Is bit torrent normally so slow?

Art Fore

4 Jan 2006 4 Jan '06

00:38

I was trying bit torrent (unfortunately windows version) to download some isos at opensuse, but it goes at only 20KB/sec. Downloading with Opera 8.51 on windows, it is going at 300KB/sec. Just curious. Art

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Mark A. Taff

4 Jan 4 Jan

00:54

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On Tuesday 03 January 2006 16:38, Art Fore wrote:

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I was trying bit torrent (unfortunately windows version) to download some isos at opensuse, but it goes at only 20KB/sec. Downloading with Opera 8.51 on windows, it is going at 300KB/sec.

Just curious.

Art

It's been my experience that a fast ftp server beats bit torrent any day of the week. I find bit torrent is good for stuff where there isn't a fast public ftp, or when a normally fast public ftp is being hammered because a new version of linux came out. For example, I have to use bit torrent to get my suse dvd's if I want them the same day they are released. If I wait a day or two for the ftp mirrors to catch up, then I can get it much faster via ftp. Mark

Randall R Schulz

04:35

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Art, On Tuesday 03 January 2006 16:38, Art Fore wrote:

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I was trying bit torrent (unfortunately windows version) to download some isos at opensuse, but it goes at only 20KB/sec. Downloading with Opera 8.51 on windows, it is going at 300KB/sec.

I'm only familiar with Azureus, and from what I can tell, it's a rather sophisticated BitTorrent client, but it can be configured to control the amount of bandwidth used for inbound and outbound traffic. Perhaps you just need to increase the limit your BitTorrent client is imposing, if that's possible.

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Art

Randall Schulz

Kevanf1

16:40

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On 04/01/06, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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Art,

On Tuesday 03 January 2006 16:38, Art Fore wrote:

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I was trying bit torrent (unfortunately windows version) to download some isos at opensuse, but it goes at only 20KB/sec. Downloading with Opera 8.51 on windows, it is going at 300KB/sec.

I'm only familiar with Azureus, and from what I can tell, it's a rather sophisticated BitTorrent client, but it can be configured to control the amount of bandwidth used for inbound and outbound traffic. Perhaps you just need to increase the limit your BitTorrent client is imposing, if that's possible.

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Art

Randall Schulz

I'm afraid I have tried one or two different Bit Torrent clients. All have been painfully slow. I gave up on them when SuSE 10 was going to take 8 weeks to download!!!! I'm on 2mb BB too. I FTP'd it in a few hours. Torrent? What Torrent, they're having a laugh :-))) -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas maybe over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

Randall R Schulz

16:54

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Kevan, On Wednesday 04 January 2006 08:40, Kevanf1 wrote:

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I'm afraid I have tried one or two different Bit Torrent clients. All have been painfully slow. I gave up on them when SuSE 10 was going to take 8 weeks to download!!!! I'm on 2mb BB too. I FTP'd it in a few hours.

Torrent? What Torrent, they're having a laugh :-)))

It is not BitTorrent (the protocol) or the particular client software that are slow, it's just the particular torrent you're trying to receive or, more precisely, the hosts which make it available at the moment, the available or allocated bandwidth they provide and the competition from other receiving BitTorrent clients for that torrent. I've seen very high throughputs (up to the limit of my 6 megabit-per-second inbound DSL link).

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Kevan Farmer

Randall Schulz

wmeler

21:35

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is there a torrent client in SuSE? Tips on which one to use? thanks, wmeler On 1/4/06, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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Kevan,

On Wednesday 04 January 2006 08:40, Kevanf1 wrote:

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I'm afraid I have tried one or two different Bit Torrent clients. All have been painfully slow. I gave up on them when SuSE 10 was going to take 8 weeks to download!!!! I'm on 2mb BB too. I FTP'd it in a few hours.

Torrent? What Torrent, they're having a laugh :-)))

It is not BitTorrent (the protocol) or the particular client software that are slow, it's just the particular torrent you're trying to receive or, more precisely, the hosts which make it available at the moment, the available or allocated bandwidth they provide and the competition from other receiving BitTorrent clients for that torrent.

I've seen very high throughputs (up to the limit of my 6 megabit-per-second inbound DSL link).

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Kevan Farmer

Randall Schulz

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-- Cheers, wmeler

Sunny

21:40

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On 1/4/06, wmeler wrote:

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is there a torrent client in SuSE? Tips on which one to use?

thanks, wmeler

I do prefer azureus. But there is ktorrent, as well as the original (python) bittorrent client + gui. Start Yast/Software management/Search torrent -- -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)

David A. Parker

21:43

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wmeler wrote:

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is there a torrent client in SuSE? Tips on which one to use?

