Re: [tlug] Bittorrent on Debian: Newbie stuff

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

I'm probably telling you stuff you already know, but since nobody with
more handson experience has replied, here you go.

>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com> writes:

    Charles> I'm a BitTorrent newbie, and although I did succeed in
    Charles> downloading a few seasons of the Sopranos at occasionally
    Charles> good speeds, with other files, I get stuck with extremely
    Charles> slow download speeds most of the time.

The BitTorrent protocol "wants" you to upload as fast as you download.
One thing that can definitely go wrong is ADSL (the "A" stands for
"uploAd is ***slow***").  A second is if your firewall does not permit
uploads to/from the BitTorrent ports.  I would trust that Guarddog
gets it right if it has BitTorrent ports listed.

Have you tried the Guarddog FAQ?  BitTorrent seems like the kind of
service that would generate lots of them!

A third possibility is that your service comes with a firewall you
didn't ask for and probably don't want. :-/

A last possibility is that the server BitTorrent implementation is
broken, and throttles you even though you're the only one downloading
(ie, there's nobody you *could* upload to).  BitTorrent is really best
for popular downloads, where there are two or more people downloading
"much of the time".

    Charles> I am on a fiber-optic network in my Manshon.

By which you mean FTTH from NTT or something like that?  That would
rule out ADSL issues, but not firewalls or buggy implementations.



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