Tips For Faster Downloading On Bittorrent [Archive]

john316

07-14-2003, 11:27 PM

I'd settle for any speed as long as my UT 2003 torrent resumed!!! <_<

Stuck at 1.3gb of a 2gb, everything in one place download using Shareaza - trying to use the Bittorrent clients results in an error saying the torrent is not at the location even though it 100% is and it then proceeds to load the entire file into memory :unsure:

Ekamentus

12-09-2003, 03:15 PM

I have 37kb per second :D

far

12-09-2003, 03:31 PM

sometimes I get140-160kb/s and sometimes its stuck between 0-5 kb/s....Fucked up indeed!

muchspl2

12-09-2003, 03:36 PM

well for one drop whatever you think is the best bt client and get shad0ws client, or something built on shad0ws core like torrent storm or ABC
then even if your on broadband, put your connection on dial up/isdn and you should get better speeds than on unlimited, but if you do this your cheating
and you will download more than you upload and could ultimately hurt the bt community
so if you do this make sure you leave it open AFTER IT FINISHES!!!!! at least a 1 to 1 ratio
more the better, its just not fair to the other if you don't
if you want to leach look into irc or news gourps

far

12-09-2003, 05:22 PM

so I should use the latest bittorrent client??...I currently have this one bittorrent-EXPERIMENTAL-UNOFFICIAL-3.2.1b-2 are there ny new ones that have been realesed...should I download that??

ZaZu

12-09-2003, 07:14 PM

Originally posted by far@9 December 2003 - 10:22
so I should use the latest bittorrent client??...I currently have this one bittorrent-EXPERIMENTAL-UNOFFICIAL-3.2.1b-2 are there ny new ones that have been realesed...should I download that??
Shadows Bt client (http://home.elp.rr.com/tur/download.html) ;)

CornerPocket

12-09-2003, 07:22 PM

Originally posted by muchspl2@9 December 2003 - 08:36
well for one drop whatever you think is the best bt client and get shad0ws client, or something built on shad0ws core like torrent storm or ABC
then even if your on broadband, put your connection on dial up/isdn and you should get better speeds than on unlimited, but if you do this your cheating
and you will download more than you upload and could ultimately hurt the bt community
so if you do this make sure you leave it open AFTER IT FINISHES!!!!! at least a 1 to 1 ratio
more the better, its just not fair to the other if you don't
if you want to leach look into irc or news gourps
DSL/Cable Slow would be more like it (at least for me, cable user). Speeds tend to hit anywhere from 150 kB/s - 225 kB/s. As muchspl2 said that would be considered cheating if you close after completing the download. Do your part and give back, I usually leave it running and allow a few more to complete to increase seeders.

Those of you asking, use the latest Experiment version vS.5.8.7, has fixes from previous versions.

far

12-09-2003, 09:42 PM

I am cable user...But I never get that kind of speed....and I have it on dsl/cable slow....I did get about 120 -150 kb/s a couple of times...But its really rare...Even tho the file has over 100 seeders I never get that speed.Dunno what Im doing wrong :huh:

thanx for the link ZaZu!

muchspl2

12-11-2003, 05:32 AM

Originally posted by CornerPocket+9 December 2003 - 14:22--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (CornerPocket @ 9 December 2003 - 14:22)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-muchspl2@9 December 2003 - 08:36
well for one drop whatever you think is the best bt client and get shad0ws client, or something built on shad0ws core like torrent storm or ABC
then even if your on broadband, put your connection on dial up/isdn and you should get better speeds than on unlimited, but if you do this your cheating
and you will download more than you upload and could ultimately hurt the bt community
so if you do this make sure you leave it open AFTER IT FINISHES!!!!! at least a 1 to 1 ratio
more the better, its just not fair to the other if you don't
if you want to leach look into irc or news gourps
DSL/Cable Slow would be more like it (at least for me, cable user). Speeds tend to hit anywhere from 150 kB/s - 225 kB/s. As muchspl2 said that would be considered cheating if you close after completing the download. Do your part and give back, I usually leave it running and allow a few more to complete to increase seeders.

Those of you asking, use the latest Experiment version vS.5.8.7, has fixes from previous versions. [/b][/quote]
just to nail the point home
http://members.cox.net/my_web_pictures/dailupvsunlimited.JPG

now remember to seed afterwards

maro

12-11-2003, 03:10 PM

Hey muchspl2, how can you get those speeds when I only can get this:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/maro83/bt.gif
???

