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Hi i enabled my PE and its a big difference i got maximum speeds but....
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME CHOOSE THE BEST PORT NUMBERS TO USE IN MY UTORRENT CLIENT???, I HAVE SPEEDTOUCH MODEM 330 AND TISCALI 1MB BROADBAND.
PS. HOW DO I MAKE THE PORT NUMBERS IN MY CLIENT AND WITH THE WINDOWS FIREWALL???
THANKS
You can forward your ports on your router here: http://www.portforward.com/
As for windows firewall, there should be a setting to allow programs to have access. Just add in your programs. However, I suggest disabling windows firewall and using a 3rd party firewall as those are waaaaaaay better (ie, something like Zone Alarm, sygate or outpost).
Lastly, dont type in caps. Not good. :) ;)
Done thx.
Thanks, my speed seem faster than before..
Hehehe... This feature is the traffic-shapping ISPs new nigthmare. ;)
hey peeps when i enable it seems to go slower sometimes + does anyone know if NTL are doing traffic-shapping?
Been using it for a while now, its helped now and then. Either way, it doesn't make my download speeds slower.
all in all, go BT ! Help the community :D
Kinson
Just enabled it. Havnt noticed any speed changes on my end but I hope it helps someone less fortunate.
Have enabled encryption on both utorrent and azureus clients but I haven't seen any speed increase (or time for max speed for the torrent to be reached decreased).
Hi folks, just joined... first post...
To be honest, I never gave enryption a thought, but after reading the thread, I decided to enable mine too, even though my speeds are not throttled by my I$P. Haven't hopped on a torrent to test the speeds yet, but don't suspect to have any probs. Thanks for the advice!
Thank you
Utorrent works great with encryption.
Done.
encryption turned on.
encryption turned on today, prior to reading this post... however, there were alot of good points and it makes sense that speeds would increase if everyone used encryption.
Thanks
RC4 encryption with azureus has been enabled for some time now, the major points in this thread clearly emphasize the importance of it..
enabled... my isp doesnt throttle, and havent noticed any drop in speed.
It makes no difference to me if my d/l is a few kb slower as a result... if it makes a big difference to those that are throttled, then that's good!
:D
In utorrent encryption, what is the difference between "enabled" and "forced"?
Does "forced" mean that a connection only occurs if encryption is on at the other end too?
Lucky my isp is p2p friendly, but i got encryption turned on anyhow, with no loss of speeds. Just wish the mule mod i favour would implement it...
how much does encryption slow down a connection if shaping is not being employed?
in my case, not at all. according to those that designed it, not at all. only some paranoid ppl, or ppl on windows 3.1 486 machines think it makes a difference to speed. it uses a tiny bit more ram, that on any pc made in the last 5 years wont notice. if u have an interest in sharing, enable encryption, so those that are being shaped can get round it.
also, if u enable encryption, it means u can download from traffic shaped users too. isps are also shaping their upload traffic.
snakes!
i dont understand very well but there are some incompatibilities between encrypted clients and not-encrypted? I read the faq but since my english is not good... ^_^ anyway i've enabled encryption, speed is the same.
well, in theory, it'd slow it down to the rate at which your computer can process the encryption, which for most folks, is going to be much greater than the rate at which your computer can pass traffic.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbo7
however, if you're encrypting your stream and only accepting other encrypted connections, then the max speed you can achieve is going to depend on how many other people are using encryption.
your best bet is probably to turn it on and see what happens -- you can always turn it back off.
is good :D
if it helps the torrent community ill put encryption. Thats what its all about is helping each other and sharing the wealth!
here its encrypted a long time ago.. hehe
yope thanks for info, wanted to do it but couldnt find :) very usefull
thanks for the tip
If torrent sites start insisting on it - people will do it, untill then i dont think many people will bother!
thats way off the mark
i have encryption enabled for the sake of others, as my isp does not traffic shape.
utorrent tells me if the person im connected to has encryption enabled. the majority of seeds/peers i connect to have encryption enabled.
those with enough sense to read up on protocol encryption have enabled it, as they will have read that even if they are not being throttled themselves, turning it on will let them download from throttled users, who otherwise they wouldnt be able to.
in short, enabling encryption wont slow u down. it can though, increase ur speeds, if ur throttled or not.
sorry i thought it would cut down your connections to only people with encryption enabled. If it's going to benefit others i'll give it a go
enabled encryption also....speeds were much faster than usual for smaller seed groups....hmmm...maybe just my imagination....
