On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 09:50:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:35:24 -0400 > Rob Owens <row...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101103101958.ga27...@aurora.owens.net
