Re: [Mldonkey-users] BitTorrent does not work

[Colin McKellar]

Quoting Lorenz Pressler <address@hidden>:

> hi
> 
> i have BitTorrent enabled (while beeing connected to several edonkey servers
> without a problem). when i start a bt-file mldonkey shows about 120 sources
> but it doesnt download a single bit. using 2.5-4, anyone also has problems
> with bt?
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Lorenz                            mailto:address@hidden


I have had significant problems with BT. Generally when I have started a 
torrent, mlnet has downloaded very fast on the BT connections, but after a few 
hours, it has slowed right down or even stopped. I don't know why this would 
happen exactly, but I suspect that there might be two possible issues:
1) mlnet does not seem to upload to BT sources... or if it does, it uploads 
very little. I ran a client with only BT enabled, and with no limiting of 
upload speeds, and mlnet uploaded nothing or very very little (I can't remember 
which). The BT system quickly isolates people who are leeching and not 
uploading anything.
2) I have found that the BT downloads slow, and eventually stop. If you quit 
and restart the client, the download speeds can jump back up again... I suspect 
that perhaps the client only searches for new seeders/leechers when it first 
starts a download.


I would love to be able to use mlnet for my bt needs... however I find it far 
from usable at the moment.

Colin.