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grubbymitts · 23-01-2006, 10:54

torrents are, alas, always going to have speed problems - it is the nature of the thing. A little hint is to find your IP address (using the connection link above should do it) and then find the preferences and enter the IP in the "bind my IP" box or something similar. That used to work for me.

Also only do one torrent at a time and set your upload speed to 10k/s.

I don't use torrents anymore, but hope that helps.

And really, get yourself a decent firewall - the one that comes with windows isn't that great and, using torrents, you are advertising your IP address to all and sundry who look at the tracker and inviting hundreds of people you don't know onto your machine.

23-01-2006, 10:54	#5
grubbymitts Inactive Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 544	Re: Bittorent Speed problems torrents are, alas, always going to have speed problems - it is the nature of the thing. A little hint is to find your IP address (using the connection link above should do it) and then find the preferences and enter the IP in the "bind my IP" box or something similar. That used to work for me. Also only do one torrent at a time and set your upload speed to 10k/s. I don't use torrents anymore, but hope that helps. And really, get yourself a decent firewall - the one that comes with windows isn't that great and, using torrents, you are advertising your IP address to all and sundry who look at the tracker and inviting hundreds of people you don't know onto your machine.