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mugen

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rtorrent always shows zero download

i am trying 2 use rtorrent i have configured according to  wiki guide & optimization as suggested in the link ... but download is always zero where as upload goes 2 some 0.1 kbps ..
any idea wat may be the prob ?...

P.S when i use the same file in my windows torrent client i get speed of 12-15 kbps(i know its not high but better than zero)

timetrap

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Re: rtorrent always shows zero download

Two things;

Is the torrent :DHT ?

Post your .rtorrentrc file

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mugen

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Re: rtorrent always shows zero download

hey i am not sure exactly wat is "dht" & havent enabled it in my rtorrent... also i got my torrent for free i am not any registered user of any site...

timetrap

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Re: rtorrent always shows zero download

uh . . .

DHT is a Distibuted Hash Table (this was just recently added to rtorrent and may be causing some problems) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table

Do you know what an .rtorrent.rc file is?

I think you need to go to there and look around a little more:

http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/

when i use the same file in my windows torrent client i get speed of 12-15 kbps(i know its not high but better than zero)

12kb or 12kB? There is a difference (by a factor of 8)

You could also try another torrent.

ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2007.08/i686/Archlinux-i686-2007.08-2.ftp.iso.torrent

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mugen

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Re: rtorrent always shows zero download

here is my rtorrent file , i have got a net connection of around 100 kilo bits per second(kbps)

  GNU nano 2.0.7                     File: /home/svs/.rtorrent.rc                                                 

# dht  = "auto"
# UDP port to use for DHT. 
# 
# dht_port = 6881

# Enable peer exchange (for torrents not marked private)
#
# peer_exchange = yes

#
# Do not modify the following parameters unless you know what you're doing.
#

# Hash read-ahead controls how many MB to request the kernel to read
# ahead. If the value is too low the disk may not be fully utilized,
# while if too high the kernel might not be able to keep the read
# pages in memory thus end up trashing.
#hash_read_ahead = 10

# Interval between attempts to check the hash, in milliseconds.
#hash_interval = 100

# Number of attempts to check the hash while using the mincore status,
# before forcing. Overworked systems might need lower values to get a
# decent hash checking rate.
#hash_max_tries = 10

also is it necessary to do something called portforwarding , i have taken the connection from LOCAL ISP thro his cable services

Last edited by mugen (2008-06-21 10:47:09)

timetrap

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Re: rtorrent always shows zero download

First:

Try this torrent ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2007.08/i68 … so.torrent

If it does work, then try this:

dht  = "auto"
# UDP port to use for DHT. 
# 
dht_port = 6881

Uncomment those two lines
Port forward 6881
Try the original torrent again

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anrxc

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Re: rtorrent always shows zero download

If it's still giving you trouble give (enhanced)ctorrent a try, it's extremly fast and lightweight http://www.rahul.net/dholmes/ctorrent/

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