What is the best bit torrent program?

[phillai]

Hi guys!

What is the best bit torrent program out there at the moment?
I've been using Burst! for a while now but it seems to be very crap at the moment with a few torrents rejecting this Burst program.

All replies much appreciated - I've got stuff to download!!!

[Ravon]

I am currently using Azureus which seems to be ok, theres also Torrent storm...

[Bleeders]

I use Shareaza myself. Does the job well enough I guess.

[Dirty Sanchez]

Don't know about best, but I use the 'official clent' as found in a Google search for Bit Torrent Client.

I regularly get download speeds of 50k+, uploading at 30K. On downloading I usually throttle to 10K upload, changing to 30k when downloaded until my ratio is at least 1:1.

Giving the client access to the port range required is essestial to ensure consistent download performance.

[iloveannie]

where do you get such incredible speeds from!? My torrents usually download at about 1-10 Kbs. The most I've ever seen is 26 and that was a one off. Sometimes I could swear I was on dial-up :-) Or is it just that supernova is a crap site?

[Chadruharazzeb]

I just use bog-standard BT client and I get constant 50+ kps download speeds. Doesn't seem much point using one of the other thingies.

[demon9k]

I use the official bit torrent and I get full speed on my connection with no opening of ports or anything along those lines.

Plus you shouldn't cap your upload, its the whole reason for using bit torrent.

[hankwangford]

The default BitTorrent client has never ever done it for me. Azerus runs like **** off a shovel though!

The best Torrent client I've ever used though, is the official command line original Linux one. Mental, 50K constantly.

[Dirty Sanchez]

I use the official bit torrent and I get full speed on my connection with no opening of ports or anything along those lines.

Plus you shouldn't cap your upload, its the whole reason for using bit torrent.

Wrong.

On an ADSL link your download speed can be choked by the upload requests. The recommendation is to throttle back to 80% of your upload capacity.

The whole reason for using Bit Torrent is to share files, as long as you stay on long enough to get a 1:1 you are contributing enough.

[Super Stu]

If you don't open those ports, you won't get those speeds. That you are getting them means your firewall (perhaps application based) has done it for you. Unless you're sans wall, of course.

I've heard rumblings in the past of drawing attention to yourself by maxing your bandwidth (up or down). I've been out of the ISP loop for a while and cba to sniff around, so have throttled to a few k below my maximum. Whether it has any effect or whether ISPs are monitoring is neither here nor there, a few k won't hurt me meantime.

[Dirty Sanchez]

where do you get such incredible speeds from!? My torrents usually download at about 1-10 Kbs. The most I've ever seen is 26 and that was a one off. Sometimes I could swear I was on dial-up :-) Or is it just that supernova is a crap site?

Likely problems you have are

- You are using a router that is restricting the ports available
- Firewall restricting ports available
- Crap torrents. How many leechers/seeds are there usually? Once you get above 15 of either 50K seems pretty much the norm. What colour is the status light in the top right?

[Super Stu]

On an ADSL link your download speed can be choked by the upload requests. The recommendation is to throttle back to 80% of your upload capacity.

I gather cable suffers even more so from simultaneous up and downstream connections, IIRC. Folk would be as well to throttle, if only a bit.

[goldbricker]

Yes, I'm on NTL and if you don't throttle the upload then your downloads become unbelievably slow even for web browsing. I'm on 600k at the moment and if you set the upload to about 8K (although this can vary) then it seems to offer a happy medium.

[randombs]

i sometimes get up to 100kb/s using the standard bittorrent client (i'm on 1mb). however it usually starts pretty slow but you need to give it time - your download is based on how much you're uploading at the time, so open those ports!
i'm using the standard xp firewall and have opened TCP ports 6881-6890 and have had good speeds since doing that.
never heard about throttling my upload before, although is that only for cable?
i'm on adsl and i never upload much anyway (95% of my heavy downloading is through newsgroups) and the stuff i find on bittorrent is usually stuff i can't find anywhere else so i just let it get on with it

[Fusion]

I use Shadows BT Client, with Suprnova. i'm only on tiscali 150k, but occasionaly get 30/30 speeds.