[ale] Ktorrent Leachers sure are slow

James Taylor James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
Fri Jan 4 12:41:55 EST 2008


I've tried to use ktorrent for downloading openSUSE DVDs with similar results.
For me, it's faster to download the CD and use it to install over the net.
-jt



James Taylor
The East Cobb Group, Inc.
678-697-9420
james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
http://www.eastcobbgroup.com















>>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2008 at 11:36 AM, in message
<87f94c370801040836q2eb0e28foea2b64943ce1017d at mail.gmail.com>, "Greg Freemyer"
<greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote: 
> All,
> 
> Just an observation, don't really have a question.
> 
> I downloaded a copy of Fedora 8 via Ktorrent a week ago.  Took 12 hours.
> 
> This is at my office where I have a full T1 up and down.
> 
> I've left Ktorrent running just to be a good net citizen.  It has been
> 6+ days and I have still only uploaded 1.45 copies.
> 
> I'm really surprised that the leachers are so slow to pull anything.
> I occasionally see an upload in the 150KB/sec range, but only for a
> few seconds.  Most of them are way slower (ie. below 10KB/sec).  I do
> not have the BW restricted, but I do only allow 2 upload slots.
> 
> Greg




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