I'm on 1Mbps cable.

vegasguy

12-11-2003, 06:05 PM

Hi,

Bittorrent is like MIRC, you get qued! When you start up. You can get shitty speeds at first cause you are in line with 10-20 other people getting the same file. Leave it going and make sure you dont have any others going at the same time.

DWk

12-11-2003, 08:59 PM

Originally posted by vegasguy@11 December 2003 - 11:05
Hi,

Bittorrent is like MIRC, you get qued!
omg dont tell lies fackin dumbass.....dont EVER say something you dont know about!!!! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

muchspl2

12-12-2003, 12:59 AM

Originally posted by maro@11 December 2003 - 10:10
Hey muchspl2, how can you get those speeds when I only can get this:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/maro83/bt.gif
???

I'm on 1Mbps cable.
can't see your pic, but I outlined how to do it

and @ Vegasguy

its not like mirc
but it does speed up the longer you wait here is some reading for you
http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/

mark845

12-12-2003, 02:34 PM

i use to only get crappy speeds to 10k at the most and ive got a 1meg line, a friend told me to start useing a clinet called Azureus, and now i get full speed, 100k most ov the time

if any one whanst 2 try it here it is http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

you also need a java client to run it with tho get it here http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html

http://server4.uploadit.org/files2/121203-speed.JPG

thats speed im getting now not bad

Wizzandabe

12-12-2003, 04:03 PM

First off, there is no way to "speed" uo the downlaods.
Like vegas said, its like IRC, well in a kind of way, he is right, it does que the parts up, and sneds you them, when the client asks for them.
If there is free parts, then it will get snet, and hence be faster.
When you start the file off at the start, it is always slower, and then about 10min, into it, after its conencted, you will see that your speed goes up, an up. On all my torrents, the downlaod speed start off at aboit 3kB/s and the upload is at full MAX of 30kB/s. After about 10min, the downlaod speed hits the MAX of 57kB/s and the upload stays the same.

I used SHAD0W's S-5.8.7 (http://home.elp.rr.com/tur/)

And thats what I got, now I use ABC.

jetje

12-12-2003, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by DWk+11 December 2003 - 21:59--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DWk @ 11 December 2003 - 21:59)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-vegasguy@11 December 2003 - 11:05
Hi,

Bittorrent is like MIRC, you get qued!
omg dont tell lies fackin dumbass.....dont EVER say something you dont know about!!!! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: [/b][/quote]
guess vegasguy is right ;) i found this when i was trying out bit spirit..

Flexible speed control. You can set the max upload/download speed for a global control or just set it to a specific peer this means other ones will get qued!
read more about BitSpirit (http://www.lanspirit.com/bsen.htm)
It is a client like Torrentstorm.

Personally i like Torrentstorm better, but this one is very prommising and still beta.. I guess it's one to watch, and keep in mind

madness

12-20-2003, 08:11 PM

Originally posted by muchspl2@11 December 2003 - 06:32

well for one drop whatever you think is the best bt client and get shad0ws client, or something built on shad0ws core like torrent storm or ABC
then even if your on broadband, put your connection on dial up/isdn and you should get better speeds than on unlimited, but if you do this your cheating
and you will download more than you upload and could ultimately hurt the bt community
so if you do this make sure you leave it open AFTER IT FINISHES!!!!! at least a 1 to 1 ratio
more the better, its just not fair to the other if you don't
if you want to leach look into irc or news gourps
DSL/Cable Slow would be more like it (at least for me, cable user). Speeds tend to hit anywhere from 150 kB/s - 225 kB/s. As muchspl2 said that would be considered cheating if you close after completing the download. Do your part and give back, I usually leave it running and allow a few more to complete to increase seeders.

Those of you asking, use the latest Experiment version vS.5.8.7, has fixes from previous versions.
just to nail the point home
http://members.cox.net/my_web_pictures/dailupvsunlimited.JPG

now remember to seed afterwards [/quote]
muchspl2

I have noticed this "anomaly" with my BT experimantal client a while ago (3KB upload = best dl speed) - but have no idea why it works this way - do you?

