Torrent download speed help!

[GazC]

i tried bittorrent
i tried deluge
no matter what i change in both programs preferences, cache, upload speed, port forwarding, and all that jive, i only get connection speed of 1.1 mb/s.
i have 20meg download from virgin, and i receive 18 meg download (speedtest.net)
so where is my other 17 meg download???
i read somewhere that my ISP connection speed is measured in megaBITS rather than megaBYTES, which leads me to think i should get 18meg down, but i would only get 1.8 meg down?? is this right?

You're confusing bits and bytes mate as you thought. Although your download speed might be sold as 20 meg depending on this distance between your house and the telephone exchange you might get a lot less, by getting 18 meg you're doing well.

If you divide that 18Mb by 8 you get the bytes, so 2.25MB is theoretically the fastest you can download. If you're using anything other than the master phone socket that gets reduced further, if you're using wifi it gets reduced further still.

Try using a wired connection into the master phone socket, if your speeds are still around 1.1MB/s you could ask Virgin customer support to look at your noise margin and line attenuation.

yeah, even when connected to the ethernet cable i still top out at 1.1mb/s
the modem is fed by a wie from the same box as the TV and does not touch a phone socket (Virgin Cable Modem i guess)
i may ring them on monday and see what they say, but to be fair, i cant complain about not being able to steal stuff fast enough can i!!!

Ignore what I said about line attenuation and noise margins in that case then mate, I didn't realise you were on Virgin Cable. Virgin are notorious for traffic shaping/management, I don't think there's a way around it other than to find an FTP server or use a private tracker.

 

[LongLang]

You're confusing bits and bytes mate as you thought. Although your download speed might be sold as 20 meg depending on this distance between your house and the telephone exchange you might get a lot less, by getting 18 meg you're doing well.

If you divide that 18Mb by 8 you get the bytes, so 2.25MB is theoretically the fastest you can download. If you're using anything other than the master phone socket that gets reduced further, if you're using wifi it gets reduced further still.

Try using a wired connection into the master phone socket, if your speeds are still around 1.1MB/s you could ask Virgin customer support to look at your noise margin and line attenuation.

yeah, even when connected to the ethernet cable i still top out at 1.1mb/s
the modem is fed by a wie from the same box as the TV and does not touch a phone socket (Virgin Cable Modem i guess)
i may ring them on monday and see what they say, but to be fair, i cant complain about not being able to steal stuff fast enough can i!!!

Ignore what I said about line attenuation and noise margins in that case then mate, I didn't realise you were on Virgin Cable. Virgin are notorious for traffic shaping/management, I don't think there's a way around it other than to find an FTP server or use a private tracker.

cheers dude

 

[Challenger1978]

Peerguardian and such are just rubbish.

you could give peerblock a try its not very good

Hmm did I say it was brilliant ?

I have used Deluge for years challenger and it handles cache better than any other client.

Are we really going to have a pissing contest about clients as its all down to personal preference ? I've used them all I prefer microtorrent as it used to use less system resource than any other torrent client hence the name micro torrent.

The half open tcp patch does not work on 7, only the beta.

I wouldn't know I'm still using vista.

The links you privide like vcdq are not scene sites, vcdq and rlslog index p2p also.

I'm not sure you know what your talking about regarding scene and p2p tbh.

For checking a scene release you use doopes.com or <a class="postlink" href="https://pre.corrupt-net.org/live.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://pre.corrupt-net.org/live.php</a> or join corrupt irc.

Or you can run a scene ftp with a good prebot ;)

Basically what im saying is your post is innacurate at best

Yeah OK what ever you say all those links I provided are a complete waste of time. They're also not a good place for a noob to start out with. What the fuck do I know I've only been at this the best part of 20 years and can get anything my heart desires fast as fuck.

 

[TCIB]

With regards to "wtf do i know", well you say where i posted was not a good place to start. On corrupt irc there are many helpful guys who help noobs all the time.
So really it is a decent place to start learning about torrents.

I have been a scene group member encoding those movies you download back in the vcd/divx times. I am a scene ftp owner and was supplier to the fastest and best site ever to exist (ScT).
I have owned private torrent trackers and coded them. Those are my credentials in this area.
Alas i did it for fun and went back to scene only.


I understand you may have an SCC account or DH or similar that does not make you some filesharing god who seems to get upity about being corrected.

I did not say the linksyou posted were a complete waste of time, don't be so sensitive, i said you described them wrong.

