Thread: bittorrent not seeding

I've downloaded some things with bittorrent, and after download, I couldn't seed none of them. :S



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I've left it for about 5-6 minutes to seed, and nothing. From time to time it appears 0.1 kb/s, but it dissapears fast.

I have disabled router firewall, I have opened ports for bittorrent, I have started setup guide, I did reset modem and nothing helps !!! :(
I've tried it with utorrent too, same situation... I need to seed fast, to grow up my ratio... Any help ???

You have two types of torrents here. Ones with a lot of seeders, some probably on seedboxes, thus uploading faster than You emaning you're not uploading at all.
And torrents with zero leechers. If no one is downloading it, you obviously aren't uploading anything.

I'm sorry, if I understood well, peers = how many of them are downloading at the moment? seeds = how many of them are seeding at the moment?
So if I want to seed (upload, and grow up my ratio), it must have peers (people who want to download that), and if I want to download, it must have seeds?
But for 1 torrent, peers are changing from 2 to 10, and while I'm seeding, my upload isn't going to the maximum, it just appears 0.1 kb/s and dissapears, 0.2 kb/s and dissapears againg and so on... :S
I don't get it O.o

They're probably partial seeders, they've downloaded all they want and seeding what they have, they still show up as leechers.

In order to seed your torrents generally have to be new, downloading old stuff isn't going to get you very far on a new tracker. Grab a few rars of something popular as soon as it's uploaded, it should seed fine for a bit and then tail off.

Ok... I'll have that in mind...

Originally Posted by deni_dj

I'm sorry, if I understood well, peers = how many of them are downloading at the moment? seeds = how many of them are seeding at the moment?
So if I want to seed (upload, and grow up my ratio), it must have peers (people who want to download that), and if I want to download, it must have seeds?
But for 1 torrent, peers are changing from 2 to 10, and while I'm seeding, my upload isn't going to the maximum, it just appears 0.1 kb/s and dissapears, 0.2 kb/s and dissapears againg and so on... :S
I don't get it O.o

The 0.1-0.3KB/s you see isn't really uploading it's just connecting with the tracker this won't get you any upload credit.

Peers = everybody who is somewhat involved in the torrent (Seeders and Leechers together)
Seeders = people who seed, therefore try to upload
Leechers = people who download something

People can be seeding and downloading at the same time in this case they are marked as leechers by the tracker.
Partial seeders (people who have only downloaded a percentage of the torrent) are displayed as leechers by the tracker.

I hope this helps.
For information on how to build a good ratio try this links:
How to build a good ratio
The Popular Torrent Myth
10 Tips and Tricks for Private BitTorrent Sites

yo dude, it seems you haven't read any of your private tracker rules/FAQs.

you have to disable DHT!!!

probably peer exchange and local peer discovery too, if you already haven't

if you are able to upload at all (meaning you have gotten upload speeds over 5kb), it indicates that your ports are open, which is a good thing. but if you're second-quessing, you can always check it by snatching something popular from a public tracker. you're quaranteed to see some upload figures

though if the torrent is an old one, then there's nothing you can do but wait for new leechers. at that moment, seeders who have good speeds have priority and leechers shown by the tracker are probably part-seeders (they're downloading nothing).



#IMAGINE recommendation.
when your speeds suck, you have to be careful what you download and from where you download it, be quick and cross-seed if you have to. don't go over your head by joining l33t trackers when even the most average trackers need some super-dedication from you .

Ok, I've fugured it out, thanks all for help... One more thing, what does [FreeLeech] in torrent name at the end means?

download isn't counted and all the upload you get, will go to your credit - ALL GOOD THINGS