WTF? Torrent not d/l...

watto · August 8th, 2005, 11:30 AM

Right, so I go off to have dinner, come back and bang. NOTHING. Not a single seeder, not even one measly leecher AND 0B/s, thats like, the speed of nothing!!! i've tried starting and stopping it several times.

What the hell is going on?

Buba · August 8th, 2005, 12:28 PM

Works fine here... Just restart your client or pc...

Buba

watto · August 8th, 2005, 12:40 PM

Done both... Still aint working...

EDIT: BitTorrent is saying Problem connecting to tracker - <urlopen error (60, 'Operation timed out')>

fbc · August 8th, 2005, 12:45 PM

Weird. It was fine for me (seeding now). Have you tried deleting the torrent and downloading a fresh copy of it (i.e. get the torrent off m'nova again)?

watto · August 8th, 2005, 12:49 PM

Just did that, tis not working... I'll try d/l BitTorrent again completely, see if that makes any difference.

Edit: Nope, still nothing... I've checked everything else I can think of on my comp.... Clearly my net connections still works fine...

fbc · August 8th, 2005, 01:59 PM

Do other torrents work?

Buba · August 8th, 2005, 03:36 PM

and check the properties of the .torrent when its in the client. Does it have the tracker info in it?
Could it be because of DHT? Try another client.

Buba

Cruzz563 · August 8th, 2005, 04:34 PM

Yeah, the tracker seems to be down, try a BitComet because it has the DHT that Buba is talking about images/smilies/smile.gif

Buba · August 8th, 2005, 06:37 PM

Yeah, you just have to bubble some stuff out, and voilá you are a tech expert... images/smilies/wink.gif

Buba

CyberMonkey · August 8th, 2005, 08:00 PM

Ah, I am having the same problems now too. I will start googling around about wth "bitcomet" and "dht" might mean images/smilies/smile.gif

Volvo_S70 · August 8th, 2005, 08:09 PM

I've been waiting for my TG for 12 hrs now...its at 86.6% but it doesnt connect to any peers...I use Bit Torrent because I was happy with it but I'll try that BitComet, hopefully that'll solve the problem images/smilies/cry.gif

Edit: OK, it works (it downloads) but it started from 0%...so I have to wait again..

CyberMonkey · August 8th, 2005, 09:30 PM

And it seems to be much slower than bittorrent too...
ah well, tomorrow morning a new episode of TG, good way to wake up images/smilies/smile.gif

Cruzz563 · August 8th, 2005, 09:35 PM

BitComet is pretty fast...and why did you ahve to start over Volvo? You could've resumed that download...

Volvo_S70 · August 8th, 2005, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cruzz563

BitComet is pretty fast...and why did you ahve to start over Volvo? You could've resumed that download...

I did select there "resume" (insted of "download") but it still started from 0%...anyway, in 1 hour it'll be done. images/smilies/smile.gif

CyberMonkey · August 8th, 2005, 11:04 PM

Average download speed: 12 kB/sec images/smilies/wacko.gif

I've uploaded more than downloaded... (I have no problem with sharing but my traffic limit of 10 gig/month is coming closer)

watto · August 8th, 2005, 11:07 PM

Right, well, BitComet only works on PC, I have a Mac...

Thought I'd give Azureus a shot and it's working fine...

I don't understand computer talk, were you saying that the server or something along those lines for BitTorrent was down??

Thanks for the help too, everyone.

Volvo_S70 · August 8th, 2005, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberMonkey

Average download speed: 12 kB/sec images/smilies/wacko.gif

I've uploaded more than downloaded... (I have no problem with sharing but my traffic limit of 10 gig/month is coming closer)

I dont know how it's for others but in my case, I leave the max upload at 12 kbps --> this way (for my DSL connection) I get the fastest download speeds (usually at 70-100 kbps. Right now I have 30 kbps because there arent many seeders). I do think there's a balance between up and download speeds (for me, uploading at 80% of my speed kills my d/l speed so...I guess it takes time untill you find that balance).

CyberMonkey · August 8th, 2005, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volvo_S70

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberMonkey

Average download speed: 12 kB/sec images/smilies/wacko.gif

I've uploaded more than downloaded... (I have no problem with sharing but my traffic limit of 10 gig/month is coming closer)

I dont know how it's for others but in my case, I leave the max upload at 12 kbps --> this way (for my DSL connection) I get the fastest download speeds (usually at 70-100 kbps. Right now I have 30 kbps because there arent many seeders). I do think there's a balance between up and download speeds (for me, uploading at 80% of my speed kills my d/l speed so...I guess it takes time untill you find that balance).

Well, my upload should be enough for 18-20 kB/sec. I hoped that setting the upload higher than for example 12 kb/Sec, would give you some advantage and "higher ranking" which would result in average higher download speeds. This doesn't seem to be the fact, though images/smilies/smile.gif

edit: it's improving now, 30 kb/sec

Buba · August 9th, 2005, 12:02 AM

^^ I guess it does... A bit...

And the thing about setting your upload limit too high killing your download:
When you upload at your limit the "okeydokey, I got that last bit" messages don't come through and there fore the programme wants to transmit the same part of the file again. This slows your download... Unless you use a Traffic shaping DSL driver... (google or wiki that one if you are interested...)

