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 Dec 12 2006, 12:24 AM
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Dec 13 2006, 01:59 PM
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Depending on the torrent client you're using, peers can be the leechers (ones wanting the file), or it can be a combination of leechers & seeders together.
Although a seeder is the one with the complete file (100%), he is still technically a peer, meaning, one you're connected to. But, for the sake of telling the difference between leechers and seeders, it's easy. Remember, they're both technically peers. If you download a torrent and you see that you're connected to 100 peers,,, 30 of them may be actual seeders and the other 70 would be the downloaders/leechers/peers/. uTorrent has an easy way to see the actual seeders you're connected to and the leechers that you're connected to too. As a matter of fact, every torrent client I've used shows the seeders and the leechers independently. So... to sum up the question QUOTE what is the difference between the number of peers you are connecting to and the number of seeds you have? If you're connected to 100 peers, only 30 may be the actual seeders (the one's sharing the torrent), but the other 70 are the leechers (the one's wanting the torrent). -------------------- Walkman
One Man's Opinion "What I didn't know yesterday, I know today, and I'll remember it tomorrow" by Walkman |
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Dec 13 2006, 02:03 PM
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Forum Addict Group: Banned Posts: 1,327 Joined: 18-October 06 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 90,873 |
Depending on the torrent client you're using, peers can be the leechers (ones wanting the file), or it can be a combination of leechers & seeders together.
Although a seeder is the one with the complete file (100%), he is still technically a peer, meaning, one you're connected to. But, for the sake of telling the difference between leechers and seeders, it's easy. Remember, they're both technically peers. If you download a torrent and you see that you're connected to 100 peers,,, 30 of them may be actual seeders and the other 70 would be the downloaders/leechers/peers/. uTorrent has an easy way to see the actual seeders you're connected to and the leechers that you're connected to too. As a matter of fact, every torrent client I've used shows the seeders and the leechers independently. So... to sum up the question QUOTE what is the difference between the number of peers you are connecting to and the number of seeds you have? If you're connected to 100 peers, only 30 may be the actual seeders (the one's sharing the torrent), but the other 70 are the leechers (the one's wanting the torrent). -------------------- Walkman
One Man's Opinion "What I didn't know yesterday, I know today, and I'll remember it tomorrow" by Walkman |
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Dec 13 2006, 07:40 PM
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therefore, is it better to have more seeds or peers? Cuz I realised that when I have no seed but many peers, the download speed is normally very slow, but with many seeds and no peers the download speed is very fast and stable.
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Dec 15 2006, 01:58 AM
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Forum Addict Group: Banned Posts: 1,327 Joined: 18-October 06 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 90,873 |
QUOTE(unloaded @ Dec 13 2006, 06:40 PM)  therefore, is it better to have more seeds or peers? Cuz I realised that when I have no seed but many peers, the download speed is normally very slow, but with many seeds and no peers the download speed is very fast and stable. The reason that happens is that no one is seeding to give to the other peers, but the other peers, have more than you do, so you're getting the parts you need from them, until either.. a. the seeders come online and help complete their downloads (leechers =peers), or b. they(leechers =peers) share with you all they have, but since they have no more to share, the downloads slow down to a stop. To also make this point too.............. Yes, it's best to have more seeders than leechers (both are peers), but, at the same time, if those other leechers have more of that file complete than you do, you WILL want those other leechers in too, because they'll take the strain off of the seeders and that will make your torrents go faster, and everyone else's too. It's sorta like a chain reaction. One leecher or seeder can affect the whole peer group in a positive or a negative way. The only way I know for the most part that will still damper your download speed, and that is your isp speed. That's the main factor for you, even though it's important for everyone else at the same time. And make sure your ports are forwarded correctly. Other than that,,,, it's a waiting game. -------------------- Walkman
One Man's Opinion "What I didn't know yesterday, I know today, and I'll remember it tomorrow" by Walkman |
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Dec 15 2006, 04:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 392 Joined: 3-July 06 Member No.: 74,562 |
thanks for the help man, I learnt alot.
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Dec 15 2006, 01:05 PM
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Forum Addict Group: Banned Posts: 1,327 Joined: 18-October 06 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 90,873 |
You're quite welcome.
-------------------- Walkman
One Man's Opinion "What I didn't know yesterday, I know today, and I'll remember it tomorrow" by Walkman |
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Jan 2 2007, 09:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 392 Joined: 3-July 06 Member No.: 74,562 |
hey, I was wondering how does torrent p2p differ to file sharing p2p, such as Bitcomet(torrent) to Limewire(file sharing), because I found limewire alot more stable than downloading torrents.
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Jan 31 2007, 02:46 AM
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I have currently switched to Bitcomet, it uses alot of cpu resources, however it gives a more stable connection, I went up from 70kb to 150kb with the same torrent file.
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Jul 20 2007, 11:46 AM
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....also remember that between 3pm till about midnight your connection speed will always be bad, i put my torrents up overnight.
also, dont forget to forward ports on your router (switching off the routers internal firewall helps too) |
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Aug 18 2007, 05:51 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 392 Joined: 3-July 06 Member No.: 74,562 |
im having troubles with bitcomet, it always resets its preferences settings. Am i the only one who has this problem?
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Jul 6 2008, 06:03 PM
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HELLO
 Have you ever heard off the Piratebay biggest Torrent site in the world!!!!!...And if you wish to speed up your utorrent just go to youtube search for how to speed up my utorrent . and pick the most viewed one.... Theyl guide you throug it. And to make it really fast go to Portforward.com and do portfowrard on yar ports.  Meself i usally download at 500kb/s and uppload at 400kb/s plus when a really SEADED  Torrent appears DING DING  1000kb/s !!!!!!  |
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Jul 8 2008, 04:02 AM
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I found a neat trick that will speed up download time.
This is to set the upload speed to 10 kb/s. Click on uTorrent's not already running. Click on the 'gear' icon next to the 'RSS feed' icon. Next, click on 'Connection' on the left. Then under 'Global Bandwidth Limiting' and 'Upload' change the 'Maximum upload rate' from '0' to '10'. You will see that the download will go faster and the upload will go slower. Don't do this if you want to seed the torrents though. I don't seed them. Hope this helps
-------------------- pcmaddeanp  |
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