PDA

View Full Version : Bit Torrent


Esal
11-12-2003, 03:06 AM
I use bit torrent to download almost everything, along with suprnova.org and the other great torrent sites. But pretty much everything I download, usualyl doesnt go over 40kb/sec, which is actually pretty fast compared to other p2p programs. i usually upload between 30-60, and usually uploaded twice as much than ive downloaded. Anyone get anything faster than this? Im on cable, pretty good cable too. I usually download thigns from websites at some times 300kb/sec, but cant seem to get highter than 40 with bit torrent.

And also, ive seen modified versions of bit torrent online, are these any good? anyone use them? and recommendations?
Triadcool
11-12-2003, 03:13 AM
I am on cable and I usually get around 350 to 400kbs.
tHe LiNk
11-12-2003, 03:16 AM
I use 56k, so i generally avoid using it as much as possible, usually i end up uploading more than downloading and my speeds are pretty low even when it does download.
Cygnuz-Y
11-12-2003, 03:24 AM
The Highest Download Speed i can get is 40Kb/Seg but its usually around 5 to 28Kbps and im on a Cable modem
Esal
11-12-2003, 04:04 AM
Originally posted by Triadcool@12 November 2003 - 03:13
I am on cable and I usually get around 350 to 400kbs.
fuckin wow dude. are you sure your on cable? what area are you in? thats really fast for bit torrent, compared to me anyways. Right now im download LOTR:ROTK at 31kb/s and uploading at 40, 83% done.
muchspl2
11-12-2003, 04:08 AM
200 to 300 if the seed/peer ratio is good, bt depends on alot

check your bandwith @ http://www.2wire.com I got a very fast cable and the max is around 600

my score is 4250 to 5322 at 2wire so it all depends
Gre1
11-12-2003, 04:17 AM
I get about 70-80kb/s
Monkeee
11-12-2003, 04:37 AM
damn dude i only get up to 50 if you go over 100 damn you guys are fu*king hella FAST modem....
TheFilePirater
11-12-2003, 04:44 AM
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/guys/test.JPG
but i never get that high on kazaa or bt
Gre1
11-12-2003, 05:00 AM
I got 677.9 kbps went I went to that site.
muchspl2
11-12-2003, 05:09 AM
http://members.cox.net/my_web_pictures/4335.bmp B)
alpha
11-12-2003, 07:48 AM
When ppl say kb/s or kbps it means kilo bit per sec as opposed to KB/s(kilo byte per sec), right?
so when u say 80 kb/s thats just 10 KB/s?
(just making sure)
boxofslavery
11-12-2003, 09:01 AM
Originally posted by Esal@12 November 2003 - 03:06
I use bit torrent to download almost everything, along with suprnova.org and the other great torrent sites. But pretty much everything I download, usualyl doesnt go over 40kb/sec, which is actually pretty fast compared to other p2p programs. i usually upload between 30-60, and usually uploaded twice as much than ive downloaded. Anyone get anything faster than this? Im on cable, pretty good cable too. I usually download thigns from websites at some times 300kb/sec, but cant seem to get highter than 40 with bit torrent.

And also, ive seen modified versions of bit torrent online, are these any good? anyone use them? and recommendations?
You seem to be getting the same speeds as me. Bittorent depends on how many people that have more of the file than you are sharing...seeds of course being the best. According to an average of 3 bandwidth tests that I just took, I'm still above a T1 line, so that's excellent speed. While downloading from a few websites that I frequent, I've learned their caps on each. EX: animemusicvideos.org has a cap of 250 kb/sec. and a cap of 2 downloads per user at a time. Sad that I know that.