Buba

watto · August 9th, 2005, 12:26 AM

Well, i've fiddled around with the upload limit, used to have it high, but lowered it a bit and now ive got a ~150kb/s download... excellent.

August 8th, 2005, 11:30 AM	#1
watto Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: 08:20 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,354 Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58	WTF? Torrent not d/l... Right, so I go off to have dinner, come back and bang. NOTHING. Not a single seeder, not even one measly leecher AND 0B/s, thats like, the speed of nothing!!! i've tried starting and stopping it several times. What the hell is going on?

August 8th, 2005, 12:28 PM	#2
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: 07:26 AM Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 5,996 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 38	Works fine here... Just restart your client or pc... Buba __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

August 8th, 2005, 01:59 PM	#6
fbc Mantastic! Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 08:35 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,349 Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 77	Do other torrents work? __________________ www.sniffpetrol.com

August 8th, 2005, 03:36 PM	#7
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: 07:26 AM Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 5,996 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 38	and check the properties of the .torrent when its in the client. Does it have the tracker info in it? Could it be because of DHT? Try another client. Buba __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

August 8th, 2005, 04:34 PM	#8
Cruzz563 Cruzz563\|work Joined: Dec 8th, 2003 Last Online: November 16th, 2008 Location: Houston, Texas, The States Age: 24 Posts: 2,657 Rep Power: 25	Yeah, the tracker seems to be down, try a BitComet because it has the DHT that Buba is talking about __________________ In the USA, 100% of the Federal Income Tax Money goes to paying interest on the national deficit, and nothing else. Where's the law that says we have to pay?

August 8th, 2005, 12:40 PM	#3
watto Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: 08:20 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,354 Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58	Done both... Still aint working... EDIT: BitTorrent is saying Problem connecting to tracker - <urlopen error (60, 'Operation timed out')>

August 8th, 2005, 12:45 PM	#4
fbc Mantastic! Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 08:35 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,349 Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 77	Weird. It was fine for me (seeding now). Have you tried deleting the torrent and downloading a fresh copy of it (i.e. get the torrent off m'nova again)?

August 8th, 2005, 12:49 PM	#5
watto Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: 08:20 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,354 Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58	Just did that, tis not working... I'll try d/l BitTorrent again completely, see if that makes any difference. Edit: Nope, still nothing... I've checked everything else I can think of on my comp.... Clearly my net connections still works fine...

August 8th, 2005, 06:37 PM	#9
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: 07:26 AM Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 5,996 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 38	Yeah, you just have to bubble some stuff out, and voilá you are a tech expert... Buba __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

August 8th, 2005, 08:00 PM	#10
CyberMonkey Joined: Jan 22nd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Belgium Age: 22 Posts: 1,659 Rep Power: 23	Ah, I am having the same problems now too. I will start googling around about wth "bitcomet" and "dht" might mean __________________ Arena51 forum

August 8th, 2005, 08:09 PM	#11
Volvo_S70 Joined: Jul 30th, 2005 Last Online: June 12th, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 236 Rep Power: 0	I've been waiting for my TG for 12 hrs now...its at 86.6% but it doesnt connect to any peers...I use Bit Torrent because I was happy with it but I'll try that BitComet, hopefully that'll solve the problem Edit: OK, it works (it downloads) but it started from 0%...so I have to wait again.. __________________

August 8th, 2005, 09:30 PM	#12
CyberMonkey Joined: Jan 22nd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Belgium Age: 22 Posts: 1,659 Rep Power: 23	And it seems to be much slower than bittorrent too... ah well, tomorrow morning a new episode of TG, good way to wake up __________________ Arena51 forum

August 8th, 2005, 09:35 PM	#13
Cruzz563 Cruzz563\|work Joined: Dec 8th, 2003 Last Online: November 16th, 2008 Location: Houston, Texas, The States Age: 24 Posts: 2,657 Rep Power: 25	BitComet is pretty fast...and why did you ahve to start over Volvo? You could've resumed that download... __________________ In the USA, 100% of the Federal Income Tax Money goes to paying interest on the national deficit, and nothing else. Where's the law that says we have to pay?

August 8th, 2005, 11:04 PM	#15
CyberMonkey Joined: Jan 22nd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Belgium Age: 22 Posts: 1,659 Rep Power: 23	Average download speed: 12 kB/sec I've uploaded more than downloaded... (I have no problem with sharing but my traffic limit of 10 gig/month is coming closer) __________________ Arena51 forum

August 8th, 2005, 11:07 PM	#16
watto Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: 08:20 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,354 Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58	Right, well, BitComet only works on PC, I have a Mac... Thought I'd give Azureus a shot and it's working fine... I don't understand computer talk, were you saying that the server or something along those lines for BitTorrent was down?? Thanks for the help too, everyone.

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August 9th, 2005, 12:02 AM	#19
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: 07:26 AM Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 5,996 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 38	^^ I guess it does... A bit... And the thing about setting your upload limit too high killing your download: When you upload at your limit the "okeydokey, I got that last bit" messages don't come through and there fore the programme wants to transmit the same part of the file again. This slows your download... Unless you use a Traffic shaping DSL driver... (google or wiki that one if you are interested...) Buba __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

August 9th, 2005, 12:26 AM	#20
watto Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: 08:20 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,354 Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58	Well, i've fiddled around with the upload limit, used to have it high, but lowered it a bit and now ive got a ~150kb/s download... excellent.

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