On 25 May 2010 14:45, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Suvayu Ali wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> Why are the torrents so slow? I usually get download speeds of up to 600 >> Kbps. (both torrent or direct download) But with the 64 bit XFCE torrent >> I'm getting downloads @ ~20Kbps. At times the upload spikes to 90Kbps, >> but I don't mind that as long as it downloads faster. >> >> I can't wait to get my hands on the release and I want to share, hence I >> went with torrents over direct download. :( >> > I have often wondered why there is so little traffic when I'm seeding, so the > answer may be "something isn't right." Possibly the client setup. I usually set > for 200kB seed, and usually only see 20kB average, maybe 100kB in a few 10 sec > slices. > > Maybe someone can provide a hint as to what needs to be tuned. > I am not sure it is some tuning problem on the client side. Because all my other torrents work wonderfully. For example about a month back I downloaded the Mint iso to try it out, and it finished at my usual speed of about 500 - 600 Kbps (despite very few seeders). Where as for the Fedora torrents, it has never been fast, and especially slow today. ID Done Have ETA Up Down Ratio Status Name 40 81% 570.5 MB 1 hrs 0.0 19.0 0.42 Downloading Fedora-13-x86_64-Live-XFCE > -- > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