Spicker

12-20-2003, 10:57 PM

Originally posted by madness@20 December 2003 - 21:11

well for one drop whatever you think is the best bt client and get shad0ws client, or something built on shad0ws core like torrent storm or ABC
then even if your on broadband, put your connection on dial up/isdn and you should get better speeds than on unlimited, but if you do this your cheating
and you will download more than you upload and could ultimately hurt the bt community
so if you do this make sure you leave it open AFTER IT FINISHES!!!!! at least a 1 to 1 ratio
more the better, its just not fair to the other if you don't
if you want to leach look into irc or news gourps
DSL/Cable Slow would be more like it (at least for me, cable user). Speeds tend to hit anywhere from 150 kB/s - 225 kB/s. As muchspl2 said that would be considered cheating if you close after completing the download. Do your part and give back, I usually leave it running and allow a few more to complete to increase seeders.

Those of you asking, use the latest Experiment version vS.5.8.7, has fixes from previous versions.
just to nail the point home
http://members.cox.net/my_web_pictures/dailupvsunlimited.JPG

now remember to seed afterwards
muchspl2

I have noticed this "anomaly" with my BT experimantal client a while ago (3KB upload = best dl speed) - but have no idea why it works this way - do you? [/quote]
simple theory....
download at high speeds = upload speed slow
upload at high speeds = download speed slow

Neo 721

12-22-2003, 12:48 AM

Trouble with that is that some people that have precious little to do with their lives watch in 24/7 on seeders and uploads and often cancel downloads or limit uploads to people if they dip in upload speeds.

Thorz

12-22-2003, 02:48 AM

Originally posted by muchspl2@11 December 2003 - 05:32

[QUOTE=

Those of you asking, use the latest Experiment version vS.5.8.7, has fixes from previous versions.
just to nail the point home
http://members.cox.net/my_web_pictures/dailupvsunlimited.JPG

now remember to seed afterwards
Hi dude, I see that you are in Super-seed mode in the Shadow's lient. Do this help you for better doenloads? What is the reason that you are in super seed mode?

muchspl2

12-22-2003, 04:05 AM

Its because I seed files, you don't need it unless your in the habit of seeding torrents, if your not, DON'T DO IT
it slows ever thing down if everyone turn it on when simple downloading

xxkazaaliteuserxx

12-22-2003, 04:23 AM

shadows bt is fast i know, but since everyone limited their ul, it'll take so damn long to finish 1thing just about 700mb, i downloading a game, there only 1 seed and 60-100 leechers and all of them r at the same percentage and we all slowly draging up, it so damn so even when i started, so, everyone please higher your ul rate, if you hav shadow bt pleas choose T1 (it not gona get that high tho) or just using the official BT that you don hav to do anything it will keep you ul and dl around the same rate

Monkster

12-22-2003, 04:28 AM

Originally posted by muchspl2+11 December 2003 - 05:32--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (muchspl2 @ 11 December 2003 - 05:32)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by CornerPocket@9 December 2003 - 14:22
<!--QuoteBegin-muchspl2@9 December 2003 - 08:36
well for one drop whatever you think is the best bt client and get shad0ws client, or something built on shad0ws core like torrent storm or ABC
then even if your on broadband, put your connection on dial up/isdn and you should get better speeds than on unlimited, but if you do this your cheating
and you will download more than you upload and could ultimately hurt the bt community
so if you do this make sure you leave it open AFTER IT FINISHES!!!!! at least a 1 to 1 ratio
more the better, its just not fair to the other if you don't
if you want to leach look into irc or news gourps
DSL/Cable Slow would be more like it (at least for me, cable user). Speeds tend to hit anywhere from 150 kB/s - 225 kB/s. As muchspl2 said that would be considered cheating if you close after completing the download. Do your part and give back, I usually leave it running and allow a few more to complete to increase seeders.

Those of you asking, use the latest Experiment version vS.5.8.7, has fixes from previous versions.
just to nail the point home
http://members.cox.net/my_web_pictures/dailupvsunlimited.JPG

now remember to seed afterwards [/b][/quote]
how can I do this with the ABC client? Shadows takes up too much CPU on my 98.

Thor Son of Thunder

12-23-2003, 11:06 PM

I love my adsl 8mb...

http://w1.314.telia.com/~u31424042/pics/dl-speed.gif

jumpmonkey

12-28-2003, 04:48 AM

if my connections maximum speeds are about 56k/s d/l and 26k/s u/l how will
limiting my upload to 5k/s increase my d/l past its maximum :huh:

Supernatural

12-29-2003, 06:55 PM

I love my T1. :D

http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/misc/crazyfast.JPG

mooseman2070

12-29-2003, 07:43 PM

woh dude your getting ripped by you UL speed

Supernatural

12-29-2003, 09:34 PM

I can afford it. People gotta upload.

