Hello,

My slackbox seems to download isos slower using bittorrent than with ftp. My
download method is via a 56Kb/s Modem.

Changing the max_upload_rate to 4 or 3 makes no difference to the download
rate.

Is this to be expected when downloading via a modem?

Slackbox runs Slackware 9.0 with Bittorrent loaded into the correct python
path.

Sorry about OE posting but I cannot slack from the office.

--
Regards
Martin Hughes
Linux User #283064
Blessed are those who expect nothing; for they shall not be disappointed.

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Martin Hughes wrote:
| Hello,
|
| My slackbox seems to download isos slower using bittorrent than with
ftp. My
| download method is via a 56Kb/s Modem.
|
| Changing the max_upload_rate to 4 or 3 makes no difference to the download
| rate.
|
| Is this to be expected when downloading via a modem?
|
| Slackbox runs Slackware 9.0 with Bittorrent loaded into the correct python
| path.
|
| Sorry about OE posting but I cannot slack from the office.
|

the torrents are kinda dead now - guessing from your email that you're
in uk, try ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/

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Fred Emmott

Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely
unintentional side effect. --- Linus Torvalds
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"Fred Emmott" <pcfreak65@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3fddaa64$1_2@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
>
> the torrents are kinda dead now - guessing from your email that you're
> in uk, try ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/
>
> - --
> Fred Emmott

Thanks for your help. Back to tried and trusted ftp again :-) .

Martin Hughes wrote:
> "Fred Emmott" <pcfreak65@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3fddaa64$1_2@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
>>
>> the torrents are kinda dead now - guessing from your email that
>> you're in uk, try ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/
>>
>> - --
>> Fred Emmott
>
> Thanks for your help. Back to tried and trusted ftp again :-) .

When Slack 9.1 came out the FTP servers were kind of full yet I was able to
get Slack via BitTorrent at 50KB a second. Expect that when 9.2(?) comes
out, that bittorrent will be the way to go.

Styvaen.

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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:01:06 -0000, Styvaen wrote:
>
> When Slack 9.1 came out the FTP servers were kind of full yet I was able to
> get Slack via BitTorrent at 50KB a second. Expect that when 9.2(?) comes
> out, that bittorrent will be the way to go.
>

You could buy a subscription now. It means you'd get the first batch of
Slackware disk sets shortly after it is released.

Brad

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