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Bittorrent

wingnut299 · 2004-08-04 12:36:25

I am currently getting very low download speeds on anything I download using the experimental bittorrent, I am with iol Broadband and am using a Prestige 645R-A1 Router, Ive heard ports being mentioned in t he past but wouldnt have a clue as to where to start, can anybody help??

04-08-2004 12:36pm

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wingnut299

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I am currently getting very low download speeds on anything I download using the experimental bittorrent, I am with iol Broadband and am using a Prestige 645R-A1 Router, Ive heard ports being mentioned in t he past but wouldnt have a clue as to where to start, can anybody help??

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#2 04-08-2004 3:34pm

netman

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Bittorrent uses ports in the 6881-6889 range, and ISP's usually assign low priority to traffic on these ports.

You can change your port range in bittorrent, for example:
btdownloadgui.exe --minport 40000 --maxport 45000 --responsefile mystuff.torrent

It might help, but you might find out that the people sharing the file you're trying to download simply don't have enough bandwidth.

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#3 04-08-2004 7:32pm

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http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

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