[nflug] deluge bit torrent parameters

Sun Feb 8 09:40:11 EST 2009

Hi, Joe.
When you say "I ran sudo iptables -L and it comes back empty" I'm not sure I know what you mean. It should have returned a crapload of data.  Try a command more to the point, maybe. To see the sate of open ports on your machine, run [as root, or sudo]
 netstat --listen

And see if the port you think you have open is listening on your local machine.  If it is, then we can test the router to see if that port is open.

I'm not familiar with a Westel 327W specifically. Can you log onto it get into an "Advanced Setup" admin web interface?  If so, there should --one hopes-- be a way to open individual ports. It might be menued under "Special program access" or something like that. It might not be listed under "Firewall," but under "NAT", like it is in my USRobotics router.

What say we move this thread to the WNYLUG list? I'm under the impression that we're supposed to be phasing out of the NFLUG list. 

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: josephj at main.nc.us
> Sent: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:25:00 -0500
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: [nflug] deluge bit torrent parameters
> 
> I really like deluge.  The newest release is a bit better about not
> totally hogging the bandwidth.
> 
> I've also been using transmission.
> 
> Both programs work (I don't run them at the same time.)  But they both
> give me messages about the port being closed.  The transmission FAQ
> talks about this saying that if the port is open then more peers can
> find you and share more data.  I followed the instructions for allowing
> it, but it still says closed.
> I ran sudo iptables -L and it comes back empty.  I am not running a
> firewall.  I have security set to none in my dsl modem/router/wireless.
> 
> Why is it still closed and how do I open it?  Is it safe to do so?
> 
> In transmission preferences->network, it tests the port and says it's
> closed.
> 
> I'm using Verizon DSL with a Westel 327W modem/wireless router.
> kubuntu hardy  on a Centrino Duo Notebook.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Joe
> 
> Matthew Koerner wrote:
>> Hey Joe,
>>  Transmission does run great, i concur with John. It has never crashed
>> yet
>> on me.
>> Matthew
>> 
>>> Hi Joe.
>>> 
>>> Actually, bandwidth setting could be the issue. My websurfing and that
>>> of
>>> the family computer on the same router/DSL line improved markedly when
>>> I
>>> throttled back UL speed.   TCP/IP needs to upload packets  in order to
>>> download packets, so choked UL bandwidth can definitely hamper DL
>>> bandwidth.  See this page for calculating your settings:
>>> http://infinite-source.de/az/az-calc.html
>>> 
>>> I used Deluge for about a year, in preference to KTorrent or Azureus.
>>> Lately I'm liking Transmission.
>>> Light-weight, and it doesn't lock up or crash as often as Deluge was
>>> doing. I started using it in Pardus, but Now I'm running it in Mepis
>>> and
>>> Ubuntu as well --no problems so far, after about two-three months.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: josephj at main.nc.us
>>>> Sent: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:52:21 -0500
>>>> To: nflug at nflug.org
>>>> Subject: [nflug] deluge bit torrent parameters
>>>> 
>>>> I'm starting to use deluge for large files.
>>>> 
>>>> What I'm finding is that is I start even one or two torrents, I lose
>>>> the
>>>> use of the Internet for anything else.
>>>> I've tried limiting it to one or two torrents at a time and throttling
>>>> the upload and download speeds to way less than bandwidth.
>>>> No luck.
>>>> 
>>>> What about maximum connections or other settings?
>>>> 
>>>> I tried setting maximum connections to 50 then 60 and - at least for
>>>> the
>>>> moment, that seems to work.
>>>> 
>>>> Any idea what an "optimal" value would be?
>>>> 
>>>> When I left Max Connections unlimited, it looked like I kept getting
>>>> disconnected from both ISP's.
>>>> 
>>>> Do you think this was coincidence or theirs servers getting upset with
>>>> me.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I have either dsl 860/128 all to myself, or, sometimes cable 300+/?,
>>>> so
>>>> bandwidth is not what's doing it.
>>>> 
>>>> Joe
>>>> 
>>>> kubuntu hardy, Centrino Duo 1.6GHz, wireless Westel 327G, 1GB ram,
>>>> plenty of USB HDD space.
>>>> 
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