Dang... 750-800KB/s
Jan. 8th, 2006 12:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ibnekoMy combined bittorrent speed from 10 torrents has been hovering around the 750-800 KB/s speed for the past...5 minutes.
This is quite unusual. I usually don't see more than 500 on comcast's cable. I guess no one else is using it in the local area.
This is quite unusual. I usually don't see more than 500 on comcast's cable. I guess no one else is using it in the local area.
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Date: 2006-01-08 07:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-08 08:15 am (UTC)case 1:
You're behind a gateway/router (box that the cable/DSL modem is hooked up to, usually by ethernet, and that branches out, wired or wireless, to other computers, notably yours.)
case 2:
Your ISP is providing you with a firewall. It's unlikely, but I've read about it before. Not much you can do here.
Chances are, it's case 1. And in which case, you can either turn on port forwarding (so data coming in from the internet will get forwarded to your computer) or UPnP, which will make your BitTorrent client do it for you, if it supports it. (Azureus does, as well as a few others.)
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Date: 2006-01-08 08:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-08 08:41 am (UTC)If you need more help, tell me your router model & maker, and I should be able to find better information to walk you through it.
Ports you'll need to open: 6881-6999 (that's a range - you should be able to enter it as thus. If not, the first 5 or 10 will do). The destination IP should be your computer (also locatable via ipconfig.. it's your "IP Address".)
actually, this wiki article will give you a better idea of what's going on, and possibly, what to do about it: http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/index.php/Port_forwarding
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Date: 2006-01-08 08:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-08 06:20 pm (UTC)