Which port?

[edjay]

Hi

Just downloaded utorrent and tried to get it to download from a specific port which I opened in my firewall. Is this the a correct method? Should I asign more than one port?

There is a triangle on the staus bar that says there could be a problem with my network configuration, and I still have 0% download.

I have read-outs in the status bar say:

D: 0.5kB/s T:629.0kB

U: 0.0kB/s T: 12.7kB

These both keep changing.

Any comments would be appreciated.

EDIT: My DL and UL are now chugging away slowly and they are now capped at 100k apiece. does this mean it's working ok with just the one port open?

EDIT: I now have 9 DHT nodes?

EDIT: According to another forum...."This means, your ratio won't get updated if you enable DHT from your torrent client (ie: BitComet, uTorrent, Azureus) when downloading from ************** tracker. Nowdays, new torrent client comes with DHT, so pls disable it unless u are downloading from other websites that do not implement ratio method."

Anyone?

[DreadWingKnight]

EDIT: According to another forum...."This means, your ratio won't get updated if you enable DHT from your torrent client (ie: BitComet, uTorrent, Azureus) when downloading from ************** tracker. Nowdays, new torrent client comes with DHT, so pls disable it unless u are downloading from other websites that do not implement ratio method."

Pure bullshit. DHT gets automatically disabled on private flagged torrents. The T: values you have ARE related to having DHT enabled, but your ratios WILL get updated even if you leave DHT on.

0% downloaded is an unrelated issue to anything to do with DHT.

Do OpenOffice torrents download?

[edjay]

I found out how to turn the DHT off, so I just turned it back on again?

Is it beneficial to the community to use DHT or not?

Is it likely to be detrimental to my computer?

I now have 255 DHT nodes?

EDIT: Sorry, thanks for the reply: I fell like I'm in a bit of a rush. :-|

EDIT: Regarding OpenOffice downloads - not tried it yet.

[DreadWingKnight]

The use of DHT is not likely to be detrimental unless you are using substandard networking hardware or software.

If openoffice torrents work, provide the tracker status (trackers tab) and overall status (upper section, status column) for the offending torrents.

[edjay]

I don't know how to send the info. I have a DL speed of avg of 9.1 and an UL avg of 8.3. This will have to do for now. Thanks for your help.