torrent downloads

lazyGUY

Im having a problem getting fast download speeds on my macbook (using azeurus / tranmission). I hear that if u change a port or sumthing u can get regular speeds?? Anyone care to explain? I currently max out at 80kb/s (rarely) and its usually around 10-20kb/s.

O ya.. my router setup at home is kinda weird too. I have the telus enhanced wireless gateway which acts as the modem, and have a d-link router attached to that (which i use for wireless cuz its faster). Also, is it cuz i have this setup that the wireless from the gateway dusn't work?

Ether

It's called port forwarding. It should be done automatically, but sometimes you have to go to your router settings and either add your computer to the "DMZ" list or forward the specific port that your torrent program uses.

Remember that torrent download speeds are based on your upload capacity too, so make sure you have a decent upload rate.

meesh

I used to use transmission but i had to remove it because it kept freezing on me, don't know if it has happened to you.

anyway, you need to use port forwarding and I think this will work.
type in 192.168.0.1 and it should bring you to your router configuration page.
go into Advanced settings > Port Forwarding
choose a port between 49152–65534 (the default port 6881 is some times blacklisted by the ISP)
go into your torrent app and change the port settings to the one you chose.

lazyGUY

so do i change the port for both the router or just the dlink? and my upload rate on the torrent program is usually just as low or lower than the download rate.
I actually just tested the speeds on speedtest.net and this is wut i got:
download :2833kb/s
upload : 373kb/s
do u guys get around the same thing?

lazyGUY

just tested the speed off sum1 using a linkseys router with telus sumwhere in my neighborhood. Im getting the full signal and this was wut i got:
download: 738 kb/s
upload: 530 kb/s

JayDub

meesh;25995 said:

type in 192.168.0.1 and it should bring you to your router configuration page.

That depends on your router since that address won't take me to mine.

meesh

JayDub;26002 said:

That depends on your router since that address won't take me to mine.

yeah that's true. 192.168.0.1 is usually the default IP address for home broadband networks (and for D-link routers)..i'm assuming he doesn't live in rez
lazyGUY, those speeds are pretty fast compared to my download speeds lol. i max out at around 250kb/s 'cuz there's like 5 computers in my house sharing the connection. it's probably best not to have speeds too high tho--i'd set a limit because it would eventually create a bottleneck and so you might experience slower speeds when surfing the net. (just realized you were talking about one of your neighbours' speed...i've never used telus' internet services, i'm gonna have to take a look at it..

update: after reading about Telus' Wireless Gateway, it's a modem and a router right? and from my understanding, you're only using it as a modem only and D-link as your router instead? if that's the case, you should forward the port through the D-link router.

JayDub

meesh;26005 said:

... (and for D-link routers)...

Oh yeah, for sure, I cannot comment on what those default router addresses are but I know with my POS five year old Linksys is 192.168.1.1 (and I live in Rez) but I always change that along with lots of settings.

meesh

JayDub;26006 said:

Oh yeah, for sure, I cannot comment on what those default router addresses are but I know with my POS five year old Linksys is 192.168.1.1 (and I live in Rez) but I always change that along with lots of settings.

yeah i think linksys uses 192.168.1.1. i came across this interesting site: http://openwrt.org/. building a linux router would be pretty cool. i'm sick of my d-link...it sucks arse.

lazyGUY

so i dont have to forward a port on my telus modem/router too? and wut do u mean by restrict my speed? azeurus/trasmission rite? or do u mean like my overall internet connection? i dont know much about computers lol

O ya, transmission dusn't crash on me, but it is kinda screwy sumtimes.. downloaded bourne ultimatum and VLC wud want to reapair it cuz it was a damaged file. Re-downloaded on azeurus and it was fine.

bufli

ps the obv is if ur dling thru wireless then obv ur speeds will be ass compared to a wired (cat5) connection to the router...

is the telus modem/wifi router u have the one made by Siemens for telus? if so i wouldn’t use it... call TELUS and see if u can trade for a 3com or dlink modem
i used the 3com modem for a few years but i think it had limited speed by hardware so they upgraded me to the dlink one which i haven’t had problems with. i recently upgraded my net with them and they sent me this Siemens garbage which doesn’t even work the way its supposed to

as for port forwarding u only have to do it in the router

lazyGUY

well ive tried wired and its not a significant difference. I mean i hear of ppl that can get up to 500 kb/s while im at 20 kb/s lol.

Telus gave me a 2wire wireless gateway which acts as a modem and a wireless router. the only reason i have the dlink attached to it is becuz its much faster.

and as for the port forwarding ive tried it on my pc and wen u go test port on u torrent, the port isnt detected. Maybe the 2wire gateway has been retstricted?

meesh

since i don't know too much about 2wire, here's what i could find on google :

How do I port forward/open inbound ports?
The 2Wire HomePortal has a Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall that blocks unauthorized inbound connections. To allow certain connections through ports in the firewall:
- Open »gateway.2wire.net
- Go to Home/Local Network
- For the selected computer click "Edit Firewall Settings" (non-DHCP/non-NetBIOS computers can be renamed here to make selection of the correct computer easier)
- Choose "Allow individual applications"
- Select the application(s) you want to forward to that computer (or create your own custom ones right below the list for each application/computer and then select them)
- Click "Add" to add the selected applications for that computer
- Save/Submit settings or Done

If you want all ports open, choose DMZPlus Mode instead of Allow individual applications.
- For single-IP connections (most people) this will "share" the 2Wire's public IP address with the computer (IP release/renew or computer reboot required to apply the setting). All ports that have not been forwarded to another computer will be forwarded to the selected computer.
- For multiple public IP address connections, only computers that have been given a public IP address can use DMZPlus Mode. Since these computers already have their "own" public IP address, they will not need to "share" the 2Wire's IP.

NOTE: Be aware that if you choose to open ports in the firewall, you may receive unauthorized/malicious access attempts. Please use a software firewall or server hardening techniques to prevent compromising of your network.

NOTE: An individual Public IP's Port can only be assigned to one computer at a time. That is you can not point the same IP & Port at 2 or more different computers at the same time. If you are hosting multiple servers/games/torrents/etc., using the same Public IP address with multiple computers, you should be using different port numbers for each.

Also have you heard of BitTyrant? it's based on Azureus but modified so that it gets you the best connection speeds. it has versions for mac/linux/windows.

bufli

btw it was mentioned above that u could go into DMZ mode on ur router,
if u dono the reason behind port forwarding and such, i would strongly advise you not to put urself in a DMZ
why u may ask? cuz i bet it won’t be long till a thread starts with "i think i just got raped by some virus, worm and/or trojan" =P

meesh

^ lol bufli is totally right.
enabling DMZ allows your computer to have unrestricted Internet access...but it leaves your computer exposed to malicious attacks.