When using torrents I rely on windows firewall to keep me safe and secure but when I do bit tornado keeps it status as "Yellow". I have tried various things, I have checked to make sure that the actual ports on the client are right and they are, windows firewall doesn't seem to be blocking it at all...its pissing me off majorly!

It means that it can take days to get something that would only take a few hours, for example i'm currently downloading a file that is 484.44mb and its going to take approx 8 an half hours. It has 1 seed and 1 peer and downloading at 14kb/s. I'm on Broadband Size: L with virgin which is upto 4mb and no download limits so it shouldnt be taking that long really to get an 18 track album!

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People on the net at various sites have told others with the same problem to change various things in their router but I dont really wanna mess with stuff in there incase i screw it up and the missus cant get online.....so can people help me get this sorted?


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Try using uTorrent, works for me.

I had to configure my router to allow for incoming and outgoing connections (called TCP and UDP)

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Not sure how to allow that thing in my router....

Whats the make of your router?

I wouldn't trust Windows Firewall, I would go with Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite.

A couple of points - if there's only one person seeding the file you're downloading, then you're going to be limited to how fast they are able to upload from their end.

Also, re: Virgin - you say no download limits - you do realise that your connection is traffic managed between 4pm and midnight if you go over the extremely meagre maximum download limit they've set? This could be partially accounting for your slow speeds

For one seeder/peer,that sounds almost correct.
Torrents are a risky prospect on a pc,I use a mac & have still been at least frozen & had to re-start.
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I have to agree with everyone so far mate - one seeder is going to be terribly slow - and to be honest, I don't think it's anything to do with your network setup. Here is a tip for you - most bittorrent files are best to download in the early hours of the morning - up until about 12 noon (ish) our time. Most seeders are in the US, and so by using your Bittorrent client in the early hours, you might find files downloading far quicker. I use uTorrent - one of the best clients out there - give that a try - you might get better results.

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Since moving to uTorrent the seeds have disappeared, there was 4 of em.

Have you still got your old torrent client - give that a try again.

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I've sent you an e-mail instead - so we communicate via e-mail on this further if you wish mate - no worries.

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