 re - poor Bit torrent connection
Hi,
I once tried to download a linux distro using bit torrent. Never got anywhere.
My situation was similar to yours - no router/firewall etc.
There is a website - called "shields -up" I think - that scans your ports. When I ran the test EVERY port was closed - this suggested that my ISP was actively blocking ports. Accordingly any form of P2P is difficult.
Conventional wisdom, as I then read, is that you should therefore change your ISP, at which point I laughed - I consider myself to be very lucky to get broadband at all, even if it only works in fair weather and is as lumpy as the road outside my door.
In the end I tried eMule (47c). This worked well enough, even though I only got a Low ID (bad) I was able to download at speeds up to on occasion of 50 Kbs (or is it KBs?).
Unfortunately after the last broadband blackout (last week) it hasn't worked at all. This has happened before so I'll let it alone for a while.
Best of luck. |