uTorrent

kj · 19th March 2006, 11:37 AM

I'm using this, does anyone else use it for transferring important documents between collaborators?

I'm having issues with speed. Any hints on how to speed up downloads and uploads? The client suggests port forwarding on the router to speed up the transfer rates, but I have no idea what that is or how to do it. Any help on this would be great.

pixelsink · 19th March 2006, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by kj

I'm using this, does anyone else use it for transferring important documents between collaborators?

I'm having issues with speed. Any hints on how to speed up downloads and uploads? The client suggests port forwarding on the router to speed up the transfer rates, but I have no idea what that is or how to do it. Any help on this would be great.

use BitComet. Much better.

kj · 19th March 2006, 02:38 PM

Have you tried uTorrent?

pixelsink · 19th March 2006, 03:57 PM

Installed it this morning to have a look. I tried downloading a Harry potter torrent using uTorrent and nothing left it for 30 minutes, nothing.. Put the same torrent into BitComet and after 3.5 hours I'm 97% of a 4.5GB DVD rip done.

I find BitComet is really good.

Afro Joe · 19th March 2006, 04:01 PM

i use bitlord, i like that you can choose which files within the torrent to keep and get rid of. i.e. only certain tracks of an album, or getting rid of the useless album covers/readme files. it's served me well for loads of stuff.
will try and check out those two programs you are talking about next time i'm home, don't wanna risk getting kicked out of uni by trying it here.

DrunkWookie · 19th March 2006, 05:07 PM

KJ Azureus is worth a look i know loads of people who use it all u need to do is make sure u have java installed and port open and ur sorted, has loads of options and has loads of plugins to help aswell.

~smack · 19th March 2006, 06:54 PM

uTorrent is great once you set it up correctly.

KJ to sort your router, go to www.portforward.com they have step by steps for almost every major router. Another thing to do is make sure you have the latest uTorrent and enable 'packet encryption', this will speed things up if anyone you're connected to or your ISPs use packet shaping on BT.

kj · 19th March 2006, 06:56 PM

Thanks mate. i'll give it a go

cragdoo · 20th March 2006, 03:16 PM

Azureus is such a resource hog, utorrent uses a fraction of that

utorrent also let's you specify which 'files' to download etc

only downside to utorrent is it doesn't have a similar feature to Azureus's 'Safepeer'

corduroyboy · 19th April 2006, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ~smack

uTorrent is great once you set it up correctly.

I can vouch for this, as a few weeks ago I set up all the ports and switched to a static IP and it's running beautifully. Overall download rates at almost 500k/bps on Telewest's bog standard service. Also Utorrent is the only one that doesn't render the rest of my computer unusable and require me to reboot every so often because it was such a drain on system resources. This was particularly annoying when leaving stuff overnight or for a few days to download and coming back and finding that everything's just ground to a halt, as was what often happened with ABC and some of the others I tried.

I like Utorrent's interface too, it's pretty clean.

kj · 19th April 2006, 06:11 PM

i'm going to need to assign static ips to all 3 machines to get this to work as well as you did. i cant be arsed just yet.

But aye uTorrent is still king

Pacomari · 20th April 2006, 12:50 PM

uTorrent is good if you a leeching piece of crap

Azureus is the daddy for security, seeding configuration and also for running temporary private trackers.

corduroyboy · 20th April 2006, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by kj

i'm going to need to assign static ips to all 3 machines to get this to work as well as you did. i cant be arsed just yet.

But aye uTorrent is still king

Didn't take long to assign static IPs to the two laptops on my network, as well as the desktop! Like.. 5 minutes.. it was well worth it!

kj · 20th April 2006, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Pacomari

uTorrent is good if you a leeching piece of crap

Azureus is the daddy for security, seeding configuration and also for running temporary private trackers.

Thankfully we're not leechers

Well, it depends on how you use the term, the generic term for those that download is leecher right?

I'll try and set up the static ips tonight and see if i can get it sorted.

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Afro Joe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,297	i use bitlord, i like that you can choose which files within the torrent to keep and get rid of. i.e. only certain tracks of an album, or getting rid of the useless album covers/readme files. it's served me well for loads of stuff. will try and check out those two programs you are talking about next time i'm home, don't wanna risk getting kicked out of uni by trying it here. Last edited by Afro Joe : 19th March 2006 at 04:08 PM.

19th March 2006, 06:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
~smack Excuse me, who are you? Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,139	uTorrent is great once you set it up correctly. KJ to sort your router, go to www.portforward.com they have step by steps for almost every major router. Another thing to do is make sure you have the latest uTorrent and enable 'packet encryption', this will speed things up if anyone you're connected to or your ISPs use packet shaping on BT. Last edited by ~smack : 19th March 2006 at 08:15 PM.

19th March 2006, 06:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 14,145 Band: A band of merry men	Thanks mate. i'll give it a go __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

19th March 2006, 03:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,722 Band: Carbon	Installed it this morning to have a look. I tried downloading a Harry potter torrent using uTorrent and nothing left it for 30 minutes, nothing.. Put the same torrent into BitComet and after 3.5 hours I'm 97% of a 4.5GB DVD rip done. I find BitComet is really good.

19th March 2006, 05:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
DrunkWookie Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Under a bridge in Kirkton Posts: 296	KJ Azureus is worth a look i know loads of people who use it all u need to do is make sure u have java installed and port open and ur sorted, has loads of options and has loads of plugins to help aswell.

20th March 2006, 03:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
cragdoo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Fifer , born and bred Posts: 30 Band: -	Azureus is such a resource hog, utorrent uses a fraction of that utorrent also let's you specify which 'files' to download etc only downside to utorrent is it doesn't have a similar feature to Azureus's 'Safepeer'

19th April 2006, 06:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 14,145 Band: A band of merry men	i'm going to need to assign static ips to all 3 machines to get this to work as well as you did. i cant be arsed just yet. But aye uTorrent is still king __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

20th April 2006, 12:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
Pacomari Banned Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: glasgow. Posts: 751	uTorrent is good if you a leeching piece of crap Azureus is the daddy for security, seeding configuration and also for running temporary private trackers.