[wellylug] Bittorrent under Linux

[Roger Young]

Thanks David, I will try some of the alternatives you
mention. I have tried restricting the upload speed
and I get better performance with other utilities
like Firefox, but no improvement in my bittorrent
download speeds.

Cheers,
Roger.

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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:27:33 +1200 (NZST)
David Antliff <david.antliff at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Roger Young wrote:
> > I am approaching madness (or at least a very grumpy state)
> > trying to get decent download speeds with Azureus under Linux.
> 
> I have occasionally used BitTorrent and MLDonkey - both can 'potentially' 
> deliver good speeds, but often they don't.
> 
> Things to bear in mind:
> 
> 0. BitTorrent can be very slow (or even non-functional) if a file is 
> unpopular, because it's only available if it's 'active'. This is when I 
> usually try MLDonkey instead, as (by default) downloaded files remain 
> shared. Popular files are easy to download.
> 
> 1. don't saturate your uplink - limit uploads to *something* lower than 
> your max. 128kbps uplink is approx 15kB/s.
> 
> 2. some programs like MLDonkey have the concept of a 'high' port - this is 
> direct-through-your-firewall port that allows a larger class of 
> connections. I have been told it's not a security issue insomuch as 
> MLDonkey isn't... anyway, it made quite a difference for me.
> 
> 3. accumulate 'credits' - some programs provide better results when you 
> share 'popular' stuff - the more you upload, the more 'credits' you get to 
> download. I really don't know much about how these work.
> 
> 4. some ISPs deliberately restrict P2P to discourage its use. I am with 
> IHUG too however, and I hadn't noticed anything like this.
> 
> -- 
> David.
> 
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