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From: wdoe999 on 21 Feb 2010 14:27
Hi, I'm using the Deluge client on Linux.
When I download a torrent, why does deluge download a LOT more data
than is actually in the torrent?
For example, the torrent size is 900M but Deluge downloads 1.3G.
I'm downloading another torrent right now which is 350M; there is 200M
downloaded and it only shows 30% complete.

I hope that is is not reporting the protocol overhead. Secondly, I
couldn't imagine that any protocol could be so bad that it would have
that much overhead anyway.

Thanks.
From: Hop-Frog on 21 Feb 2010 19:24
"wdoe999(a)yahoo.com" <wdoe999(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:02cfdabd-39b6-44d7-
8847-94c4023d8883(a)g8g2000pri.googlegroups.com:

> Hi, I'm using the Deluge client on Linux.
> When I download a torrent, why does deluge download a LOT more data
> than is actually in the torrent?
> For example, the torrent size is 900M but Deluge downloads 1.3G.
> I'm downloading another torrent right now which is 350M; there is 200M
> downloaded and it only shows 30% complete.
>
> I hope that is is not reporting the protocol overhead. Secondly, I
> couldn't imagine that any protocol could be so bad that it would have
> that much overhead anyway.

BT does have a lot of overhead, but that sounds more like your client is
getting bad data that has to be re-downloaded. There may be a peer trying
to poison the swarm by deliberately sending bad data, or something between
you and the swarm may be corrupting the data you get.

--
I am simply Hop-Frog, the jester--and this is my last jest.
From: Slartibartfast on 22 Feb 2010 01:52
use uTorrent then

http://www.utorrent.com/



"Hop-Frog" <Hop-Frog(a)asu.edu.spamfree> wrote in message
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> "wdoe999(a)yahoo.com" <wdoe999(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:02cfdabd-39b6-44d7-
> 8847-94c4023d8883(a)g8g2000pri.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Hi, I'm using the Deluge client on Linux.
>> When I download a torrent, why does deluge download a LOT more data
>> than is actually in the torrent?
>> For example, the torrent size is 900M but Deluge downloads 1.3G.
>> I'm downloading another torrent right now which is 350M; there is 200M
>> downloaded and it only shows 30% complete.
>>
>> I hope that is is not reporting the protocol overhead. Secondly, I
>> couldn't imagine that any protocol could be so bad that it would have
>> that much overhead anyway.
>
> BT does have a lot of overhead, but that sounds more like your client is
> getting bad data that has to be re-downloaded. There may be a peer trying
> to poison the swarm by deliberately sending bad data, or something between
> you and the swarm may be corrupting the data you get.
>
> --
> I am simply Hop-Frog, the jester--and this is my last jest.

From: Hop-Frog on 22 Feb 2010 08:04
"Slartibartfast" <Slartibartfast(a)Norway-Coastline.net> wrote in
news:hlt9jk$o37$1(a)news.eternal-september.org:

> "Hop-Frog" <Hop-Frog(a)asu.edu.spamfree> wrote in message
>> BT does have a lot of overhead, but that sounds more like your client
>> is getting bad data that has to be re-downloaded. There may be a
>> peer trying to poison the swarm by deliberately sending bad data, or
>> something between you and the swarm may be corrupting the data you
>
> use uTorrent then
>
> http://www.utorrent.com/

That wouldn't solve either problem.

--
I am simply Hop-Frog, the jester--and this is my last jest.
From: eclipsme on 22 Feb 2010 11:54
On 2/22/2010 8:04 AM, Hop-Frog wrote:
> "Slartibartfast"<Slartibartfast(a)Norway-Coastline.net> wrote in
> news:hlt9jk$o37$1(a)news.eternal-september.org:
>
>> "Hop-Frog"<Hop-Frog(a)asu.edu.spamfree> wrote in message
>>> BT does have a lot of overhead, but that sounds more like your client
>>> is getting bad data that has to be re-downloaded. There may be a
>>> peer trying to poison the swarm by deliberately sending bad data, or
>>> something between you and the swarm may be corrupting the data you
>>
>> use uTorrent then
>>
>> http://www.utorrent.com/
>
> That wouldn't solve either problem.
>
Perhaps PeerBlock would help.
http://www.peerblock.com/
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