Thread: Troubleshoot Yourself First (2006 UPDATE!)

Hi There! Bogus here! This is my 2006 update (early) just for you!
I will update this post...when i come back from my much needed vacations in mid January

So many people have problems with speed for a number of reasons.
A good way to solve (and learn) is to go to the basis: troubleshooting and verification.
Here is a small and simple list of things to do.
Remember; Do not take things for granted as it is VERY easy to overlook something:

- My OS (Windows) is stable and up to date.
- My Antivirus has run, nothing was found, So is my Anti spyware.
- My Firewall is well configured ( cause of problems)
- Is my Client (BC) up to date and correctly installed as default?
- My ISP Connection is healthy
- My hardware is prefect condition (mem, HD, Nic) and all drivers up to date?

45% of No connection or slow results are due by wrong settings in BC, ports, router, NAT, Firewall.
40% of slow speed is due to Public tracker users setting upload speed to bare minimum
10% due to software conflict or imbalance
5% Due to undetected virus –spyware –trojan
4% to hardware problem :
1% of no connection is due to user trying to use a toaster to connect to the internet.

A) FOUND OUT THE REAL POWER OF YOUR CONNECTION (UP AND DOWN)- run 2 different test
Also you can go to - You have 0.60?
- Are you trying to download ONE file or many? In this case: Size does matter (and so is numbers...you Ron Jeremy wannabe..LOL)
- How many seed-peers are connecting? One of the MAJOR factor, as if less people have the file you want, slower the speed.
- Connection: Max download and Upload is correctly set to your type of connection? Or did you left it at 'No limit"
- Port: Which port are you using? Check bitcomet admin sticky list for recommended range.
- Proxy? Using one? Is settings are accurate?
- Advanced connection: DHT and Nat enabled? Max con per tsk set? Con to keep per tsk set? Max half open con set correctly?
- Disk cach : set up?

DHT NOTE: Many sites are banning DHT enabled client


SETTING anything to low OR too high will crap out your connection.
Remember that ALL computer have an obsessive-compulsive behavior therefore if something is set improperly, your computer will simpl
y bang his head on it until the redemption, sucking out resources in the process.(except the ones running UNIX, which are more like a stoned hippie escaped form the ’60 :huh? sure man! what---ever!)


E) TRACKER

Public Trackers (leech trackers): full of doofus who don’t care if you get the file or not. there is no ratio system to keep up with, so the average P2P user is only tossed out to the wolf.. most people on these trackers have their upload speed limited and as soon as the file is complete, they are gone.

Private Trackers :ratio enforced system. in other words, they make you give back at least as much as you took and if you don’t you get BANNED. private trackers are generally on an invite only system and the people that get invited(for the most part) are people who are known to keep a good ratio. People on these sites will utilize their full upload capacity in order to keep their ratios up and will seed for much longer.

the seed to peer ratio has a major effect on your speeds. if the number of peers greatly out numbers the number of seeds, this will generally cause a slow torrent. in order to max out your connection(whatever that might be) you will need to have a good number of seeds with their upload uncapped.


- Again, if your tracker is slow or cannot find enough people, no matter what machine or settings you have...youll get slower speed.

- Get the file from diferent places!

- Check status of the tracker! No seed/peer = no dowload!

- No accelerator exist nor is VIP service (nova..) so don't pay for it. If you still have the urge to open your wallet and throw away money ...Call me 24/7....

- If your download speed is Okb....either your tracker is not connecting...or no one (peer/seed) is online. {OK there maybe some other factors...}. Reasons might be various, including a ban from the site.


To give you a better idea about private/public tracker, check out Mga's wonderful post at : http://www.p2pforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=17985

F) USER - Do not run things in the backgroud
- Do not stare at the monitor (wont go faster)
- Do not do a voodoo dance under a full moon while dressed up as a chicken...you might end yourself in a nice little room without a computer
- Set up your download: let it run during the night or during the day while your at work.
- Remember that you are getting what your paying for.
- You enjoyed the download? let others Upload! That's the only way P2P networks survive; Give back to the P2P community what you had the privilege to get from, so set your upload properly.


NOW, If you still have problems: ASK! A MODERATOR (AM NOT ONE OF THEM) or post your problem WITH details. Do NOT forget to say THANK YOU! to them as they are working hard to help people FOR FREE

But pretty please, with sugar on top:

When Asking a Question

Make sure you include as much detailed information as possible so others can help you. Remember, we're not psychic (just psychotic), so include as much information as possible to help us…. help you!

For example, if you have a speed problem you should include the following:
° A detailed description of the problem.
° What modem/router you're using.
° What ISP you're with (many ISPs are known to block or throttle BitTorrent traffic).
° Your connection speed (both download and upload).
° Your operating system type. e.g. Windows XP SP2
° Things you have tried to resolve the problem thus far.
° Anything else you can think of that may help others help you


Enjoy!

hello how do i do this
Use the TCIP patch, change setting from 10 to 50 (A MUST!)

Proxy request failed - HTTP/1.0 407 Proxy Authentication Require

This is the error message I get on connecting. By BitComet keeps connecting forever. I put in the correct password. I am behind my college firewall and passwords have been incorporated recently. Before those, BitComet worked fine. But now with passwords, and despite correct password, it fails!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Bogus

But pretty please, with sugar on top:

When Asking a Question

Make sure you include as much detailed information as possible so others can help you. Remember, we're not psychic (just psychotic), so include as much information as possible to help us…. help you!