Lots of people use Shadow's version of bittorent. I've tried it. It's cool. Personally, I like the creator's latest version 3.3 the best. I've been using it for quite a while now, and haven't found a bug yet. It shows how much you've uploaded/downloaded...really good for seeders and sharers. It doesn't have a pause button like Shadow's version tho.
muchspl2
11-12-2003, 09:14 AM
also can't change ports, it doesn't have a super seeder option, doesn't block people that put out bad data (BT ++)
thats just off the top of my head
shad0ws > * client
Gre1
11-12-2003, 02:52 PM
Originally posted by alpha@12 November 2003 - 02:48
When ppl say kb/s or kbps it means kilo bit per sec as opposed to KB/s(kilo byte per sec), right?
so when u say 80 kb/s thats just 10 KB/s?
(just making sure)
Those speeds u see above the kbps those are kilobits per second and when I wrote 80kB/s that is kilobytes that is my speed type in 677.9 in a calculator and divide it by 8 and u will get........
NotoriousBIC
11-12-2003, 03:43 PM
O I love these kinda topics B)

http://orw37.oli.tudelft.nl/Bic/Bittorrent.jpg

Highest ever of course. Normally around 200 kB/s on well seeded torrents.
Mat_At_Home
11-12-2003, 04:49 PM
http://bobbaworld.com/Image2.jpg

Hope that images works! :( Aint that shit!! What can I do? How can I get faster downloads? It really looks like my broadband connection is just wasted!!

EDIT - PS WHAT TYPE OF BITTORRENT ARE YOU USING NOUTOURIOUS??

EDIT AGAIN - Oh i see in the title bar lol!
RealitY
11-12-2003, 05:48 PM
Well http://www.2wire.com/ = QUACK!!
I got from 2,500.0 to 68,000.0 and everything inbetween...
:huh: :huh:

May want to try http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/default.asp
Seem more accurate...
NotoriousBIC
11-12-2003, 06:45 PM
@Mat_at_Home: you should really let torrents run for a while and you'll probably see the speeds will pick up (if it's seeded well of course). If you still get slow speeds you should check if your router and firewall (if applicable) are correctly set up. There are several topics about that in this part of the board.

Btw: I don't use the old experimental anymore. Nowadays I use Torrentstorm
muchspl2
11-12-2003, 08:31 PM
Originally posted by REALITY@12 November 2003 - 18:48
Well http://www.2wire.com/ = QUACK!!
I got from 2,500.0 to 68,000.0 and everything inbetween...
:huh: :huh:

May want to try http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/default.asp
Seem more accurate...
2wire is the most reliable, don't know why you have trouble, you also can't fake it like your test by going forward and back wards in ie
of coarse you still have problems with shadows client also :D
Gre1
11-12-2003, 09:47 PM
NotoriousBic it&#39;s funny I don&#39;t see that upload rate going a notch looks like leeching to me. :o <_<
RealitY
11-12-2003, 10:10 PM
Originally posted by Gre1@12 November 2003 - 13:47
NotoriousBic it&#39;s funny I don&#39;t see that upload rate going a notch looks like leeching to me.&nbsp; :o&nbsp; <_<
Odd, 0.00, well...
Johnny_B
11-12-2003, 10:23 PM
Originally posted by NotoriousBIC@12 November 2003 - 15:43
O I love these kinda topics&nbsp; B)

http://orw37.oli.tudelft.nl/Bic/Bittorrent.jpg

Highest ever of course. Normally around 200 kB/s on well seeded torrents.
Upload rate: 0 kB/s
Uploaded: 0.00 MiB
Share rating: 0.000

WTF? :blink:
junkyardking
11-12-2003, 10:37 PM
Originally posted by Johnny_B+12 November 2003 - 22:23--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Johnny_B @ 12 November 2003 - 22:23)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-NotoriousBIC@12 November 2003 - 15:43
O I love these kinda topics B)

http://orw37.oli.tudelft.nl/Bic/Bittorrent.jpg

Highest ever of course. Normally around 200 kB/s on well seeded torrents.
Upload rate: 0 kB/s
Uploaded: 0.00 MiB
Share rating: 0.000

WTF? :blink: [/b][/quote]
Thats not leeching there&#39;s 126 seeds and 3 peers.
NotoriousBIC
11-13-2003, 02:08 AM
Setting the upload rate to 0 makes it unlimited.

