Downloading bit torrents? Slow connection?

confused · June 7, 2007, 1:49pm

Re: Downloading bit torrents? Slow connection?

LOL! dunya ro deti hay yar..

khair, regardless what torrent clients and router manufacturer you're gonna use, demarcation router will ALWAYS become slower, and slower, coming to a halt..

the way torrents work is (and i agree on limiting # of connections) the DHT network, along with the tracker, the clients, the connections, everything is remembered.. linksys (non dd-wrt) particularly doesnt like torrents, freezes up EVENTUALLY after how light/heavy torrent you use..

dlink 3 years ago, yes gives me better 'non-headache' for torrents.. cuz it was a crappy-ier 'router' ..

^^ sort of contradictory statement to itself.. but i dunno how else to explain it..

regardless of brands and clients and things in the middle of those two points, i've come up to the following:

. dedicated mapped port on the router

. torrent machine on static address, if dhcp, assigned the same address (dont ask why)

. torrent machine NOT on DMZ settings, properly firewalled, rules properly assigned for the incoming connections, yet discarding hacking attempts, yet allowing connections made by torrent application/that specific port (combination of security and performance)

. connections limited to 40 per torrent, maximum global connection limit of 150, with 4 upload slots per torrent, using additional slots if upping speed dropping below 95% capacity.

. uploading limit of 30k (maximum, on global)

. maximum of torrents: 5, maximum uploads: 2

. use application scheduling whenever possible, focusing towards night times in local zones whenever possible.

. if application allows 'encrypted traffic' , use it. (nothing to do with security).

. hold/pause/stop all torrents, shut application down, reset router every 24 hrs, open application, resume all torrents with 1 minute interval in between the resuming of each...

........ these are just some things i found in extended and extensive usage of running torrents ever since the concept actually came out.. problem actually lies in the WAY torrents concept and sharing works.. throwing bandwidth was only the solution with napster..

i still put my dlink old router time to time in use, but its not the right way to go .. 24 hrs rebooting keeps it a nice speed/steady combination