On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 06:19:58 -0400 Rob Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 09:50:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:35:24 -0400 > > Rob Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > > > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward TCP 6890-6999 to > > > my bittorrent machine, per my .rtorrent.rc file. > > > > The best way to check that the ports are actually accessible from the > > 'net is to do an external port scan. You can do it yourself if you > > have access to an external machine; if not, try an online portscanner, > > e.g.: > > > > http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2 > > > nmap from an outside machine shows port 6948 as the only port open in > the range of 6890-6999.
Do you have rtorrent configured to open ports randomly? > > > So far I've downloaded 485 MB and uploaded only 9 MB. Did I do > > > something wrong, or is that normal? > > > > Can't know without details of this particular swarm; could be either. > > If almost everyone else already has the thing, there won't be anyone to > > upload to. Check how many peers there are in the swarm, and what are > > their completion percentages. > > > Now, about 8 hours or so later, it shows I've uploaded 130 MB. So I > guess it's working. I was just surprised at the light upload rate. Not necessarily. Even when you have no inbound connectivity, you'll still upload to clients to whom you've initiated the connection. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