Forevame7189

12-30-2003, 04:46 PM

Well as far as downloading at fast speeds= slow upload speed....it holds true to its own. Right now I just finished a movie (22 seeders/ 68(I think) leechers) with a constant rate of over 200 kB/s d/l speed(occassionally hitting 300 and over) and the upload speed just sits there at 30-40 kB/s or so, but right now its going over that.

dragon_son

12-30-2003, 09:33 PM

nice
i see azerus the java client
abc the client based off of shadows just with interface
and shadows

isnt it nice to have an open source p2p app

excalis

01-11-2004, 02:08 PM

WTF!!!!! I almost had a heart attack, Sure those pics ain't Photoshoped. The max I can get is 65/dl @ a 25/dl max average, I can't upload more than 27kB

If those are true speeds then All Hail The Mighty T1. How much do you pay monthly for that type of service? Ever Try benchmarking that Beast?

Try using

http://broadbandreports.com

3223

01-11-2004, 03:19 PM

Originally posted by madness@20 December 2003 - 20:11

well for one drop whatever you think is the best bt client and get shad0ws client, or something built on shad0ws core like torrent storm or ABC
then even if your on broadband, put your connection on dial up/isdn and you should get better speeds than on unlimited, but if you do this your cheating
and you will download more than you upload and could ultimately hurt the bt community
so if you do this make sure you leave it open AFTER IT FINISHES!!!!! at least a 1 to 1 ratio
more the better, its just not fair to the other if you don't
if you want to leach look into irc or news gourps
DSL/Cable Slow would be more like it (at least for me, cable user). Speeds tend to hit anywhere from 150 kB/s - 225 kB/s. As muchspl2 said that would be considered cheating if you close after completing the download. Do your part and give back, I usually leave it running and allow a few more to complete to increase seeders.

Those of you asking, use the latest Experiment version vS.5.8.7, has fixes from previous versions.
just to nail the point home
http://members.cox.net/my_web_pictures/dailupvsunlimited.JPG

now remember to seed afterwards
muchspl2

I have noticed this "anomaly" with my BT experimantal client a while ago (3KB upload = best dl speed) - but have no idea why it works this way - do you? [/quote]
i have it on spuper seed but i cant get it off... what do i do?

muchspl2

01-11-2004, 08:30 PM

should be able to just reinstall it, or you could try restoring the defaults in advance tab
I don't know I never tried to turn it off

wacomcduff

01-12-2004, 07:48 AM

There are a few key things that can affect you DL speeds when using BitTorrent.

1) If you are behind a router, you need to forward the ports 6881-6889 in your router configuration in order to get decent DL speeds.

2) The more Seeds and Peers there are for a file, the better your DL speed will be. Ideally, there would be more Seeders than Peers for the best DL speeds but I've gotten great DL rates with only 5 Seeders and 100 Peers. Basically, the more total people trying to get a particular Torrent, the more potential sources you have for available download bandwidth.

3) I use TorrentStorm for my BT client and there is an option to limit your UPLOAD speed. You should set this limit for around 80% or so of your MAX UPLOAD rate. For example, the fastest my ISP will let me upload is 32KB/sec so I have my Max Upload speed limited in TorrentStorm to be 25KB/sec. If you don't hold back a little of your upload bandwidth, your downloads will choke and be really slow since your computer needs to have some upload bandwidth available to send requests for more data to download.

mooseman2070

01-12-2004, 08:58 PM

if you have a fast connection id reccomend joining the private tracker in the pinned topic above, i joined and have gotten much better speeds than suprnova, its awesome

h121589

01-13-2004, 02:58 AM

Originally posted by Wolfmight@14 July 2003 - 18:48
56k can never even go over 10kb/s... hell 7kb/s if lucky..

hehe, lucky 7
yes it can because when i use 2 have msn 8 i was d/l the 50 cent dvd and at the end like when i was almost finish d/l i started 2 get 15 k/b sec

weinie

01-20-2004, 03:39 AM

theres some info here on increasing your speeds behind a router, and lots of links for diff clients

http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/#what ;)

mogadishu

01-20-2004, 08:12 PM

Originally posted by Supernatural@29 December 2003 - 13:55
I love my T1. :D

http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/misc/crazyfast.JPG
dude thats a t3.

