Re: help with rtorrent
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 06:19:58 -0400
Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> wrote:
> 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.
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
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