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Re: [LUG] Bittorent?

 

Do you get good speeds?! I've tried this in the past and whatever I do
I always seem to get 10-20kbps max - which is frustrating!

Well, I'll check I'm setting up port forwarding etc properly soon and
follow your advice - thanks everyone :D

Jon

On 20/03/07, Mark Jose <kernowyon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Monday 19 March 2007 10:14, Jonathan Roberts wrote:
> > Any one ever had any luck with torrents and Pipex?! Tried everything
> > and don't seem to get anywhere...
> >
> > Jon
>
> 2 things - RC4 encryption enabled and don't use the default port (6881).
> Pick a nice high port e.g 40000+ and ensure you have encryption enabled. If
> using Azureus for example, the option is found in
> Tools>Options>Connection>Transport Encryption.
> I find the connection will still work fine if you also tick the allow
> unencrypted connections boxes (not present in Ktorrent) - that seems to
> increase the number of available peers I find.
>
> Mark
>
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