entropista

01-20-2004, 09:35 PM

can i get T1 or T3 in france , how much does it cost you per month to have this f... speed you lucky fool i just have a 1024 / 128 :helpsmile:

no just kidding its alright the 1024

Switeck

01-21-2004, 01:45 AM

Originally posted by Bebi@13 July 2003 - 10:28
Does anybody have anyway? dont state the obivous by saying "upload more" cos everybody knows that but anything else because im sick of getting the last 30mb of a 1.55gig svcd film at an amazing 4kb/s it just pisses me off because I have a 600k cable modem
But your cablemodem almost certainly cannot UPLOAD at 600 KB/sec.
Or even 60 KB/sec...
Or probably even 20 KB/sec!
It may have trouble even doing 10 KB/sec!!!

If anything, upload LESS if your connection is overloaded.
Find out what your UPLOAD bandwidth is rated for and what real-world values it actually has.
Get a bandwidth monitoring program even (I use AnalogX NetStat Live) and look for problems in that way.

4 KB/sec for 30 MB and you're complaining because? You're still likely to GET the file -- and probably in less than 3 hours.

Find something else to kill your bandwidth on in the meantime -- and be glad you have some to spare!

If there's anything WRONG with the picture, it's because the torrent doesn't have enough seeds (whole file sources) or you're firewalled/behind a router and don't know how to fix that. OR, like I already said, you've set uploads SO HIGH that it's killing your connection.

Unlimited upload speed isn't just bad for you -- it's bad for ALMOST everyone. (Those on 10+ Mbps lines may be able to get away with it though. :) )

wienerschnitzel

01-21-2004, 12:12 PM

Originally posted by entropista@20 January 2004 - 11:35
can i get T1 or T3 in france , how much does it cost you per month to have this f... speed you lucky fool i just have a 1024 / 128 :helpsmile:

no just kidding its alright the 1024
I think in europe there called E1 or E3.

and if you have to ask how much it cost, you can't affort it unless you go to a college or something.

Also i noticed something about shadows. Sometimes when I get a really good torrent and i going at 350 kB, my upload rate will go down. Ive seen it at zero even though there are many incompletes and it doesn't matter where i set the upload rate to

Rocktron

01-21-2004, 01:16 PM

Originally posted by Bebi+14 July 2003 - 00:27--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Bebi @ 14 July 2003 - 00:27)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-N£MO@13 July 2003 - 23:23
C'est la vie.

No way of speeding BT up. :rolleyes:
Vie n'est rien

Nothing is impossible. :rolleyes: [/b][/quote]
What a cool avatar you have man!

Made that?

SwampdogK

01-22-2004, 12:06 AM

yes it can because when i use 2 have msn 8 i was d/l the 50 cent dvd and at the end like when i was almost finish d/l i started 2 get 15 k/b sec

Although this isn't the forum for it here, this person has no idea what they are talking about. I'd love to get even 7 k/b sec on my 56 k connection. The reason this mp3 appeared to be downloading at this speed is because it is an corrupted mp3. 99% of 50 cent mp3's are corrupted by those RIAA bastards. If you ever notice this ridiculous speed, stop your download as you are wasting your time.

ps. To everybody else, thanks for the tips. GOD PLEASE GIVE ME ADSL at a reasonable unlimited download price.

Mobas

01-22-2004, 01:04 AM

I really feel for you SwampdogK. I suffered with a 56k connection for over 2 years. Took forever to download anything, and Bittorrent was completly unusable for me. Once you get a better connection, you'll never want to go back to 56k.

bleachie

01-24-2004, 02:18 AM

lets see. after a while of reading forums i think im ready for my first post.

okay, last time i saw t1's were running for less than 500 a month will unlimited bandwidth . now if your are going to college you cannot afford one. i think you mean if you went to college or are using the college's connection.

i used to get good speeds, about 200 downloading and only 15-20 uploading. i intalled azuerus but then my speeds crapped out. i uninstalled it and went back to my old client, but speeds were still bad. by bad, i mean less than i am uploading. i never uninstalled java, so it might just be that, but at the time i figured it was the torrent. im going to play around with it this weekend.