm not on XP, I'm on 98.....but I eventually would like to get a new computer and XP is the main thing out there now (I don't want a Mac). Any links with info or help?

Sorry if this is a rerun thread...if it is, please direct me to the thread and feel free to lock this one. :sweat:

Sorry if it's in the wrong section too, wasn't sure where to post it :P

If it IS a problem, I don't think it's Bittorrent/Windows XP in general... It may be more of a particular BT client and Windows XP, or the way Windows XP is configured. Also, it may be a particular BT client and a particular version of XP (such as XP Home or XP Professional) BT is basically a protocol, not a program. As for me, I'm using the SHADOW BT client under XP Professional, and I'm not having any trouble with that combination.

There may be ONE thing about XP that comes to mind, and that is the built-in firewall feature, called the "Internet Connection Firewall". If you have that feature enabled (by default, it's disabled), you may need to go into its configuration and open up the ports to allow BT traffic to flow through. If that's the case and you're using broadband for connectivity, I'd recommend disabling ICF, and instead purchase a hardware-based firewall or router product and stick it between your XP machine and your internet connection. Then configure it to work with BT.

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I have a problem with the BT client. It doesn't download or upload anything. It just stops at "connecting to peers". Does anyone know what the problem is and how I can fix it? I have been downloading this file from last week. This problem just happened on Sunday.

Thanks.

Acutally, I have a finished file that is uploading now, so the only problem is I can't download. The file is Otousan ep4 from d-addicts. Could it be that no one is seeding? But I checked at d-addicts and it read that 3 ppl are seeding it. Pls help :sweat:

Bit torrent hasn't been working for me either lately. I'm so sad because I want to get Long Vacation 9 and Sailor Moon 15 :mecry:

Do you know what is causing this problem?

It anyone having the same problem? I'm currently using BT version 3.2.

you should try another client. i finished dl'ing the Otousan series and ready to watch the last ep. everything works fine here.


http://krypt.dyndns.org:81/torrent/ - BURST! - that's the client i use.

Smiley_18 wrote:Acutally, I have a finished file that is uploading now, so the only problem is I can't download. The file is Otousan ep4 from d-addicts. Could it be that no one is seeding? But I checked at d-addicts and it read that 3 ppl are seeding it. Pls help :sweat:

He also just now tried downloading off my groink tracker, and he's getting the same symptoms. The groink tracker uses standard ports 6969 and 6881-6889. Just checked it from my home PC and it's downloading just fine.

Try using the SHADOW experimental client. It offers feedback to your situation by using colors, great for troubleshooting. YELLOW indicates a firewall being in place, RED indicates trouble connecting to the tracker, etc.

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Which version of the SHADOW experimental client should I use? Where can I dl this SHADOW experimental client? I'm currently using bittorrent-EXPERIMENTAL-UNOFFICIAL-3.2.1b-2. :sweat:

Smiley_18 wrote:Which version of the SHADOW experimental client should I use? Where can I dl this SHADOW experimental client? I'm currently using bittorrent-EXPERIMENTAL-UNOFFICIAL-3.2.1b-2. :sweat:

Download the client from this link:

http://bt.degreez.net/

I downloaded the Shadow Bt Client. I'm still connecting to peers. I had a black ball in the top right hand corner, now it's red. What does that mean?

I got a new internet connection on Thursday and also I'm using a router. Would this affect it?

Smiley_18 wrote:I got a new internet connection on Thursday and also I'm using a router. Would this affect it?

have u forwarded the BT ports (eg. 6881 - 6xxx)? if u're using a router and the firewall is enabled, u need to forward these ports for BT to wrk. The FAQ should have a clearer guide to this.

edit: have u tried the BT port testing at d-addicts? just click the "Slow speed? Check your ports" link, input the hash ID and run.

maxstlg wrote:

have u forwarded the BT ports (eg. 6881 - 6xxx)? if u're using a router and the firewall is enabled, u need to forward these ports for BT to wrk. The FAQ should have a clearer guide to this.

edit: have u tried the BT port testing at d-addicts? just click the "Slow speed? Check your ports" link, input the hash ID and run.

I have checked BT port testing at d-addicts, and the result was failed. I wasn't sure which port # to use so I used 6881.

Where do I forward these ports? On the client? Or the router? Cos I have went to details on my Bt client and changed the port range from 6881 to 6999.[/quote]

do you have to go thru a firewall? that may affect the d/l as well.

I don't have a firewall. The speed of my download is slow, but the upload is fast. I'm currently only using Norton Antivirus and nothing else. Does anyone know where I have to configure the ports?

Smiley_18 wrote:I don't have a firewall. The speed of my download is slow, but the upload is fast. I'm currently only using Norton Antivirus and nothing else. Does anyone know where I have to configure the ports?

i found this FAQ http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/#ports to be quite useful. u can also check whether u're using NAT. As for port forwarding, it has to be done in the router if firewall is enabled. but it seems that u can upload and download already even though they were slow..

Yep.. I can upload and download now, but it's slow. Oh well, it's better than nothing. Don't even know what the original problem was. It was working fine last week, then i couldn't dl for the weekend. And just today it working again. Hai... computers... stupid machines! :crazy: :mad:

But thanks for all the help ppl! :applaud: :D