I am trying to download files using Ktorrent, but the problem is the status keeps changing continiously from Stalled to downloading and back and forth. Under windows (Utorrent) i use to download up to 600 KB/s ... what i did was i also did the port forwarding to make sure that speed is as high as possible and i have set the port under setting.

there is also DHT:off which i thought by setting it to on, something might change but there was no effect.. all i am getting is 1 kb/s or max to 5 ...

i am completly new to Ktorrent and its been a month i just got rid of my windows and working on linux purly (Fedora 5). any idea how to fix this? or should i change the client to some other ones in the hops that it will work?


Thanks

Version ?

Version?

Ktorrent 2.0.2 (Using KDE 3.5.4-0.1.fc5 Fedora-Core)

PS. Could it be the Fedora firewall ? i noticed that the number of peers are also very low... i use to get anywhere from 30 to 200 peers on a single file (under winxp) but here on 3 diffrent files i am getting on avrege 10 peers or less....

here is my setting:

Maximum download: 0
Maximum Seed: 0
Maximum connection per torrent: 120
Global Connection limit:800
Maximum upload rate: 0
Maximum download rate: 0
port: 32459
UDP tracker port : 4444
number of upload slot: 4

Have you tried disabling the firewall ?

Yes, the speed went up a little, but the cycle of stalled & downloading is still the same...

Are you behind a router ? You have to forward the proper ports if you are behind one (the UPnP plugin can do this automatically)

the port forwarding is already done... one thing i did which caused the speed to go up a little was to add the ports to my FC5 firewall as well... its downloading from 10 - 30 kb /s ... but still not as fast as windows... i have to try it with diffrent torrent files to see what causing the low speed and make sure its not the seeds ...

IPI wrote:Yes, the speed went up a little, but the cycle of stalled & downloading is still the same...

I actually have the exact same problem with seeding. It doesn't say stalled or anything, but there is this definite cycle of stalling and u/l'ing.

When a peer first connects, I'm uploading seemingly normal with say 400kb/s. After 10 to 20 seconds or so, the speed drops to zero, only to rise to about 20% of the aforementioned speed and when peaked, steadily declining to zero again - ad infinitum.

The peers all choked and snubbed. I use the same settings I use in Azureus - encryption/port/speeds/everything.

But with azureus the speeds are constant and not cycling and dropping.