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9th May 2007, 15:21
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
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forward my ports
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sounds like a dodgy sex-act doesn't it?
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9th May 2007, 15:21
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
I freaking LOVE utorrent.
I've been back in Thailand close to a year now...and torrents have made it so easy. I don't miss a thing from home. All the rugby league and stuff I want.
Also been downloading tonnes of shows lately. All of The Shield (great show), 24 etc.
If you leave it on overnight and have a very fast connection, you should download the biggest files. I.e. try and download the HIGH DEFINITION version of shows. They look and sound amazing.
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Could it be a simple matter of checking to see if the torrents are adequately seeded?
If not enough folks are seeding, it doesn't matter which client you use, it's gonna be slow.
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Absolutely true.
Search Isohunt...the pirate bay...demonoid...before D/L anything and pick the largest seed.
I dound an ep of 24 last night that had 38 seeders. Fast enough. Then I found the same ep with 598 seeders and it absolutely flew.
If you download shows from America a day or two after they're shown...it's not uncommon to see 5000+ seeders. It flies then.
Last edited by GreatSage; 9th May 2007 at 15:24.
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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9th May 2007, 15:34
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
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If you download shows from America a day or two after they're shown...it's not uncommon to see 5000+ seeders. It flies then.
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that's true. got the latest entourage, sopranoes and heroes very very quickly
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9th May 2007, 15:37
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
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Some days I do, some days I don't
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Same for me when I had uPNP enabled. But once I forwarded my ports (and no Zehner it does not sound like a sex act, you sicko!!) I get a green tick all the time. Makes me happy anyway. 
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9th May 2007, 15:39
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
Ah well, didn't work for me. Which ISP do you use?
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9th May 2007, 15:43
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
Buddy Broadband. But it might be more to do with your router, no?
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9th May 2007, 15:44
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
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Zehner it does not sound like a sex act, you sicko!
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small z ya langer
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9th May 2007, 15:46
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
Tried two different routers. The free True router was a definite no-go.
When I upgraded to a new wireless router I tried, but I use Linux and it was a pain in the ass frankly. To be honest I've been pretty happy without portforwarding over the years and generally I'm connectable anyway. My upload speeds are pretty good.
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9th May 2007, 15:50
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
Well, I can't say as it makes a huge difference. I just wanted to get it working as it annoyed me that I couldn't.
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9th May 2007, 15:52
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
no need to port forward if you use the compooter with the fruity name....just click a button in the prefernces and away ya go 
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To stare, big-eyed Narcissus, into some spring
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9th May 2007, 16:01
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
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no need to port forward if you use the compooter with the fruity name
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What? Apricot? No one uses them anymore you banana
zehner: What's the difference between an Apple and an Orange???
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I just wanted to get it working as it annoyed me that I couldn't.
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Same, same here. It used to annoy me, so I manually forwarded the port.
When I took my laptop to work, I had to use an alternate configuration to acquire a dynamic IP address. This always screwed up the settings on the static one.
I don't know why, so in the end I just used uPnP port mapping. Greenie all the time.
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9th May 2007, 16:03
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
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What? Apricot? No one uses them anymore you banana
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yes apricot compooters..the saviour of the compooter world and scourge of gung-ho pooter gurus such as our sageandagro

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Now, to pry into roots, to finger slime,
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9th May 2007, 16:04
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
I think you missed my last edit:
zehner: What's the difference between an Apple and an Orange???
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9th May 2007, 16:05
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
^i prefer apricots myself
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Now, to pry into roots, to finger slime,
To stare, big-eyed Narcissus, into some spring
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9th May 2007, 16:08
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Re: Downloading Torrents For An Idiot-Help Please
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^i prefer apricots myself
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Nope.
You never get an Apple B@stard 
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