Thread: uTorrent ups and downs

Originally Posted by benbaaa

OK here's my new results following your instructions (Paris and Haag not listed, so I picked some places nearby).

Yes I see that they have changed the speed test servers in Europe since I last tested but those you used are ok. It is never exact but gives you a pretty good idea of local and international connectivity.
You are either on a 1536/512 or a 2048/512 connection, I would have expected a bit higher than 1323 to Bkk if it is a 2048. ~1800 would be more normal.
But it can be due to a noisy phone line or ISP traffic congestiion..

Do the same tests today and tomorrow and look for differences.

Originally Posted by lom

Do the same tests today and tomorrow and look for differences.

ok.

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Originally Posted by CharleyFarley

PP you haven't got a green light on the bottom next to your download total, nd having downed 35 Gig it is about time you reloaded µtorrent, as it can get its' knickers in a twist after running so long

Interesting. I've never had a green light there but it works all the same.

Is your port forwarded? I don't know the reason that's needed but once done it'll work better. Click on the green blob or yellow triangle, then on the new box click 'Test if port is forwarded properly'.

Mine periodically gets cranky till I port forward again, then seems to run along fine.

Did what you suggested and it said it wasn't connected properly.

Checking port 49886 on 118.172.72.201...

Error! Port 49886 does not appear to be open.

So I changed the port with the random port thing. Same message. I've now used 5 different ports and get the same message every time.

But its still downloading between 6kbs and 40kbs depending on the way it's feeling.

Originally Posted by baldrick

does the telephone line plug into the ZyXEL ?
do you get the green light(tick) in utorrent at the moment ?

Yes, and yes.

I just looked at the Windows fire wall settings. The "don't allow exceptions button was ticked. I un-ticked it and the utorrent thingy turned green!

Dloading is still fluctuating like mad twixt 6 and 30 though.

^But still you've got a green light on the status line.. (the picture in your OP)

my ports are always forwarded correctly with azureus.

Originally Posted by lom

^But still you've got a green light on the status line.. (the picture in your OP)

Yes, green light.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

my ports are always forwarded correctly with azureus.

I'm going to shove your ubuntu so far up your azureus one of these days...

just saying like.

Go round his house and sort him out then.

I believe in spite of it's size, azureus is the superior torrent client.

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Checking port 49886 on 118.172.72.201... Error! Port 49886 does not appear to be open.

you need to either use UPnP or forward a port to the computer running bittorrent.

normally to port forward you need to have a static IP on the computer you are forwarding to. Though you can set up a permanent lease time on the DHCP server ( running in your router/modem ) to hand out the same IP to the same MAC/ computer each time.

portforward.com will have the instructions on how to port forward on your router/modem.

port forwarding is used because your modem/router is the device which actually has the internet connection and the internet addressable IP ( it is normally dynamically assigned by you ISP and normally changes every 24 hours or so when your ISP disconnects/reconnects you ).
the modem/router TCP/IP stack has 65536 ports that it can listen to at that external IP address but it normally will not accept requests from outside to connect to them unless a connection has been innitiated from inside. So for an application on computers running on the inside , like bittorrent which you would like to be able to allow to be connected to you need to port forward a port ( or range of ports ) from the external IP address to the computer on the inside. take note that port numbers 0-1024 are the default ports from many programs so it is best to stick with 1025-65535 unless you know what you are doing.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

I believe in spite of it's size, azureus is the superior torrent client.

and in spite of your size you are the biggest tosser

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

azureus is the superior torrent client

It doesn't up or download significantly better than uTorrent.
But the information and statistics you get from it is not to be found in any of the
other clients.

Originally Posted by lom

It doesn't up or download significantly better than uTorrent.

in my experience, it does.

doesn't

in my experience, it most certainly does.

it's much more stable and you don't get all this port forwarding poo.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

in my experience, it does.

ok, but that is only because you have not configured the other client properly.
Azureus can be a bit more foregiving and has in my opinion a much better working uPnP port forwarding than the others. So it is more suitable for noobs

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Did what you suggested and it said it wasn't connected properly.

Checking port 49886 on 118.172.72.201...

Error! Port 49886 does not appear to be open.

So I changed the port with the random port thing. Same message. I've now used 5 different ports and get the same message every time.

But its still downloading between 6kbs and 40kbs depending on the way it's feeling.

I don't know the reasons behind anything, just do as I'm told and it seems to work that way...under preferences/connection leave 'randomize port each start' unchecked, because for some reason you should have the same port open for whatever.

On the browser screen that tells you your ports are not forwarded properly, click on the link that takes you to 'port forward' and from there it looks complicated but it will take you step by step through the process.

Good luck, hope it works.

Originally Posted by keda

On the browser screen that tells you your ports are not forwarded properly, click on the link that takes you to 'port forward' and from there it looks complicated but it will take you step by step through the process.

what an awful ballsache.

Originally Posted by keda

I don't know the reasons behind anything, just do as I'm told and it seems to work that way...under preferences/connection leave 'randomize port each start' unchecked, because for some reason you should have the same port open for whatever. On the browser screen that tells you your ports are not forwarded properly, click on the link that takes you to 'port forward' and from there it looks complicated but it will take you step by step through the process. Good luck, hope it works.

Cheers for that. Running fine now.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

what an awful ballsache.

Try massage. Works for me.