KTorrent Slow...

[Amichai Rotman]

Thanks much!

I'll check it out when I get back home.


On 1/14/07, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:50:40 +0200
> "Amichai Rotman" <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
>
> > Isn't there something I can do? Like add Trackers? If yes - where do I
> find
> > them? Is it at all related to the problem? Where can I find KTorrent
> > specific guides /HOWTOs?
>
> The principles are the same for any torrent client, as far as I know. You
> will want to adjust some settings along these lines:
>
> * In the ktorrent Preferences (Settings - Configure ktorrent ) , set your
> Maximum upload rate to about 80% (or slightly less) of your upstream
> maximum . Restricting upload slightly will ensure that you don't choke
> yourself by saturating your upload pipe - but keep the upload rate as high
> as you can within that 80% or so .
>
> * Use  non-standard ports - in other words, don't use 6881. Choose
> something in the high range randomly - something like 45678 or 59876 or
> whatever. Make sure you adjust port forwarding accordingly, of course.
> Ktorrent uses a separate UDP port so that needs forwarding too (All this
> assuming UPnP doesn't "work" for you - but personally I just set the port
> forwarding manually)
>
> I don't see an adjustment for "maximum upload slots per torrent" in
> ktorrent. Azureus and several other clients allow this to be adjusted too.
>
> Although some of the advice on the following URL is Azureus-specific,
> reading it will give you a better general overview of torrent settings:
>
> http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Azureus_FAQ
>
> The page has quite a few links, the most useful of which is probably
>
> http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Good_settings
>
> Peter
>
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