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Thread ID: 91132 2008-06-27 08:00:00 Slingshot blocking BitTorrent/traffic shaping rixth (9629) Press F1
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682998 2008-06-27 08:00:00 Note: I'm talking about legal file sharing here

Over the last couple days, it would seem that Slingshot have started filtering Bittorrent connections. I get terrible (if any) download speeds (HTTP downloads are as fast as ever), and trackers (big ones, like PirateBay and Demonoid) have the status 'connection closed by peer'.

DHT also appears to be blocked. This torrent supposedly has 3000 seeds.

Are any other Slingshot (or other ADSL company) customers getting abismal performance all of a sudden?

I'm using uTorrent, and the port check comes back as OK.
rixth (9629)
682999 2008-06-27 08:32:00 This is quite odd:

img72.imageshack.us

uTorrent says the connection times out, but I can ping fine.
rixth (9629)
683000 2008-06-27 09:40:00 torrents..crikey, folks still use that? :)

3000 seeds on a public tracker.. heck it might as well be 3 seeds. They're probably all speed limiting or their own connections are maxed out. Poor speeds on a highly seeded public tracker isnt uncommon.

Public trackers ( I would class Demonoid as public due to the sheer vast number of members ) aren't very reliable and even though you may have had success prior, i'm not sure if Slingshot port shapes or traffic shapes though.

Oh and im guessing youve got NAT working and also the tcp and udp ports configured in uTorrent and your firewall and within your modem/router settings?
Term_X (560)
683001 2008-06-27 10:12:00 Yeah ports are open, tests confirm this.

Just odd for it to happen all of a sudden.
rixth (9629)
683002 2008-06-28 00:11:00 Im on slingshot and they dont traffic shape you can test if your isp does here: broadband.mpi-sws.mpg.de Overdrive_5000 (4950)
683003 2008-06-28 02:22:00 Note: I'm talking about legal file sharing here

Over the last couple days, it would seem that Slingshot have started filtering Bittorrent connections. I get terrible (if any) download speeds (HTTP downloads are as fast as ever), and trackers (big ones, like PirateBay and Demonoid) have the status 'connection closed by peer'.

What exactly are you trying to download? Almost all legal files will have an official tracker run by the original distributor of the file - using this is almost always a LOT faster than trying to use a useless public tracker, as all the savvy peers/seeds will be using the official one.
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