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Skywalker26
Joined: 13 Jun 2003
Location: Up the Kyber Pass
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 Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:36 pm Post subject: Checking Internet speed and using Kazaa Lite |
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Please don't be harsh. I know zip about computers etc.
Is there a program or whatever that I can check connection speed? I think I have adsl (I use Megapass, if that helps).
Plus how can I optimize my Kazaa Lite program to make full use of this speed. It takes me a a week just to download one movie.
Please be gentle on the comments.
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Walter Mitty
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Tokyo! ^.^
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:04 am Post subject: |
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Kazaa is your problem. Change over to BitTorrent for downloading big stuff like movies and games.
Suprnova is a good place to find movies, music, games and TV shows. |
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Confused Canadian
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:33 am Post subject: |
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Not a program, but a website that will test your Bandwith speed:
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/index.php
It used to be completely free, but now I think you're limited to testing 3 times a month. Should be enough for most. (I haven't checked mine in ages  ).
And I'd agree, BitTorrent is the way to go. Kazaa, I use for music, and only music. For anything else, BitTorrent is much faster.
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Industrial Strength
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:23 am Post subject: |
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You can also test your bandwidth speed for free here.
http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/bandwidth.asp
I also have MegaPass. I have the basic package I think which is around 3.4 megabytes a second download. That translates roughly into 400 Kilobytes (KiB) a second.
Kilobytes are what you see when you are downloading from Kazaa or BitTorrent or any other file online. So you should max out around 380 KiB/sec. if you are downloading something from a site that can handle large size uploads (download.com, microsoft.com etc...)
With BitTorrent I am happy when I can get around 30 KiB/second. I'm not sure how to make it faster as it's all P2P, and I don't expect the world. 
Anyway, sorry if I didn't help you understand how it works. I'm pretty much a novice with it all too.
IS
PS. This is a handy site for converting bits to bytes and vice versa.
http://www.speedguide.net/conversion.php
oops!
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Confused Canadian
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:57 am Post subject: |
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| Industrial Strength wrote: |
With BitTorrent I am happy when I can get around 30 KiB/second |
Windows XP runs a primitive firewall. Basically it slows down bit torrent. See http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=493
Basically you can set up the ports bit torrent uses to bypass XP's firewall (or you can shut down the firewall altogether).
Using this method I've gotten over 100kbs but it also seems to screw up my system. Everything works fine for a couple hours and then my whole freaking system freezes up. It's pretty nasty. You might have better luck.
Files that have large numbers of seeders (70) seem to generate the best speeds even without the port monkeying. If you see something like 2 seeders, you're going to be looking at long periods of 2 kbs downloads before it ramps up.
That link I supplied above, also follow the links at:
"1.1 How do I know if I have this problem?"
for bit torrent "kazza-like" clients. These clients make life much easier. |
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Industrial Strength
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info mindmetoo. I'll check it out. I wouldn't mind getting higher download rates.
IS |
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jazblanc77
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:47 am Post subject: |
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AND... get rid of Kazaa. Kazaa has too many security problems associated with it including viruses, spyware, and download tracking.
Move over to eDonkey, it's a better programme anyways. It also runs a Bit Torrrent plugin, making your life that much easier. |
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Industrial Strength
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 6:17 am Post subject: |
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mindmetoo wrote:
Windows XP runs a primitive firewall. Basically it slows down bit torrent. See http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=493
Basically you can set up the ports bit torrent uses to bypass XP's firewall (or you can shut down the firewall altogether).
Using this method I've gotten over 100kbs but it also seems to screw up my system. Everything works fine for a couple hours and then my whole freaking system freezes up. It's pretty nasty. You might have better luck.
Files that have large numbers of seeders (70) seem to generate the best speeds even without the port monkeying. If you see something like 2 seeders, you're going to be looking at long periods of 2 kbs downloads before it ramps up.
That link I supplied above, also follow the links at:
"1.1 How do I know if I have this problem?"
for bit torrent "kazza-like" clients. These clients make life much easier. |
I checked it out, and made the recommended adjustments to the XP firewall and now I get downloads in excess of 100kB/s.
I also switched over to Azureus from BitTorrent. Like the way you can control the download and upload speeds for each file. So far, so good.
Thanks again mindmetoo.
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 3:50 am Post subject: |
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| Industrial Strength wrote: |
I checked it out, and made the recommended adjustments to the XP firewall and now I get downloads in excess of 100kB/s.
I also switched over to Azureus from BitTorrent. Like the way you can control the download and upload speeds for each file. So far, so good.
Thanks again mindmetoo.
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If you double click on the file you're downloading you can see the individual files it's downloading (assuming you're downloading a "folder" of files). You can then set some of these files to not download (for example, you can avoid downloading jpgs included with music CD rips or ad html files). Also if you're downloading like "season 4 seinfeld", you can just download the two or three eps you want to see and not the full 4 gigs. |
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