corptkm Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I am courious as to what would be a good download time for an avg size movie of say 1 GB. Mine usually take a day or so. I am wireless about 100 feet from the main router. Is this average or should I try and adjust my speeds to download faster? I normally am downloading at night 4 or 5 at the same time while seeding about the same amount. What should I change there? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 There is no such thing as average, as it all depends on how fast your connection and the swarm's health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 If you're firewalled, speeds are almost always much slower than not. My estimate is firewalled is 1/4 as fast as unfirewalled, given an 'unlimited' download speed and limited upload speed.Wireless connections generally cannot handle 100+ connections at once that stuff like good ADSL and cable lines can handle with no problem....However many routers and some modems can't handle 100+ connections at once either!With such a distance from the wireless router, even with the latest consumer wireless routers, your best speed is likely only around 1 megabit/sec -- though it may be the same bandwidth both up and down. Near-maximum speeds for that would be 100 KB/sec file download rate, and you're not likely to get that fast without being unfirewalled AND on a very well-seeded (or very fast uploading peers) torrent.So even given a speed of 100 KB/sec, it would still take at least 3 hours to download a 1 GB file from a VERY fast website. Probably take double that for a fast torrent, double that again for a slow torrent, and quadruple that again if you're firewalled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corptkm Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Thank you very mcuh Switeck. That is great comparisum as that is about what is downloading now. I just wanted to make sure I was at my best? I dont know how the adjustmest got right on but I did not do it manually it just downlaod that way. Yes some take 3-9 hours and some less so I guess I am as best as I can go. What would be a good aomount at that spped that I can download and seed at the same time without loosing a download spped. In other words how many can I be running (seed and downlaod) at the same time. 5, 10,20? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Whatever the Speed Guide recommends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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