Torrent + network = *yaaawn*

[Ham]

Ritght, im trying to torrent a movie clip (download it, not seed or turn it into a torrent). Before my network was installed this all worked hunky-dory. But now it dosn't. Anyone know how to set it up to work through my router and its firewall so i can get speeds of more than 1kbs-1? Ive tried googleing and not being a network buff its all quite confusing. any pointers?

Add: this movie clip is free, im not stealing stuff. And incase it helps my router is a belkin wireless ADSL router, (i cant remember the exact model number)

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Ok what ISP are you on? and you'll need to open the ports for the program on the router, for both UDP and TCP, the port you use can be any though.

 

[Dav0s]

torrenting is not for the feint hearted, the netowrk configuration you need to do is very advanced.

firstly, what client are you using?

secondly, change the port you are using to 15001. This may be called the "listening port" or something similar.

next open up port 15001 on your router and set up port fowarding to direct all traffic on port 15001 to your computer. if you dont know how to do this, gimme a shout or visit www.portforward.com

tell me how you get on with the above and i might go a bit more complicated

 

[Ham]

Im with a company called homecall. Ive never had any problem with torrents untill the network was installed so im presuming its that. Heres a shot of how my application gateways is set up atm. Is that right? should i expand the ports range? How can i get my client to pick up more seeds/leachers? The tracker tells me that theres 500 seeds atm and i have a grand total of 1. The 1500 leachers and i have 4.

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Ok well firstly, don't use the 6881 range, use a different one like Dav0s said. And secondly, trackers aren't always right.

Also, HomeCall are now owned by Pipex so it's not unlikely that there is traffic shaping on HomeCall now.

 

[Ham]

Well thanks for the help but it seams torrents are killing my router. It just dies and no-one can connect to it after a few muniutes of downloading (at stupidly slow speeds. Bang goes this idea then...