I tried to setup ktorrent under SUSE10.2 to download the SUSE11.0 developer alpha version. Followed the steps on http://software.opensuse.org/developer. Ktorrent keeps reporting authorization failure on the ip addresses. Is there something else I need to setup? Thanks for any help. -- Russ Linux register user 441463 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, January 23, 2008 12:08 pm, Russ Fineman wrote:
I tried to setup ktorrent under SUSE10.2 to download the SUSE11.0 developer alpha version. Followed the steps on http://software.opensuse.org/developer. Ktorrent keeps reporting authorization failure on the ip addresses. Is there something else I need to setup?
Not that I've *ever* used a torrent file, but I imagine that in KTorrent (which I've never used) or Azureus (which I've never used either) don't need a password to connect to the download location. Are you by chance going through a proxy? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Russ Fineman wrote:
I tried to setup ktorrent under SUSE10.2 to download the SUSE11.0 developer alpha version. Followed the steps on http://software.opensuse.org/developer. Ktorrent keeps reporting authorization failure on the ip addresses. Is there something else I need to setup?
Thanks for any help.
Not that it helps, but I have _never_ been able to get ktorrent to download anything! I've tried too. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I tried to setup ktorrent under SUSE10.2 to download the SUSE11.0 developer alpha version. Followed the steps on http://software.opensuse.org/developer. Ktorrent keeps reporting authorization failure on the ip addresses. Is there something else I need to setup?
Thanks for any help.
What version of KTorrent? Are you behind a firewall? Are you behind a proxy? Have you set up port forwarding in your router and/or firewall for the ports that KTorrent uses? (the defaults are 6881 and UDP 4444)
Not that it helps, but I have _never_ been able to get ktorrent to download anything! I've tried too.
I use KTorrent all the time to download openSUSE images amongst other things. It is my favorite torrent management application. I always get great download rates and almost instant tracker connections... especially for openSUSE iso downloads. The key for me has always been to install the latest version (especially if you are trying to use the old versions provided with the 10.1 or 10.2 DVDs) and forward the two ports in my router and firewalls. As soon as that is done, it works perfectly. (Azureus also works perfectly as long as I set up port forwarding correctly) C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Clayton wrote:
I tried to setup ktorrent under SUSE10.2 to download the SUSE11.0 developer alpha version. Followed the steps on http://software.opensuse.org/developer. Ktorrent keeps reporting authorization failure on the ip addresses. Is there something else I need to setup? Where does it report it and what does it say ?
What version of KTorrent? Are you behind a firewall? Are you behind a proxy? Have you set up port forwarding in your router and/or firewall for the ports that KTorrent uses? (the defaults are 6881 and UDP 4444)
Not that it helps, but I have _never_ been able to get ktorrent to download anything! I've tried too.
I use KTorrent all the time to download openSUSE images amongst other things. It is my favorite torrent management application. I always get great download rates and almost instant tracker connections... especially for openSUSE iso downloads. The key for me has always been to install the latest version (especially if you are trying to use the old versions provided with the 10.1 or 10.2 DVDs) and forward the two ports in my router and firewalls. As soon as that is done, it works perfectly. (Azureus also works perfectly as long as I set up port forwarding correctly) You are basically right, but since some time some ISPs, especially in the USA but elsewhere too, block the default ports of filesharing application, and many also stifle or block their traffic entirely. So choosing different ports can help, using encryption too (KTorrent:Settings:General), and often: changing your ISP.
Kind regards Philippe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
You are basically right, but since some time some ISPs, especially in the USA but elsewhere too, block the default ports of filesharing application, and many also stifle or block their traffic entirely. So choosing different ports can help, using encryption too (KTorrent:Settings:General), and often: changing your ISP.
Ah right... I had forgotten about that. I lasted a whole year living in the USA before I moved on. I never really got to know all the annoyances of traffic shaping and artificial limitations that ISPs there and Canada are notorious for implementing. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 23 January 2008 11:26:45 pm Clayton wrote: ,snip>
I use KTorrent all the time to download openSUSE images amongst other things. It is my favorite torrent management application. I always get great download rates and almost instant tracker connections... especially for openSUSE iso downloads. The key for me has always been to install the latest version (especially if you are trying to use the old versions provided with the 10.1 or 10.2 DVDs) and forward the two ports in my router and firewalls. As soon as that is done, it works perfectly. (Azureus also works perfectly as long as I set up port forwarding correctly)
C. </snip> Thanks it finally finished. Yes I am behind a SUSE firewall and a router also. I'll look into that so next time it may work better.
-- Russ Linux register user 441463 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 23 January 2008 10:31:16 pm David C. Rankin wrote: ,snip>.
Not that it helps, but I have _never_ been able to get ktorrent to download anything! I've tried too.
-- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
</snip> Actually it did finally download the iso I was after, it took about 3.5 hours on a 100mb fiber link (4.2GB){SUSE 11.0 Alpha} after that it went into some mode called seeding, after three hours I cancelled it. Today I will try burning a DVD with the ISO and see if it works. The DVD is only available through Ktorrent at this time. No HTTP or FTP version. It looked like it is checking many servers but only getting chunks from a few of them. Thanks for the response. -- Russ Linux register user 441463 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, January 24, 2008 9:33 am, Russ Fineman wrote:
Actually it did finally download the iso I was after, it took about 3.5 hours on a 100mb fiber link (4.2GB){SUSE 11.0 Alpha}
That's not a bad result.
after that it went into some mode called seeding,
Seeding is how torrents work. You download and you are "leaching". In other words, you have nothing to give back. Once you've downloaded enough chunchks of whatever, then you can both "seed" and "leach". Eventually you have all the chuncks downloaded and you are in "seeding" mode. In other words, you are giving chunks back out. The more seeders then better, therefore files get downloaded faster. I seed opensuse all night usually. YOu can typically configure KTorrent to only use x mb/s of your bandwith, so you're not stuck. I often set my downloads to only allow something really small - like 10 kb/s upload until I'm done then open up the port for full throttle afterwards.
after three hours I cancelled it. Today I will try burning a DVD with the ISO and see if it works. The DVD is only available through Ktorrent at this time. No HTTP or FTP version.
That's how I've seen openSUSE spread the pain of bandwith.
It looked like it is checking many servers but only getting chunks from a few of them.
That's a result of the trackers or clients. Even though KTorrent is "trackerless" it must still check for clients from which to pull chunks. Every peer out there becomes a tracker, which allows KTorrent to see who is seeding the file. It will check multiple trackers, grab chunks from some as it can and ignore others. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 24 January 2008 11:00:22 am PerfectReign wrote:
On Thu, January 24, 2008 9:33 am, Russ Fineman wrote:
Actually it did finally download the iso I was after, it took about 3.5 hours on a 100mb fiber link (4.2GB){SUSE 11.0 Alpha}
That's not a bad result.
after that it went into some mode called seeding,
Seeding is how torrents work. You download and you are "leaching". In other words, you have nothing to give back.
Once you've downloaded enough chunchks of whatever, then you can both "seed" and "leach". Eventually you have all the chuncks downloaded and you are in "seeding" mode. In other words, you are giving chunks back out.
The more seeders then better, therefore files get downloaded faster.
I seed opensuse all night usually.
YOu can typically configure KTorrent to only use x mb/s of your bandwith, so you're not stuck. I often set my downloads to only allow something really small - like 10 kb/s upload until I'm done then open up the port for full throttle afterwards.
after three hours I cancelled it. Today I will try burning a DVD with the ISO and see if it works. The DVD is only available through Ktorrent at this time. No HTTP or FTP version.
That's how I've seen openSUSE spread the pain of bandwith.
It looked like it is checking many servers but only getting chunks from a few of them.
That's a result of the trackers or clients. Even though KTorrent is "trackerless" it must still check for clients from which to pull chunks. Every peer out there becomes a tracker, which allows KTorrent to see who is seeding the file. It will check multiple trackers, grab chunks from some as it can and ignore others. Thanks this explained a lot. I have to go bye some dvd's before I can test the download. The bye count is correct and k3b generated an MD5 checksum. Now I need to find the check sum from the downloaded ISO and see if they agree.
Again thanks for the overview. This is the first time I tried Ktorrent, normally I purchase the Novell DVD so I have a good copy. If this works I'll make my own in the future. -- Russ Linux register user 441463 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, January 23, 2008 10:31 pm, David C. Rankin wrote:
Russ Fineman wrote:
I tried to setup ktorrent under SUSE10.2 to download the SUSE11.0 developer alpha version. Followed the steps on http://software.opensuse.org/developer. Ktorrent keeps reporting authorization failure on the ip addresses. Is there something else I need to setup?
Thanks for any help.
Not that it helps, but I have _never_ been able to get ktorrent to download anything! I've tried too.
Have y'all tried Azureus? Just curious if the issue is KTorrent or the torrent ports. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 PerfectReign wrote: | On Wed, January 23, 2008 10:31 pm, David C. Rankin wrote: |> Russ Fineman wrote: |>> I tried to setup ktorrent under SUSE10.2 to download the SUSE11.0 |>> developer |>> alpha version. Followed the steps on |>> http://software.opensuse.org/developer. |>> Ktorrent keeps reporting authorization failure on the ip addresses. |>> Is there |>> something else I need to setup? |>> |>> Thanks for any help. |>> |> Not that it helps, but I have _never_ been able to get ktorrent to |> download anything! I've tried too. |> | | Have y'all tried Azureus? Just curious if the issue is KTorrent or the | torrent ports. | | | Im sure its a problem with user incorrectly configuring port forwarding or ISP blocking or throttling ports. Ive been using ktorrent as long as I can remember and never had a problem with it. - -- Steve Reilly http://reillyblog.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHmRtG1L48K811Km0RAo/lAJ9JirAaCOH778Q7Ul2zggG005wxYQCg46Og cCkGCFew2ho/vdfdJ2SlakE= =o5PU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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