For example, if you have a speed problem you should include the following:
° A detailed description of the problem.
° What modem/router you're using.
° What ISP you're with (many ISPs are known to block or throttle BitTorrent traffic).
° Your connection speed (both download and upload).
° Your operating system type. e.g. Windows XP SP2
° Things you have tried to resolve the problem thus far.
° Anything else you can think of that may help others help you

Sorry for asking, but I really have tried searching extensively, reading the various stickys, and so on. Here's my situation:

I am running on a Windows2000 Pro system, not XP (most of the answers here seemed geared towards XP). After going through the information at http://www.p2pforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=99434#99434 and following the instructions for everything other than the XP-specific firewall stuff, I was able to raise my speed from 1-10KB/s to a whopping 20-40 KB/s (whoo!). Unfortunately, the torrents that I'm downloading only seem to exist on Public rather than Private sites, so if someone tells me I'm just hosed and will have to accept those speeds, so be it.

I have a suspicion, however, that what I need to do is to enable Local Area Connection sharing for my connection, and set the sharing up to recognize BitComet. My difficulty is the settings. I need to set:

Name of Application (BitComet Com1?)
Remote Server Port Number
Select the correct radio button: TCP or UDP
Incoming response ports (1024-1209; 1300-1310, 1450):
TCP:
UDP:

However, if that does not sound like the problem, and anyone has any ideas as to what the problem might be, any help would be appreciated.

Other data: this torrent has 114 connected peers (out of 137), with a mixture of remote and local; 12 seeds (out of 12). I tested my line speed and set my upload rate to 80%. Statistics:

Overall Infos: Torrents: 1 | Peers: 124 | Sockets: 362 (HTTP: 0)
TCP Connections: Established: 124 | Half-Open: 3 | Waiting: 0
LAN IP: 172.16.1.35 / WAN IP: 0.0.0.0

Overall Download Rate: 32 KB/s Connection Limits: 100 - 150 per task
Overall Upload Rate: 41 KB/s Upload slots: 8 - 13

Disk Cache Size: 50 MB (Min: 6 MB, Max: 50 MB)
Free Phys Mem: 107.79 MB (Min: 50 MB)
Disk Read Statistics: Request: 11458 (freq: 2.8/s), Actual Disk Read: 154 (freq: 0.1/s), Hit Ratio: 98.6%
Disk Write Statistics: Request: 6773 (freq: 2.4/s), Actual Disk Write: 211 (freq: 0.1/s), Hit Ratio: 96.8%

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

This the problem of posting like you know everything. If there isn't something on there they bombard you with questions. Its an excellent post and I recommend it for a sticky which ill ask Scthye to make.

Originally Posted by NX-01

This the problem of posting like you know everything. If there isn't something on there they bombard you with questions. Its an excellent post and I recommend it for a sticky which ill ask Scthye to make.

I'm not sure what you are saying. Are you saying that Bogus got bombarded with questions? If so, three posts asking questions in 7 months hardly seems like a "bombardment." Or are you saying that someone else is being bombarded with questions? And if so, who?

And whose post is excellent? Bogus'? (Not mine, I'm assuming.)

And finally, if you're saying what I think you're saying, that Bogus' post should be made a sticky, and so there can be no follow-up, what do you recommend for someone like me, who went through all the various posts on the topic of speed, and how to optimize, but was unable to find the answer to my question? That we should start a new thread? Or that we're S.O.L.?

I apologize, but I'm confused as to what you are saying.

I can't get the peers to go local, I have followed your steps very well but it dosn't work. I have normal windows firewall, Microsoft antivirus BETA and Bitdefender virus program...
What should I do?

Originally Posted by dougom

Originally Posted by NX-01

This the problem of posting like you know everything. If there isn't something on there they bombard you with questions. Its an excellent post and I recommend it for a sticky which ill ask Scthye to make.

I'm not sure what you are saying. Are you saying that Bogus got bombarded with questions? If so, three posts asking questions in 7 months hardly seems like a "bombardment." Or are you saying that someone else is being bombarded with questions? And if so, who?

And whose post is excellent? Bogus'? (Not mine, I'm assuming.)

And finally, if you're saying what I think you're saying, that Bogus' post should be made a sticky, and so there can be no follow-up, what do you recommend for someone like me, who went through all the various posts on the topic of speed, and how to optimize, but was unable to find the answer to my question? That we should start a new thread? Or that we're S.O.L.?

I apologize, but I'm confused as to what you are saying.

You and I should be glad that Panth is not here right now or he will flame you and maybe me too.

Question 1 answer: Bombardment, cant you see that i am exaggerating. These questions i dont think appear in this post. Or any continuation problem solvers.

Question 2 answer: Can you please think. Who made the first post? YES BOGUS DID. So next think next time before you ask questions like that.

Question 3 answer: Hell my tracker sticky is not complete is has no follow up because I have no problems. We can only post and say what we know. Bogus's post should have helped alot of people. IF you are unable to find it then make a new thread. Start as:
I HAVE READ THE SPEED STICKY AND ........ WHATEVER........


Please when it comes to these thing dont question what we are doing if we fail to help. We are not the programmers, we did not design the program (or at least I know of). We can only help with what we know in the best fields of bitcomet. Dragonsani and mGa are best with the most common questions like portfowarding, etc. I good at things that come up at rare occasions. Like tracker failures, some weird download problems, etc.

Please next time think before you post.

First off, please don't reply in this thread.

Secondly, your problem is quite common. It's easy to blame the program for the slow speed, but it's dependent on a lot of things. Certain ISP's cap BT traffic independently, so you may be one of those lucky ISP's. However, the likely culprit is a poorly shared torrent. Some people leeching will throw off the entire download swarm. Try turning on DMZ for your host, and if you get a big improvement then there's an issue with your router settings.

Please post your specs outside of this thread. This is meant as an informative thread more then anything. Thanks guys.