Problem downloading

[gordie1972]

Hi I have done everything I can think of and am still getting a red arrow and no downloads...

I have a Buffalo W125 Router, using comodo firewall...I have used port forward and followed all instructions on there and set up a static ISP and using an open port..and still having this problem, I have closed down firewall to see if taht was the problem but it still will not download anything, version of Utorrent is 1.8

please can anyone help, regards

[GTHK]

Does a torrent from http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/ work? What's your Network Status? Have you configured Comodo?

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=292343#p292343

http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#What_do_the_Network_Status_lights_mean.3F

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992

[gordie1972]

Thanks for reply

yes the open office does download about 30kbs, so quite slow

status says [F]Downloading on the file that wont download, I am getting a yellow triangle in the bottom

Edited to add, I have the green tick saying network isworking as it should and have a d/l of around 130kbs on the file you gave me however still red for anything else

[Switeck]

What speed guide settings are you using and how fast is your connection both down and up?

Bad settings in uTorrent can make it download poorly...though that doesn't usually stop it completely.

[gordie1972]

I am using xx/10mbit, and the speed report says download 1038kbps upload 186kbps

regards

[thelittlefire]

Change it to xx/192 in Ctrl-G OR select the one closest in Switeck's #2 link.

[gordie1972]

Still not working Im going mad arrthanks for replys

[thelittlefire]

So the status is red? Find the status (you'll see it in the main torrent pane and in the details pane now under General tab)... http://utorrent.com/faq.php#What_do_the_red_icons_mean_on_the_torrent_status_icons.3F

[gordie1972]

yes status is red and status says downloading in the very bottom it says that it's downloading at 0.6kbs

regards

[thelittlefire]

What does the tracker status say on the Trackers tab?

[gordie1972]

It says share ratio violatoin I must raise my share ratio, how can I upload then?

edited to add

Thanks for your help I just need to find a file to upload and all will be well.

Thanks once again for all your help

Gordon

[thelittlefire]

Only upload, don't download. Be sure you add/have/seed on a torrent you ALREADY have 100% of.

[gordie1972]

Will do, I have a couple of files to upload, but didnt realise the ratio thing,

once again, cheers

[Switeck]

the speed report says download 1038kbps upload 186kbps

Are those speeds kilobits/second or KiloBYTES/second? My 2nd link speed guide is in kilobits/second or megabits/second.

[gordie1972]

it comes up Kb/s so i assume Kilobytes?

Gordon

[DreadWingKnight]

Don't assume, find out. Contact the speed report site and ask.

[gordie1972]

Yes it is Kilobytes, they are using 1 kilobyte as 1000bits per second not 1024 bits per second

[DreadWingKnight]

that's wrong math.

1 byte = 8 bits.

So we ask again, *bit/sec or *byte/sec?

[thelittlefire]

Unless you like webcomics http://xkcd.com/394/

[gordie1972]

Sorry it is Kilobits per second

gordon

[theembryo]

Indeed....

1000 bits (informal notation: kilobyte = 1024 bytes)

bits 1000

bytes 125

kilobits 0.9765625

kilobytes 0.1220703125

megabits 0.00095367431640625

megabytes 0.000119209289550781

gigabits 9.31322574615479e-07

gigabytes 1.16415321826935e-07

terabytes 1.13686837721616e-10

petabytes 1.11022302462516e-13

Keep in mind in data communication 1 kilobit = 1000 bits, while in data storage 1 Kilobyte = 1024 Bytes. This conversion calculator rounds all values to 5 significant digits.

[Switeck]

gordie1972, in short you have only a 1 megabit/second down and ~192 kilobits/second up connection.

That may be a mistake by your ISP...check what you are SUPPOSED to have!