And as Junkyardking says, there was not much left to seed with that much seeders around. :)
BillyBongThorton
11-13-2003, 02:11 AM
looks like leeching to me... :o
NotoriousBIC
11-13-2003, 02:21 AM
Oh dear, all out paranoia prevails. :lol:

Look at the picture.

Note a few things:
1. The time I have been connected (3min:29)
2. The fact that the torrent has NOT YET finished in this screenshot
3. The amount of seeders (126) against peers (3)
4. Settings are set to &#39;unlimited&#39;, which is the default setting for the original clients, the experimental clients AND Shadow&#39;s client.

Now why o why would a tracker assign a peer to give another peer file pieces when there&#39;s 126 seeders and the peers are prolly maxing out anyway?
No, the bittorrent protocol is much more efficient than that.

Please get the facts straight guys.
Gre1
11-13-2003, 02:22 AM
Originally posted by NotoriousBIC@12 November 2003 - 21:08
Setting the upload rate to 0 makes it unlimited.

And as Junkyardking says, there was not much left to seed with that much seeders around. :)
There is always some to seed just add to the count set it to 5kb/s as long as u keep it open

@ junkyard king it doesn&#39;t matter how many seeders and leechers there are always seed for a while at least try to upload half of what u download.
NotoriousBIC
11-13-2003, 02:23 AM
Umm Gre1, look at my previous post. I think you missed a few things...
RealitY
11-13-2003, 06:34 AM
Originally posted by muchspl2+12 November 2003 - 12:31--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (muchspl2 &#064; 12 November 2003 - 12:31)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-REALITY@12 November 2003 - 18:48
Well http://www.2wire.com/ = QUACK&#33;&#33;
I got from 2,500.0 to 68,000.0 and everything inbetween...
:huh: :huh:

May want to try http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/default.asp
Seem more accurate...
2wire is the most reliable, don&#39;t know why you have trouble, you also can&#39;t fake it like your test by going forward and back wards in ie
of coarse you still have problems with shadows client also :D [/b][/quote]
Reliable????

http://server3.uploadit.org/files/131103-ScreenHunter_001.jpg
http://server3.uploadit.org/files/131103-ScreenHunter_002.jpg

Odd since PitStop it right every time, soryy 2Wire SUCKS...

As for Shadow, I use it from time to time, don&#39;t have a problem with it, just prefer Shareaza more...
Mat_At_Home
11-13-2003, 04:33 PM
Anyway.. thanks guys. I have Norton AV and Firewall. How could I configure that to let through the downloads? I got a box asking for permissions for it and I allowed everything conected with it? And I don&#39;t think I have a router? Since i haven&#39;t heard of it lol&#33;&#33;

Mat
NotoriousBIC
11-13-2003, 04:50 PM
That should do it fine M_A_H &#33;
Mat_At_Home
11-14-2003, 04:51 PM
So that isn&#39;t the route of my problem then? LOL
NotoriousBIC
11-14-2003, 06:24 PM
Don&#39;t the speeds pick up after a while? (say 15 minutes)
trillscout
11-14-2003, 06:31 PM
I get 25kps but I guess it depends if you have a firewall activated or not
ultimatejester
11-15-2003, 08:12 PM
I used to get over 170 kbps when i had dsl. Now on dialup i get about 4kbps
D!mensio_x
11-16-2003, 02:52 PM
I get of bittorrent a dl-speed of 15/30 KB and ul-speed 6/9 KB. So I think this is pretty decent, depending on my cable connection of 312 kbit dl and 64 kbit ul max. :)
Jay
11-17-2003, 04:20 AM
if i got enough seeders i usually hit about 150/200 KBs