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From: Zoran Kolic on 20 Jun 2010 01:50 > Or just used Windows. I mean it works & it would seem there are a fair > amount of people that really don't like requests for help on the Linux > E-mail "help" lists. He-he! Contrary. I assume poster tries to solve the problem himself first. Aside of being polite, it is a fun to learn new things. Some lists, like openbsd ones, ask you to do various steps toward answer to the question. Describing the very problem, giving data on hardware and software, dmesg etc. It really helps. Knowning how to ask the question even lets you find the way to go around. It is not the matter of not wanting to help. I'm not sure what direction to help. What is the app for torrenting? Error messages? Dmesg output? If in any way possible to divide os bug from application behave- our, might be easier to try #torrent-app irc channel or <my-app> forum. If os, at least the way the node connects to the internet. Wired, wireless? Firewall? Nat? Best regards Zoran -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100620052406.GA1510(a)pilgrim.sbb.rs
From: H.S. on 20 Jun 2010 10:40 On 06/19/10 02:02, ABS Doug wrote: > I still don't have an answer. It would seem for the 1st time in my > life, I've reached a point were I can't figure something out. Here is > what I've tried: > > -Lowered upload speed below 50% of total upload capacity (fail). > -Lowered the number of peers, both overall & per torrent, even "6" (fail). > -Confirmed /etc/resolv.conf is pointing to my ISP, not the router. > -Tried different bit torrent clients > -Debian stable (fail) UNE 10.04 (fail) UNR 9.10 (works) MS XP (works) > -Updated firmware > -Downloading only > -Uploading only > > Equipment: WRT54G, Acer Aspire One If torrents were acting all weird in my case, I would do the following, in the given order. 1. Try a "safe" torrent, e.g. of a Linux distribution (Ubuntu is a good example). The idea is to exclude the possibility of using bad or intentionally malformed torrents (see klistvud's reply). If this "safe" torrent works without problems, then you know what is wrong. If it doesn't, then go to next step. 2. Try to isolate the problem. I know that torrent clients works quite well in Ubuntu and Debian. I use rtorrent, you can try any of the other choices (ktorrent,azureus,vuze,bittornado, what have you). So I don't think the client is the problem. Also my machine is behind a firewall router (also running Debian). All I had to do was to forward the port (used by my torrent client) from WAN to my LAN machine. This means that if your Debian or Ubuntu machine is not running any firewall of its own, it most likely is not the problem (since torrent clients are good too). The problem probably is with your firewall. Try excluding that by connecting your computer directly to your modem and connecting from the computer directly (modem will work in bridge mode). Since your computer does not have a firewall, neither does the modem, your torrents should work. If this works, disconnect the computer from the modem and fix your router, since that is the problem. 3. If the above step also does not work, then the problem is most likely in your modem, probably in its parameters. I am not too familiar with this though. As an example, I forward the port (on which my rtorrent listens for traffic) from my firewall to my computer on my LAN. I run rtorrent on my computer which has worked with, and also without, a firewall of its own in the last few years. In almost all cases, torrents have worked extremely well. The only bad cases were when I inadvertently tried a "rogue" torrent file in the days when I was new to all this stuff and was not aware of how to find and use only trusted or safe torrents. Good luck. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hvl93c$1i9$1(a)dough.gmane.org
From: ABS Doug on 20 Jun 2010 17:30 On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote: > pan2, unrar and par2 got me over my distrust of multi-part downloads. Yep. Funny thing too, these days I almost *NEVER* find anything incomplete or corrupted. I only download par2 files & run the check... can't remember the last time I need to repair. > Depends on the h/w and kernel version. Â First step is: > $ lspci | grep Ethernet AcerAspireOne:/home/absdoug# lspci | grep Ethernet 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTikMJYonDPFKOWzMYeXd5WhqncvAjWrpkeAxH2yY(a)mail.gmail.com
From: ABS Doug on 20 Jun 2010 17:40 On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:37 AM, H.S. <hs.samix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > If torrents were acting all weird in my case, I would do the following, > in the given order. > > 1. Try a "safe" torrent, e.g. of a Linux distribution (Ubuntu is a good > example). The idea is to exclude the possibility of using bad or > intentionally malformed torrents (see klistvud's reply). If this "safe" > torrent works without problems, then you know what is wrong. If it > doesn't, then go to next step. I'm gunna start one now, see what happens. Good idea, nothing should be at issue there. > Try excluding that by > connecting your computer directly to your modem and connecting from the > computer directly (modem will work in bridge mode). Since your computer > does not have a firewall, neither does the modem, your torrents should > work. If this works, disconnect the computer from the modem and fix your > router, since that is the problem. I rent a room. The router is in a different part of the house. WiFi is included in the rent. I already asked about moving the router, but that isn't gunna happen. The router isn't even mine. I might end up trying to run a splitter at some point, but right now it's just not an option. I do appreciate all the advice. I'm gunna try a safe torrent right now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTilfvedJX_uCeIRr0gnZ9A260MG3zUABlKa10m_y(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Ron Johnson on 20 Jun 2010 18:00
On 06/20/2010 04:30 PM, ABS Doug wrote: [snip] > > I rent a room. The router is in a different part of the house. WiFi is > included in the rent. I already asked about moving the router, but > that isn't gunna happen. The router isn't even mine. I might end up > trying to run a splitter at some point, but right now it's just not an > option. I do appreciate all the advice. I'm gunna try a safe torrent > right now. > Ah, then it *might* be a problem with your Atheros driver. -- Seek truth from facts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C1E8E11.60504(a)cox.net |