Any good Torrent programs to use?

benw1981 · Aug 26, 2006, 07:48 AM

i dont no if im using a good torrent program or not.

Im using Utorrent at the mo it was working good and now its just slow and i cant seem to get lots of seeds on it either i did use azures wasnt a big fan on that so does any1 know of any better ones than utorrent?

thankx

Al_Vampyre · Aug 26, 2006, 09:23 AM

utorrent is actually pretty good, i've used Azureus for years though, not gonna change anytime soon.

Lack of seeds could be for a hundred different reasons and is more likely to be something to do with the network or your setup to be honest

dipstick · Aug 26, 2006, 05:17 PM

Azureus and uTorrent are the two best out right now and I give the edge to uTorrent for its low resource usage/overall speed. Like Al_Vampyre said slow speeds could be for a number of reasons and I doubt its becuase of the app itself.

Edit- If you are behind a router or firewall you can increase overall speeds by making yourself connectable. Make sure you have set a port in the app and that you have that same port open in your router/firewall settings(use a port in the 45000-55000 range)

riles9262 · Aug 26, 2006, 06:16 PM

utorrent is the best imo. Not connecting to seeds will not be the app's fault. Check out the utorrent forums and there are a few faq's of things to try to improve things.

benw1981 · Aug 27, 2006, 01:00 AM

thankx for that yeah i am behind a router and i have read some stuff on forums and they said that the ports that utorrent use r from 6884 - 6890 or somewhere around that area. so i put that in there as well as utorrent. but the d/l speed is still under 10kb/s it used to be about 20kb/s but no faster than that so any help d/l faster would be great as my asdl d/l should b at 1.5mb/s.

cheers

dipstick · Aug 27, 2006, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by benw1981

thankx for that yeah i am behind a router and i have read some stuff on forums and they said that the ports that utorrent use r from 6884 - 6890 or somewhere around that area. so i put that in there as well as utorrent. but the d/l speed is still under 10kb/s it used to be about 20kb/s but no faster than that so any help d/l faster would be great as my asdl d/l should b at 1.5mb/s.

cheers

You should specify a port in the range I mentioned above due to some ISP's throttling the popular ones, like the ones you mentioned. But you have to understand that with BT your speed will only be as fast as the generosity of the guy sharing to you. There can be 100 seeds but if they all upload at 5kb your download will suck as others in line will share that too. It would be best to try out a few torrents from different places and see if things pick up. I'm on a 20mbit line and still I download many things at only 10-20kb...

Erroneus · Aug 27, 2006, 11:28 AM

Also alot of trackers are banning standard torrent ports, so pick a range high up.

Asmodeus · Aug 27, 2006, 03:50 PM

I been using bitcomet anyone got any info on that? Should I change to Utorrent?

Erroneus · Aug 27, 2006, 04:02 PM

Alot of trackers (mostly private) are banning bitcomet, something about it doesn't respect when a tracker has a privat flag set.

Dont know if they fixed it though.

riles9262 · Aug 27, 2006, 07:57 PM

Do try a port in the higher range (I use 49990-49999), forward that range in your router, and make sure that that protocol encryption and allow incoming latency connections, peer exchange are all enabled in utorrent's 'bittorrent' options.

Partizan · Aug 27, 2006, 11:21 PM

I can also recommend uTorrent. Small, simple, reliable and robust

Regards, Partizan

kn00tcn · Sep 7, 2006, 07:19 PM

dont forget the cable ISP's throttling (i use dsl+utorrent)

Aug 26, 2006, 07:48 AM	#1
benw1981 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 108 Rep Power: 0	Any good Torrent programs to use? i dont no if im using a good torrent program or not. Im using Utorrent at the mo it was working good and now its just slow and i cant seem to get lots of seeds on it either i did use azures wasnt a big fan on that so does any1 know of any better ones than utorrent? thankx

Aug 26, 2006, 09:23 AM	#2
Al_Vampyre HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	utorrent is actually pretty good, i've used Azureus for years though, not gonna change anytime soon. Lack of seeds could be for a hundred different reasons and is more likely to be something to do with the network or your setup to be honest __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland Rugby Team 2009 Grand Slam winning Captain.

Aug 26, 2006, 06:16 PM	#4
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	utorrent is the best imo. Not connecting to seeds will not be the app's fault. Check out the utorrent forums and there are a few faq's of things to try to improve things. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Aug 27, 2006, 11:28 AM	#7
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,415 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Also alot of trackers are banning standard torrent ports, so pick a range high up. __________________

Aug 27, 2006, 04:02 PM	#9
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,415 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Alot of trackers (mostly private) are banning bitcomet, something about it doesn't respect when a tracker has a privat flag set. Dont know if they fixed it though. __________________

Aug 26, 2006, 05:17 PM	#3
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Azureus and uTorrent are the two best out right now and I give the edge to uTorrent for its low resource usage/overall speed. Like Al_Vampyre said slow speeds could be for a number of reasons and I doubt its becuase of the app itself. Edit- If you are behind a router or firewall you can increase overall speeds by making yourself connectable. Make sure you have set a port in the app and that you have that same port open in your router/firewall settings(use a port in the 45000-55000 range)

Aug 27, 2006, 01:00 AM	Thread Starter #5
benw1981 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 108 Rep Power: 0	thankx for that yeah i am behind a router and i have read some stuff on forums and they said that the ports that utorrent use r from 6884 - 6890 or somewhere around that area. so i put that in there as well as utorrent. but the d/l speed is still under 10kb/s it used to be about 20kb/s but no faster than that so any help d/l faster would be great as my asdl d/l should b at 1.5mb/s. cheers

Aug 27, 2006, 03:50 PM	#8
Asmodeus DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Altoona, PA Posts: 187 Rep Power: 0	I been using bitcomet anyone got any info on that? Should I change to Utorrent?

Aug 27, 2006, 07:57 PM	#10
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Do try a port in the higher range (I use 49990-49999), forward that range in your router, and make sure that that protocol encryption and allow incoming latency connections, peer exchange are all enabled in utorrent's 'bittorrent' options. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Aug 27, 2006, 11:21 PM	#11
Partizan Fun loving criminal Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Slovenia Posts: 1,182 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	I can also recommend uTorrent. Small, simple, reliable and robust Regards, Partizan __________________ Live and let live!

Sep 7, 2006, 07:19 PM	#12
kn00tcn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 649 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	dont forget the cable ISP's throttling (i use dsl+utorrent) __________________ http://www.kn00tcn.net/site/ati-catalyst-profiles/ http://www.kn00tcn.net/FPSLimiter.rar