toostrike Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 HEy:HeY;hEyI'm new to u-torrent,but not file sharing.I have a couple of questions configuring u-torrent to optimize my cable settings.My specs on high speed are {4mb down;384kps up}Upload settings 384/8=48kps uploadDownload settings UnlimitedI normally download 2 files at a time,and have the upload speed set to 20kps/per file on each torrent.I go into the properties setting on each of the 2 torrent files that I am downloading,and set upload to 20/kps.The settings I configured in the u-torrent under preferences are:number of upload slots/ torrent 1seeding ratio set at 25%Am I on the right track using these settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Select xx/384k in the Speed Guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determination Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 First and foremost, follow the Setup Guide. It finetunes your µTorrent settings for your connection. It also deals with upload slots.Second, that ratio is very very low. At least set your seeding ratio to 100%; that means you are at least uploading as much as what you have downloaded. Anything more than that is highly encouraged. The people you got the file from shared, why not you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 lol beat ya to it Determination xDThat's what you get for beating me to the other thread ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determination Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 ... the same exact second. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toostrike Posted October 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Thanks..I reset my seeding ratio to 100%.I will finish fine tuning settings with guide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 I've discovered that upload bandwidth goes idle and gets wasted with only 1 upload slot per torrent, at least if you can upload over 10 KB/sec. If nothing else, check the extra upload slots if <90% upload speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerox Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Any seeding ratio below 100% is baaad!Sharing is caring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 There is an important exception:...if you find out a torrent is garbage/fake, then you should stop it as soon as possible!It is ok IMO to take longer to reach a decent ratio on a torrent that has LOTS of seeders if you are doing so to upload faster on marginal torrents with few/no seeds. I often lower priority of "overseeded" torrents to low and put their upload slots to 1.I also do this when there is only 1 seed on the torrent and I haven't finished downloading the torrent despite having a >400% ratio. I am not going to "subsidize" a torrent if others on the torrent aren't willing to pull their load. This FORCES other peers to take up the slack and makes what I do share more likely to be a rare piece.Seeding a torrent today doesn't neccessarily mean there's someone still around to seed it 2 weeks later, so if something you like is being poorly seeded now -- restart that torrent and seed it some more. We don't have enough upload bandwidth to seed everything -- we need to let the good ideas win over bad ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 I do inmediatelly stop any torrent that has more than a 3 to 1 seeder ratio, i do never even get close to 1.0 ratio on those, i prefer to spend it on torrents that need the extra seed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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