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Faster Torrent Downloads???
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OK, let's step back a bit here.
How fast your torrent will download is influenced by many things. Obviously this may include the speed of your internet connection. The fact that you're on wireless may also introduce some lag since wireless b/g networks are often slower than their wired counterparts.
However, by far the slowest link in the chain is the number, and your connection speed to, the other people who are seeding the torrent. The whole concept of a torrent download is that a bunch of people are feeding off each other, "trading" data that you have for what you need. The more people, on faster pipes, the more gets traded, and the faster it all comes in. If, in an extreme example, the only two people on the planet interested in downloading a file are you and another guy on a dial-up connection in South Africa, well, your download speed from him is going to stink.
So the question to ask is: What's the rest of your internet connection like? Is surfing the web and downloading from websites just as slow? If not, then your connection speed is not your problem, it's all to do with the number of people seeding/downloading the particular file you're after.
I've seen the same torrents go from 10 bytes/sec to 500KB/sec, all depending on the time of day, what the file is and how popular it is, etc.
(And, frankly, I'm not sure what port forwarding has to do with any of this. If the ports aren't being opened, the download wouldn't work at all, not just be kinda slow... right?)
How fast your torrent will download is influenced by many things. Obviously this may include the speed of your internet connection. The fact that you're on wireless may also introduce some lag since wireless b/g networks are often slower than their wired counterparts.
However, by far the slowest link in the chain is the number, and your connection speed to, the other people who are seeding the torrent. The whole concept of a torrent download is that a bunch of people are feeding off each other, "trading" data that you have for what you need. The more people, on faster pipes, the more gets traded, and the faster it all comes in. If, in an extreme example, the only two people on the planet interested in downloading a file are you and another guy on a dial-up connection in South Africa, well, your download speed from him is going to stink.
So the question to ask is: What's the rest of your internet connection like? Is surfing the web and downloading from websites just as slow? If not, then your connection speed is not your problem, it's all to do with the number of people seeding/downloading the particular file you're after.
I've seen the same torrents go from 10 bytes/sec to 500KB/sec, all depending on the time of day, what the file is and how popular it is, etc.
(And, frankly, I'm not sure what port forwarding has to do with any of this. If the ports aren't being opened, the download wouldn't work at all, not just be kinda slow... right?)
ahhh ok, downloads usually take around the same time so i guess solution found? i've just heard that most torrents with about 2 seeds should take 2 hrs. and mine were takin 4 or 5, so i was curious, thank u 4 this post, apparently problem solved?
Back to basics
I'm pretty sure that your download speed can be limited if your upload/download ratio is to low.
Just upload heaps of stuff and then your downloads should speed up...and in future, leave your torrents open until they have uploaded at least as much as they've downloaded
I'm pretty sure that your download speed can be limited if your upload/download ratio is to low.
Just upload heaps of stuff and then your downloads should speed up...and in future, leave your torrents open until they have uploaded at least as much as they've downloaded
Well if your using something like Transmission it will tell you what ratio youve uploaded too. It is also possible to set a limit to upload to then the torrent will pause itself.
I dont want to point out the obvious but in preferances you havent limit the total upload and download have you?
And to check if your port has been forwarded correctly open the preferances and click on the furthest right tab (cant remember what its called because im not at my comp.) But that should open a window that has two dots on it. There should also be a small box with a number in it like "9050" this is the port transmission is using. Click on this and press "enter"
It will then tell you if the port is being forwarded correctly. Hope this sorts out your problem!