Posted: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:03:57 Post Subject: Downloading with Bittorent
Hey there all. I had a question as I am fairly new to this piece of software. I have Bittorent and I am downloading a newer version of Knoppix then what I currently have. It's downloading at 1K/B per second at this moment. Is there a setting I should know about? I am running XP Pro with SP 2 and was wondering what was up. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or solutions.
I'm a newbie here and I hope to have some good disscussions here. Thanks all!
Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 20349 Location: New Jersey
Posted: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:25:00 Post Subject:
Hi timberwolfblues, welcome!
I have never personally used a Torrent, but I know they work by having the file shared from users that have downloaded, or at least started to download the file. Once the original file is listed, it gets downloaded by others, and then new requests download it from the various seeded locations to split up the bandwidth and perhaps improve download times.
Perhaps you are downloading from a busy source or from a seeded location with a slow connection.
What kind of connection to the internet do you have?
yeah that's what I was thinking too. I also adjusted the slider bar for upload speed and made it jump way up. The slider bar says it's for upload speed so why would that make my download speeds faster? Are they tied in somehow? Thanks for all your help by the way Big Bruin.
Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 618 Location: Fort Walton Beach
Posted: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:10:43 Post Subject:
With Bit Torrent it all depends on how many seeds and other peers there are. Seeds are just there to give you their upload, while peers are downloading while at the same time uploading. Depending on how many peers/seeds are available and how available thier bandwidth depends on what you can or can't do. The torrent you're trying to connect to is either using all it's bandwidth or there just arn't enough people to connect to for you to get a high sustained download.
Also with some clients, your download is slow until you start uploading. Since the idea is to at least share as much as you've downloaded. Some clients make it so you can only downloading a few kb, more than your upload. I don't know which client you're using, but I've found Bit Comet pretty nice. _________________ Nothing says good job like a firm open palmed slap on the behind.
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