Hello, I am new to the forums. I am running the latest stable for SuSE 10.2 with gnome. For some reason when I try to use a torrent, the download speeds get up to about 10-12KBps, and then suddenly it will stay stalled, or download at 1-2KBps. When I look at the peer's list. I will connect to about 10 peers, only 1-2 of which will start the transfer. Then, after a few minutes pass, most peers disconnect or I get snubbed. I am set to the DMZ on my router, so I don't think that is the problem. Does the UDP tracker port have anything to do with it? I am at a loss.

This obviously is a network setting, does anyone know what causes this?

if restarting of ktorrent fixes this then I have the same problem

sometimes ktorrent slows down speed and eventually wander between stalled and few Kbps. restarting fixes this (usually)...

svn @ 620506

I don't think it's an issue with a setting you can control... What it sounds like is either the peers cease uploading to you because you aren't uploading back to them at an appropriate rate, or a network driver, router, etc is being buggy. Does this only happen with KTorrent or also with other torrent apps?

fixed it...

it seems to have fixed itself, my roomate (a linux junky) told me that the UDP tracker port was blocked. switched it to an open port 1900 and the uPnP plugin for ktorrent automatically forwarded it on my router. also, even after i did this, it took about 20-30 minutes for the torrent to pick up speed. he explained to me why it takes so long on linux, but i wasnt listening as i was too happy