WAY too slow torrents--->HELP pls

[ceborame]

what client are u using ?
what colour light do u get (green or yellow or blue ?)
whats the total speed of the torrent ?
change your port in your client from 6881 to something else say 9999 !!
forward that port in your firewall; tcp and udp
turn off windows firewall (if your using windoze!)
give the torrent time maybe even an hour to get to top speed

regards
mick

[Delorean]

I'm using azureus.
Its a green smile!
My total speed was dunno somewhere around 20..
The ports have been changed to something ealse.
I have disabled the windows firewall.
Still slow...
I tried sites like pisexy and filelist----> speed improvement but not quit high around 25-30 kb/s dunno if i have to be satisfy with this speed when i'm on an 1Mbit ADSL

[lazyme]

Try bitcomet...it worls just fine for me...also try a file with many seeders and peers

[ferdinand]

Azureus never really worked out too well for me (even with the green smile), I use bittornado. Dunno why, maybe I'm just retarded.

[dodgy368]

I'm using azureus.
Its a green smile!
My total speed was dunno somewhere around 20..
The ports have been changed to something ealse.
I have disabled the windows firewall.
Still slow...
I tried sites like pisexy and filelist----> speed improvement but not quit high around 25-30 kb/s dunno if i have to be satisfy with this speed when i'm on an 1Mbit ADSL

If your speed improved then it's likely the torrents you are trying to grab, install bittornado, go to pisexy and try downloading "Nero 7 Premium" to test your speed, leave the torrent open for at least an hour.

ps, 25-30 is nowhere near the speed you should be getting, 90+ is more like it.

[Delorean]

thnx dodgy i'll try it out

[Delorean]

Btw i'm not sure 'bout it but....

Does it matter the fact that i live in cyprus?
I mean the distance between me and the server/tracker or whenever i download the file from?

ps: because you may not know cyprus is in mediterranean sea just below turkey and a few miles west of Iraq; just to help you with the distance thing..

[abu_has_the_power]

lol

u do realize that 1Mb dsl means max 125KB/s? 1mb is 1 megabit, which is 125 kilobytes. the max u can possibly get is 125kb/s.

dsl sucks balls. my cable is 4Mb or 500KB/s. but i usually get higher than 500kb/s down on private bt sites

[Delorean]

lol

u do realize that 1Mb dsl means max 125KB/s? 1mb is 1 megabit, which is 125 kilobytes. the max u can possibly get is 125kb/s.

dsl sucks balls. my cable is 4Mb or 500KB/s. but i usually get higher than 500kb/s down on private bt sites

What's your point abu??

[abu_has_the_power]

my point is, dsl is just natually slow. the speeds ur getting are pretty bad, but u can't expect too much out of a dsl connection. get cable. it's only $30ish more