downloads ??

[phobia]

hey i guess i dont no if this is the rite place to post its just i didnt no were it was ment to go wot i want to ask is


im new to broadband was just on freeserve anytime dont laugh i no crap 56k lol so i just got freeserve broadband dunno if its good or crap as iv only had it a couple of days i went on to suprnova is it just me or is that site crap i cudnt download anythink with speed maybe its just the site well i did a speed test for my broadband to make sure everythinks ok and got back...

Direction Actual Speed True Speed (estimated)

Downstream 451 Kbps (56.4 KB/sec) 487 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 243 Kbps (30.4 KB/sec) 262 Kbps (inc. overheads)


is that about rite ?? ok so everythink is loads faster gettin on sites and stuff im up for gettin sum stuff and dont no any were for downloads for ( films mp3 dvd'r ps2 ) just wot im after, so iv been checking out all the Torrent Sites u all have posted in an other thread http://www.digital-forums.com/showthread.php?t=198542 but i go on and me download speeds are crap and the upload speeds are like double faster why is this? i see all torrens sites u gotta upload at the same time as download i dont mind helpin ppl out but id still want a get the stuff with speed as why i got the broadband ..and is there not sites out there were i dont have to upload all the time i can just download any help wud be gr8 thankx :thumbs

[Pegasus]

The figures you quote for your speed test are about as good as it gets for a 512k broadband connection.

As regards your download speeds, they will be poor if your upload speed is "maxed out" to the limit as their is no more available bandwith for the ACK packets.
There are other issues to obtaining maximum download speeds of course, including available bandwidth at the server, routing, network congestion, etc.

[lurch]

A good site I found for alsorts of stuff like Music, MP3's, Vidoe's, VCD's program files etc. is www.bearshare.com you don't have to share and you don't have to subscribe.
Give it a go, I have used it alot.

[Q-Buster]

You may not have to subscribe, but isnt Bearshare software full of spyware?

Q-Buster

[philmein]

if your running xp disable the xp firewall. should speed up your torrent downloads.

[GhettoMoose]

I know its been said before, But i can highly reccomend the program ARES, free from google, i ran all spy ware progz and its all clean, i have no traces. and not one fake file yet!!

[BLUTO141]

if your running xp disable the xp firewall. should speed up your torrent downloads.

i would'nt disable the firewall mate, much safer to set port forwarding.
my downloads are now 4 or 5 times faster than before :thumbs

[phobia]

i would'nt disable the firewall mate, much safer to set port forwarding.
my downloads are now 4 or 5 times faster than before :thumbs

yeah wasnt thinkin about taking the firewall of m8 bit nucking futs that lol any chance u cud tell me how to set the ports forwarding plz ?

ps thankx to every one for gettin back to this post help was needed and u all did :thumbs

[phobia]

I know its been said before, But i can highly reccomend the program ARES, free from google, i ran all spy ware progz and its all clean, i have no traces. and not one fake file yet!!

thankx m8 i just dl ARES any chance u can tell me to set the settings at in the control panel plz :thumbs

[BLUTO141]

yeah wasnt thinkin about taking the firewall of m8 bit nucking futs that lol any chance u cud tell me how to set the ports forwarding plz ?

ps thankx to every one for gettin back to this post help was needed and u all did :thumbs

Go to Security Centre, open windows firewall, click exeptions, click add ports, each port needs to be entered one at a time, so first enter port number, torrents seem to like 6881 to 6889, so your first port number would be 6881 then give it a name, i use BT for em all, leave it set on tcp, click on ok, that will take you back to the previous screen next to each new option is a tick box, tick each one click on OK at the bottom,
job done, you hope :thumbs

[BLUTO141]

Go to Security Centre, open windows firewall, click exeptions, click add ports, each port needs to be entered one at a time, so first enter port number, torrents seem to like 6881 to 6889, so your first port number would be 6881 then give it a name, i use BT for em all, leave it set on tcp, click on ok, that will take you back to the previous screen next to each new option is a tick box, tick each one click on OK at the bottom,
job done, you hope :thumbs

SORRY should have mentioned i am using winxp pro and the new sp2 update, it might make a diffrence as to the steps and options you get compaired to the ones i said

[Garngad]

Just 2 points to add.

1/ The spyware that comes with Ares is called NavExcel. (Choose NOT to install when installing Ares)
Run a search and make sure you don't have it.

2/ The normal ports for BitTorrent are 6881 to 6889 (although Azureus only uses 1 port), but quite a few isp's are choking them, so it's normal to pick different ports to keep those speeds up.
A good range to use is any 10 from between 49152 - 65535.

Regards,
Garngad. :thumbs