KDE has a built-in client "Ktorrent" (I believe). I've used Azureus for a while now, and I am quite happy with it. - Dave -- Dave Parker Utica College Department of Integrated Information Technology Services

Brad Bourn

22:29

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Azureus FOR SURE! easier than anything, and it just works. VERY impressed with it. B-) On Wednesday 04 January 2006 2:35 pm, wmeler wrote:

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is there a torrent client in SuSE? Tips on which one to use?

thanks, wmeler

On 1/4/06, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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Kevan,

On Wednesday 04 January 2006 08:40, Kevanf1 wrote:

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I'm afraid I have tried one or two different Bit Torrent clients. All have been painfully slow. I gave up on them when SuSE 10 was going to take 8 weeks to download!!!! I'm on 2mb BB too. I FTP'd it in a few hours.

Torrent? What Torrent, they're having a laugh :-)))

It is not BitTorrent (the protocol) or the particular client software that are slow, it's just the particular torrent you're trying to receive or, more precisely, the hosts which make it available at the moment, the available or allocated bandwidth they provide and the competition from other receiving BitTorrent clients for that torrent.

I've seen very high throughputs (up to the limit of my 6 megabit-per-second inbound DSL link).

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Kevan Farmer

Randall Schulz

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-- Cheers, wmeler

Mike McMullin

23:24

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On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 16:35 -0500, wmeler wrote:

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On 1/4/06, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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Kevan,

On Wednesday 04 January 2006 08:40, Kevanf1 wrote:

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I'm afraid I have tried one or two different Bit Torrent clients. All have been painfully slow. I gave up on them when SuSE 10 was going to take 8 weeks to download!!!! I'm on 2mb BB too. I FTP'd it in a few hours.

Torrent? What Torrent, they're having a laugh :-)))

It is not BitTorrent (the protocol) or the particular client software that are slow, it's just the particular torrent you're trying to receive or, more precisely, the hosts which make it available at the moment, the available or allocated bandwidth they provide and the competition from other receiving BitTorrent clients for that torrent.

I've seen very high throughputs (up to the limit of my 6 megabit-per-second inbound DSL link).

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is there a torrent client in SuSE? Tips on which one to use?

thanks, wmeler

KTorrent but it's buggy. the one in KDE 3.5 might be better but the default release candidate that ships has problems.

Clayton

5 Jan 5 Jan

06:43

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It is not BitTorrent (the protocol) or the particular client software that are slow, it's just the particular torrent you're trying to receive or, more precisely, the hosts which make it available at the moment, the available or allocated bandwidth they provide and the competition from other receiving BitTorrent clients for that torrent.

I've seen very high throughputs (up to the limit of my 6 megabit-per-second inbound DSL link).

I have no problems with BitTorrent speeds. I use Azureus, and I've setup port forwarding on my firewall for the ports that Azureus wants to use. I have a 12Mbit BB connection ot the internet, and I regularly see my BitTorrents coming in at a combined speed of 600K/s to 800K/s and even sometimes higher. As was pointed out, your Bit Torrent speeds really depend on several factors, including how many complete copies are available of the file(s) you are downloading. In some cases, BitTorrent is easily faster than what any FTP site can give me... in other cases, the FTP option is a better choice. C.

Art Fore

15:10

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Clayton wrote:

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It is not BitTorrent (the protocol) or the particular client software that are slow, it's just the particular torrent you're trying to receive or, more precisely, the hosts which make it available at the moment, the available or allocated bandwidth they provide and the competition from other receiving BitTorrent clients for that torrent.

I've seen very high throughputs (up to the limit of my 6 megabit-per-second inbound DSL link).

I have no problems with BitTorrent speeds. I use Azureus, and I've setup port forwarding on my firewall for the ports that Azureus wants to use. I have a 12Mbit BB connection ot the internet, and I regularly see my BitTorrents coming in at a combined speed of 600K/s to 800K/s and even sometimes higher.

As was pointed out, your Bit Torrent speeds really depend on several factors, including how many complete copies are available of the file(s) you are downloading. In some cases, BitTorrent is easily faster than what any FTP site can give me... in other cases, the FTP option is a better choice.

C.

I ended up using Opera ftp download. Downloaded 2 GB in about an hour. Bit torrent was saying it would take 2 days to 700 MB. Art

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Art Fore
Brad Bourn
Clayton
David A. Parker
Kevanf1
Mark A. Taff
Mike McMullin
Randall R Schulz
Sunny
wmeler