I just enabled it on utorrent. It seems about the same for me. Maybe just a tad slower, but it could be because people started leeching on another seed.
hmm.. interesting i immediately turned it on :) thanks for the information
I use uTorrent latest (1.6 atm) and Azureus latest (2.5.0.1_B2 atm) and have both with encryption enabled, but compatibility for older clients enabled too.
I also use safepeer in AZ, and regularly download the blocklist for uTorrent. Gives just that extra bit of security without the extra resources required by Peer Guardian or similar.
(I use the clients on separate machines, BTW ! - And am lucky enough to use an ISP that does not appear to throttle BT in any obvious way. I DO change my ports from time to time, and mostly keep in the high ranges. Most private trackers do not allow common P2P ports in any case. Most private ttrackers of which I am a member ban BitComet for not being a fair sharing client, and older versions of uTorrent and AZ because of cheat mods. Bit Tornado is only useful for those who only share one or two files at a time. If you are going to share more than that, then uTorrent and AZ are equals in my eyes - AZ if you've got a reasonable fast and modern machine, uTorrent if you are short on resources....)
Enabled it when I replaced BitVomit with uTorrent couple of months ago. Since then, my u/l and d/l speeds max out!
yup, my client is azureus and spent 2 weeks last year after getting broadband fekin aboot with upnp settings and the like only to find that if I enabled encryption it circumvented the packet-shaping that my ISP had only just implemented, bŁ$%ards. Anyway I have had excellent torrent speeds for well over a year and enable encryption by default whenever I have to re-install or transfer to new HD.
I do however also use the option for unencrypted connections. I do find the majority of connections use encryption but for ones that don't, it does affect my d/l u/l speed if I don't enable this setting.
Anyone see Bram Cohen's proposal on encryption and shaping?
from http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/77097
Bram Cohen's Cache Dreams
Pushing caching idea on ISPs to avoid traffic shaping
Posted on 2006-08-08 09:25:06 by Karl
Bram Cohen and the Bit Torrent boys are tired of simple geek adoration, and are eager to profit from their creation. As such, the company has been trying to strike deals with legitimate content developers and the RIAA/MPAA. For this reason, they're obviously not thrilled that ISPs are throttling all Bit Torrent traffic, as the throttles don't care whether Bit Torrent traffic is legit or not.
Users are getting around the traffic shaping by changing ports and employing clients that use encryption, something Bram Cohen argued wasn't the "solution" back in January. This isn't Cohen's preferred solution, clearly, because it ruins the company's financial plans. Cohen, eager to get on the right side of ISPs, has been selling the idea of caching Bit Torrent content to ISPs in order to reduce network strain.
"We spent an extraordinary amount of time face to face with the largest ISPs in the world who now see anywhere between a third and up to 70% of all their traffic in the BT protocol," recently stated Bit Torrent CEO Ashwin Narvin. "[We’re] trying to convince them there’s a better way to manage the BitTorrent protocol then to limit it and to shape it."
Their caching solution, implemented in the latest Bit Torrent client release, utilizes the "Cache Discovery Protocol” developed in cooperation with Cachelogic. The protocol makes it easy for ISPs to detect the most popular torrents, cache the data, and seed the torrent.
One obvious problem is that ISPs certainly won't be caching pirated content, which makes up the majority of Bit Torrent traffic. To control this traffic, they'll almost certainly continue to lean on traffic shaping - which leaves Cohen and company in a considerable quandary.
-- Not intend to start Bram bashing have seen enough of that on forums to last a lifetime, just curious as to what people think of the idea, and what the future holds for encryption as a means to beat shaping.
How much does encryption currently affect the download speed of uTorrent?