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| Thread ID: 70979 | 2006-07-22 12:45:00 | Good Torrent Speed | Lizard (2409) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 472838 | 2006-07-23 00:25:00 | ̭µTorrent has a built in speed tester: Options/speed guide. This also can test port forwarding. To force µTorrent to use the same port instead of randomly assigning on start up :Options/preferences/network, uncheck "randomize port each time µTorrent starts" At times with many seeders and few leachers, very rare, I have had downloads running at around 1.6 mbps on a 1 meg connection :-) yes the numbers they give you are only a guide of the theoretical max speed and sometimes, with the wind in the right direction and if you hold your tongue right, you can exceed it. Good luck |
JackStraw (6573) | ||
| 472839 | 2006-07-23 01:22:00 | It varies. Most of the people on public torrent sites, don't have great connections and there is no compulsion to seed as there is no perceived benefit from it. Sites like mininova can have torrents with thousands of seeds/peers and still provide craptastic seeds. The private trackers I use can consistently max out my home connection, and I can regularly pull 20-30 Mbps off them if I get one going at work. Mostly because they attract a better equipped group of net users, and because there are rewards for maintaining good ratios. There is no such thing as an "average" torrent to use as a landmark. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 472840 | 2006-07-23 02:39:00 | ^^^ What he said. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 472841 | 2006-07-23 03:55:00 | Try this torrent link www.slackware.com If you have utorrent configured properly you should be able to max out your bandwidth on this. Also check that you are forcing outgoing encryption and have disabled dht The link comes up 404 - page not found. I dug around though, and found a torrent to test - this returned a speed of 241KBps, after about 10 seconds of downloading. Thanks SJ, that answers my question. However, why does this one go so fast - is it because it's being hosted directly? I guess the only way to get these kinds of speeds normally is to join the private networks and contribute - that's a little more involved than I want, I guess. Not really worth it for the occasional missed tv show... To everyone else, thanks for your comments. Being new to torrents its helpful to know what to expect. Cheers |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 472842 | 2006-07-24 05:08:00 | I get about 5kb/s thats on 56K, it does the job :cool: | Prescott (11) | ||
| 472843 | 2006-07-24 05:22:00 | Just pulled down a 700MB file from a private tracker @ ~ 170KB/s. Not bad for my 2Mbps connex during the day time. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 472844 | 2006-07-24 10:44:00 | Many people blame there torrent speeds on there ISP and or BT client, however these are often not to blame. 1. Public trackers are generally crap and slow (to many leehers limiting there up speeds). Yes there may be 500seeds and 400 leehers but the seeds and leechers are limiting at 1KB/s (or whatever). 2. Private trackers are generally fast but you have to share (keeping a good ratio, hence no point limiting your up speed hence they are fast). Examples On a good private tracker I often exceed (1000KB/s+ otherwise know as 8000kbps) on my Telstra 10Mb cable connection. On the same connection on a public "popular" torrent I am often lucky to get 30KB/s. Now and again you strike the odd faster speed torrent, but its rare. The big problem is in NZ with restrictive data caps and DSL 128K up, it is costly to keep up a good ratio on a private tracker. PS I am talking about download Linux Distro's of course. |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 472845 | 2006-07-24 11:36:00 | Haha yeah... Linux.. of course. I downloaded a distro off a private tracker.. :D But yeah, probably your avg speed on an avg seeded tv ep on a public tracker would be 20~30KB/s. Note this is only a ballpark figure. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 472846 | 2006-07-24 22:42:00 | Most ISPs have "wised up" and are now not just shaping by port - they inspect your packets to see what they are (so called Layer 7 traffic shaping) . Most people avoid the default port range in the hope that some ISPs will still just be shaping by port number . . Most international connections are pretty poor with ISPs anyway . And some ISPs probably shape you on total downloads . . so what right do they have to do this? surely you can download whatever you want so long as its legal . :mad: I used to downlaod an italian football show each week which would come in at 200Kbs, which i was very very happy with . |
Buff_K (691) | ||
| 472847 | 2006-07-24 22:47:00 | I guess the only way to get these kinds of speeds normally is to join the private networks and contribute - that's a little more involved than I want, I guess . Not really worth it for the occasional missed tv show . . . not neccesarily, just leave it on overnight, you got your show in the morning . All going to plan . Bit torrent is fantastic and I use it all the time . Sure some times the speeds are equivalent to dialup, but im getting stuff i actually want to watch, sans ads, for free . terrifiic . And a lot of the time im getting super speeds, thanks to my wee tight knit football communtity . Anyone for the 1992 European cup final, Barcelona v Sampdoria? |
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