Using the PC tracker

[gav]

Sorry but I am very new to using bittorrent, but I want to get ready for the Dec 20th show being on the tracker!

I'm trying to download/upload athe Baltimore show now to get some practice in, but my d'load speed is about 10kbs and my upload speed about 4kbs.

I know I'm new to this and I've read that my speeds should increase but I wanted to ask a couple of qus:

1) what is a good or average d/load speed?
2) how canI increase my d'load speed?

Thanks

[patcooper]

what torrent client are you using to download on?
i see that baltimore has 6 seeds. and 3 peers. you've only been downloading for 45 minutes.
that torrent is almost 8gb so give it time. the more seeds the faster the download.

[Blackrose]

1) what is a good or average d/load speed?

Depends on your line speed? I have a 512/128 ADSL connection and my max is about 52kBps down and 13 kBps up.
What is your line speed?

2) how canI increase my d'load speed?

Depends on which client you are using, I recommend ?Torrent http://www.utorrent.com/
Turn off DHT if it is enabled this will only slow it down.
Set your upload limit to about 80% of your max upload speed.
Forward the ports if you are behind a router or similair device.

[Nightfall]

personally i think you should better worry about your bad upload speed then the downloadspeed. put your DOWNloadspeed around 75% and UPloadspeed to MAX..that way you can easily keep a healthy SHAREratio and you won't be kicked for leeching.


gr @

**edit** and why do newbies ALWAYS jump on old torrents??

[kaasupoltin]

**edit** and why do newbies ALWAYS jump on old torrents??

It's a mystery! But it keeps happening all the time really.. but I think there's nothing wrong with it though.

[Nightfall]

yes it is...they ruin their ratio's and get booted for that.