Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-03 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 06:19:58 -0400 Rob Owens wrote: > On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 09:50:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:35:24 -0400 > > Rob Owens wrote: > > > > > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > > > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward

Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-03 Thread Artifex Maximus
Hello! On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Rob Owens wrote: > When I go to "Info" on this torrent, rtorrent says "Connection type: > leech".  What do I need to do to be a good bittorrent citizen? As long as you do not have each chunks of a torrent rtorrent says you are leech. If you download torrent

Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 09:50:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:35:24 -0400 > Rob Owens wrote: > > > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward TCP 6890-6999 to > > my bittorrent machine, per my .rtorrent.rc

Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-02 Thread Alan Ianson
On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 23:06 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:24:20 -0700 > Alan Ianson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 21:35 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > > > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward TCP 6890

Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-02 Thread Joey Hess
Rob Owens wrote: > When I go to "Info" on this torrent, rtorrent says "Connection type: > leech". What do I need to do to be a good bittorrent citizen? A confusing thing about bittorrent is that "leech" is used as both a technical term, meaning a peer that is not currently seeding (even if it has

Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-02 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:24:20 -0700 Alan Ianson wrote: > On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 21:35 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward TCP 6890-6999 to > > my bittorrent machine, per my .rtorrent.rc file.

Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-02 Thread Alan Ianson
On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 21:35 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward TCP 6890-6999 to > my bittorrent machine, per my .rtorrent.rc file. That sounds right for a classic bittorrent client. I used to op

Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-02 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:35:24 -0400 Rob Owens wrote: > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward TCP 6890-6999 to > my bittorrent machine, per my .rtorrent.rc file. The best way to check that the ports are actually accessible f

help with rtorrent

2010-11-02 Thread Rob Owens
I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward TCP 6890-6999 to my bittorrent machine, per my .rtorrent.rc file. So far I've downloaded 485 MB and uploaded only 9 MB. Did I do something wrong, or is that normal? When I go to "Info"