OT: BitTorrent seeds | | On 2007-05-23 15:05:25 +0100, Chris F <chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com> said:
> On Wed, 23 May 2007 14:34:08 +0100, Zomoniac
> <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How do I get more seedage? I've got everything set up fine, ports are
>> open on router, it's downloading at a paltry 30k on an 8MB fastish
>> connection (get HTTP downloads at 700-800k), which I'm putting down to
>> the fact that I'm picking up from one seed, occasionally 2, out of an
>> available 588. It's been going for over an hour. What am I doing wrong?
>> Same thing happens with Azureus (what I'm currently using), uTorrent
>> and Acquisition.
>
> yes, but how many leechers are there? the tracker will limit/assign
> connections to try and stop the data received being a garbled mess
> made up of hundreds of little pieces from loads of seeds.
>
> if you're the lone leecher, then i'd imagine something weird's going
> on, but in my experience, the more leechers there are, the fewer seeds
> you'll connect to.
Current status on Azureus:
Seeds - 1 (616)
Peers - 48 (29)
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