Re: help with rtorrent
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 09:50:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:35:24 -0400
> Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> 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.
> > 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.
-Rob
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