Edit:: Any LEA reading this don't bother trying to ask me for scene axx :)

Many people can get stuff "fast as fuck" now, albeit not as fast as me :p since the releases race to my servers before the net. As a filesharing enthusiast of 20 years i'm sure you know how that works :)

I was also not getting into a pissing contest about clients, you were the one to slate ones i mentioned, i merely explained you were wrong.

 

[didactic]

TCIB while I have you mate which is the best torrent search engine for hard to find stuff please?.

 

[TCIB]

Hi bud,

For hard to find stuff i would suggest using <a class="postlink" href="https://pre.corrupt-net.org/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://pre.corrupt-net.org/index.php</a>
this will index scene releases for you bud :)

I am not sure if they allow signups atm but demonoid is good for very old or rare stuff also.

If you like pm me and ill find the file you need :)

<a class="postlink" href="http://doopes.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://doopes.com/</a> is also similar to corrupt.

 

[didactic]

Hi bud,

For hard to find stuff i would suggest using <a class="postlink" href="https://pre.corrupt-net.org/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://pre.corrupt-net.org/index.php</a>
this will index scene releases for you bud :)

I am not sure if they allow signups atm but demonoid is good for very old or rare stuff also.

If you like pm me and ill find the file you need :)

<a class="postlink" href="http://doopes.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://doopes.com/</a> is also similar to corrupt.

Cheers if I have any issues will give you a shout.

Enjoy the game.

 

[TCIB]

Sure thing, cheers :)

You to, COME ON CITY

 

[Challenger1978]

With regards to "wtf do i know", well you say where i posted was not a good place to start. On corrupt irc there are many helpful guys who help noobs all the time.
So really it is a decent place to start learning about torrents.

wtf do i know comment was in regard to this post by you, it was sarcasm.

The links you privide like vcdq are not scene sites, vcdq and rlslog index p2p also.

I'm not sure you know what your talking about regarding scene and p2p tbh.

I have been a scene group member encoding those movies you download back in the vcd/divx times. I am a scene ftp owner and was supplier to the fastest and best site ever to exist (ScT).
I have owned private torrent trackers and coded them. Those are my credentials in this area.
Alas i did it for fun and went back to scene only.

Firstly for your own sake you might want to delete that as the Police really do monitor bluemoon. As for the encoding part well I know my way around dvd decrypt (still very usefull to this day all these years latter), dvdshrink, autogk, Gordian knot, dvdsanta, Virtualdub, nandub, TMPGEnc, DVDFab Alcohol 120% and Daemon tools. I could tell you a shit load more but again the Police really do monitor bluemoon (lol I'm not paranoid honest)

I understand you may have an SCC account or DH or similar that does not make you some filesharing god who seems to get upity about being corrected.

SCC ??? DH ??? are those torrent sites. If so I'm not a member i gave up on private sites a long time ago when elite torrents and Aradi tracker went under and Paramount pictures tried to sue me. I am still a member of a demonoid which is a shadow of its former self and a super secret particle physics website (think matrix) ;-) ;-) which I rarely visit any more as I've sort of retired from that sort of thing.

I did not say the linksyou posted were a complete waste of time, don't be so sensitive, i said you described them wrong.

I described them perfectly well for a noob you're the one that got really anal though about it.

I was also not getting into a pissing contest about clients, you were the one to slate ones i mentioned, i merely explained you were wrong.

;-) In your opinion.

 

[TCIB]

It's ok regarding fed's if they ask i say im lying :D All my connections for that go through an anon vps.
Besides they get you via tax evasion and my tracker did not even get donations due to this, i ran it all of my own back.
They struggle for convictions for piracy.

Your talking about encoding and mentioning dvdshrink and dvdsanta and such xD

The scene are not allowed to use commercial tools.
The tools you mention besides autogk,vdub,nandub are for the average torrent user (1-click apps) and really not recomended for a quality rip.
There is an app called convertxtodvd now for the average guy who wants to make a playable dvd.
For a 1click it's not bad.

ET split and became ScT and FTN, sithlord aka feeling has retired from running trackers now but you can find him on some ircd's.djGrrr still runs one for music but not really active now.

I just corrected your comment about them indexing scene releases as a user may see something on rlslog and look for it on a scene tracker and then wonder why they cant find it should the rls be p2p.
They are decent indexing sites i agree :)

Never used aradi as it was a bit to open for my liking. Such sites feed of the private trackers which i myself fed with axx so also had no use for it.

Demonoid is great for old rare stuff indeed.

My opinion regarding such issues (clients) is worth listening to as much as if not more than others :)