I can't download dvd iso at good speed using bitorrent Even downloading the cd set is too slow at 1.5 to 3 KBps, though bittorrent client is uploading at 10 to 12 KBps!

Though downloading via ftp is fairly good at 15 to 17 KBps, strange. I thought bittorrent would get me better speed?

Anyone else having similar problems?


Cheers,
Prem

no - curently downloading at 107 kbps using torrent and azureus. i know it doesn't help, i'm just gloating about my new broadband connection!

This issue about Torrents ALWAYS comes up and I'm sick and tired of hearing it. *vent*

Look, the torrents will SPEED UP if you leave it on. Give it 24 hours and you will see. also try opening up ports and that will giveyou a boost. And which BitTorrent client are you using??

I am using Azureus. Even updated to the latest Azureus client yesterday, does not help.

With Azureus, I usually get fairly decent download speed of 12 to 16 KBPs on my 128Kbps connection, and upload at 8 to 12 KBps. Though this time, for Mandrake 10.1 OE download the download speed is not worth using bittorrent.

As for ports, all Azureus settings are at default, and I am not blocking Azureus from using any ports.

I am not sure if Azureus is really that good a bittorrent client, as this has happened couple of times in past. and to top it all once in a while, after the download completes, I find the md5 of the iso file does not match! and I have to re-download the iso file. I thought Azureus ( or any bittorrent client?) would be designed to handle download errors, and refetch the bad segments again? So how do I end up with a iso file with wrong md5?

I had moved to bittorrent as I liked the concept but with speed and damanged iso files problems, even if they are rare, I think I will move back to downloading via ftp for a while.

I cant figure out why major distros like Mandrake or Fedora or Knoppix don't support the jigdo download format. Debian does support it. visit : atterer.net/jigdo [ I am a newbie with less then 5 post here so I am not allowed to include urls in my post ) ] For Linux users who download every release of a distro, IMHO, jigdo seems to be the best approach. It does not seems to be in widespread use? Maybe people are not aware about it or I am missing out on its disadvantages?

Perhaps someday some one will combine jigdo and bittorrent concepts for downloading Linxux distros!

Cheers,
Prem

Prem - I can completely endorse your comments re bittorrent on Mandrva. Here I can get about 3KB/s wheras in WinXP I am getting my full bandwidth using microtorrent client. As you say, the upload speed is greater than the down ( a bit odd for ADLSL! )

Micro420 : Yes I have left this system on for 24 hours and the torrent(s) still have not gotten any faster. Do you have any other suggestions or tweaks which could speed it up?

Regards
IK