I’ve been using bitcomet for some time now (version 0.70), and it is real slow. I get 5-10 d/l even for torrents with dozens of seeders and only several peers.
Some setup info:
winXP SP2,
Athlon 2400,
Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2006,
Norton internet security,
connection: 1.5Mb down/ 128Kb up
I’ve tried to disable the firewall, raised the maximum concurrent half-open connections to 50, tried to use tcp optimizer, but nothing! General download seems to work fine and I can get to 180 KB/s in some download sites.
First, re-enable your firewall, and do a virus/spyware/adware check. Be thorough. Don’t connect to the internet without a firewall.
General downloading and bittorrent are completely different creatures.
The usual reason for the slow speed is a blocked listen port. This is covered rather well in the FAQ and in the settings guide.
thanx for the reply. I forgot to mention that I did a thorough check with 2 different anti-viruses and spywares, ran a HiJack this and found nothing. I also tested the port I am using on bitcomet and it is open (as I disabled the firewall - both the default windows one and the norton internet security one, just for the test and it didn’t improve the trasnfer). I passed through all the suggestions on the FAQ and still I’ve hit a wall.
My guess is that it has something to do the eci modem router I am using, and the D-link router I crippled and used as a switch. I’ll to disable them all and see whats up.