Re: [Mldonkey-users] Bittorrent and mldonkey 2.5.4

[Colin McKellar]

On 30/10/2003, at 8:16 PM, Marc Thoben wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> On 30th of October 2003 at 17:02:00, Colin McKellar wrote:
> > In my experience mlnet BitTorrent support is promising, but very
> > limited. mlnet can do BT, but other programs do it much better.
> >
> > On 30/10/2003, at 4:44 PM, Juan C. Gallardo wrote:
> > > Downloading the same file using a normal Bittorrent client I got up 
> > > to
> > > 70k/s but using the mldonkey I can't get more than 15k/s.
>
> I cannot agree on that, though I have only tested the original
> bittorrent client. I even wish my mldonkey would download from
> overnet and edonkey as fast as it downloads from bittorrent.
>
> I have a 768/128 adsl line and currently I'm downloading 4 files
> with 73kb/s: 3 donkey downloads with in total 11.9kb/s and 1
> bittorrent download with 59kb/s.
>
> All of those files are very well spread.
>
> Sometimes I even consider looking for the same file on the donkey
> network instead of adding it as bittorrent, since my other donkey
> downloads often slow down to a crawl, when I add a well spread
> bittorrent file to my downloads ;)

I have tried using mlnet to download torrents from time to time. 
Initially I have gotten phenomenal speeds, however after an hour or 
two, the speed generally drops right down.

> Maybe you need to choose a different port ? Here in Germany are
> quite a few providers, that restrict achievable speed on some
> ports.. Try setting the port mldonkey uses for bittorrent to the
> one your former bittorrent client used.

I am sure port numbers don't explain my experiences, as I can download 
at my full speed with other BT clients.

> One thing that bothers me is, that as soon as the download is
> completed, mldonkey no longer shares that file. Is it possible to
> keep it shared to bittorrent users as long as the completed download
> is not commited ? I start to feel like a leecher...

In my experience, mlnet doesn't upload much at all on the BT network. 
In the past I have had a few torrent files going in mlnet and no other 
downloads, and it is uploading little or nothing. This is the other 
reason I have issues with mlnet's BT handling. It doesn't seem like a 
friendly BT client.

Colin.