Monday, Jan 26, 2009
As of today I can say I've successfully bypassed my ISPs bittorrent throttling attempts, I did this by doing a few things:
1. I changed my BT port from 6881, which is in the BT port range (6881-6999) to 4472, which I randomly selected.
2. I turned on encryption, so my ISP can't pick out my torrent packets
3. I compleatelly changed the way BT operates (they way it connects to peers/seeds, etc.)
I've noticed a major speed increase, and before when I used BT my internet would stop working, now it's fine
To see if your ISP limits BT bandwidth here's a list of bad ISPs
And here's how you can get past you ISP, but the guide is designed for Azureus but I'm sure you could adapt it for other Torrent clients. The Link!
1. I changed my BT port from 6881, which is in the BT port range (6881-6999) to 4472, which I randomly selected.
2. I turned on encryption, so my ISP can't pick out my torrent packets
3. I compleatelly changed the way BT operates (they way it connects to peers/seeds, etc.)
I've noticed a major speed increase, and before when I used BT my internet would stop working, now it's fine
To see if your ISP limits BT bandwidth here's a list of bad ISPs
And here's how you can get past you ISP, but the guide is designed for Azureus but I'm sure you could adapt it for other Torrent clients. The Link!
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Posted Jan 26, 2009 5:08 pm PT
They way most ISPs do it is they only slowdown bittorrent traffic, so I made it so they couldn't detect my bittorrent traffic so they can't slow it down, but yeah there are allot of LEGAL uses for bittorent that suffer from throttling.
Posted Jan 26, 2009 5:19 pm PT
Right on man, down with ISPs!
Posted Jan 26, 2009 5:35 pm PT
Sneaky.
Posted Jan 26, 2009 5:40 pm PT
go azureus!
but damn. i'm planning to get Qwest (US). i don't do much research on stuff like this because i don't torrent that much, but on the bad ISPs link, how good or bad do you think Qwest is when it comes to P2P? it says that it throttles encrypted traffic, but for a casual that only occasionally downloads like me, what's in it (or out) for me in general?
but damn. i'm planning to get Qwest (US). i don't do much research on stuff like this because i don't torrent that much, but on the bad ISPs link, how good or bad do you think Qwest is when it comes to P2P? it says that it throttles encrypted traffic, but for a casual that only occasionally downloads like me, what's in it (or out) for me in general?
Posted Jan 26, 2009 5:56 pm PT
Nice One ^_^.
Posted Jan 26, 2009 6:52 pm PT
@bulletsword - Yes Azureus... VUZE rocks!
You'd probably get speeds around 15KB/s on a good torrent, 5KB/s on an average torrent, but if there really serious (like my ISP) your entire internet will slow down when you're downloading a torrent, and because they throttle encrypted traffic there's no way to avoid it, although you might be able to if you choose a random port (60, 63, 66 are all open), but that's only if the ISP throttles just bittorent ports and doesn't look for patterns that bittorent makes, like one port connected to many computers.
You'd probably get speeds around 15KB/s on a good torrent, 5KB/s on an average torrent, but if there really serious (like my ISP) your entire internet will slow down when you're downloading a torrent, and because they throttle encrypted traffic there's no way to avoid it, although you might be able to if you choose a random port (60, 63, 66 are all open), but that's only if the ISP throttles just bittorent ports and doesn't look for patterns that bittorent makes, like one port connected to many computers.
Posted Jan 26, 2009 6:59 pm PT
great... I'm (going to be) screwed. i'll look for a way around it...
it can't be as bad as the internet i have now, though. regardless of whether i torrent or not, my current service is so awful when it just comes to regular performance.
it can't be as bad as the internet i have now, though. regardless of whether i torrent or not, my current service is so awful when it just comes to regular performance.
Posted Jan 26, 2009 7:07 pm PT
Thankfully Verizon isn't on there. (Wait, why am I happy about this? Verizon SUCKS).
This would usually work for me, too, but my stupid parents forgot the login to my router page so now I can't forward ports. So I'm pretty much stuck as is because they refuse to do anything about it.
On another note, I just found something out yesterday. My connection speed is 768kbps. My uncle has a 15,000 kbps connection. With his connection, I could load a 1280x720 HD trailer while streaming in less than a minute, whereas with my connection it would take about ten minutes. I wish I had that kind of Internet. His upload speed was 3 times faster than my fastest download speed.
This would usually work for me, too, but my stupid parents forgot the login to my router page so now I can't forward ports. So I'm pretty much stuck as is because they refuse to do anything about it.
On another note, I just found something out yesterday. My connection speed is 768kbps. My uncle has a 15,000 kbps connection. With his connection, I could load a 1280x720 HD trailer while streaming in less than a minute, whereas with my connection it would take about ten minutes. I wish I had that kind of Internet. His upload speed was 3 times faster than my fastest download speed.
Posted Jan 26, 2009 7:29 pm PT
Thanks =]
Posted Jan 26, 2009 9:12 pm PT
@TheC0m1ssar - You could hit the reset button on your router, but then you'd have to reenter all the information you had on it before, also have you tried 1234, admin, or your phone number?
You uncle is lucky, my connection is 1039kb/s, but my ISP SUCKS!!!, I'm looking into a new ISP whos speeds are 4x my current speeds, but it's still only 4000kb/s, but they will let me run my own server, which is a huge plus, I just wish there were some T1 or T3 providers in my area.
You uncle is lucky, my connection is 1039kb/s, but my ISP SUCKS!!!, I'm looking into a new ISP whos speeds are 4x my current speeds, but it's still only 4000kb/s, but they will let me run my own server, which is a huge plus, I just wish there were some T1 or T3 providers in my area.
Posted Jan 27, 2009 12:20 am PT
Congratz, btw, I downloaded bittorent once, and it slowed down my computer terribly.
Posted Jan 27, 2009 6:08 am PT
Well that's cool jeff537665 only If I know how to do that myself L o L that sounds handy. well Talk to you Later.
Posted Jan 27, 2009 11:05 am PT
your speedtest results are almost 5X as fast as mine 
i bet i pay 5x more, too. *sigh* internet's way too overpriced and service is awful
the internet i'm planning to get from qwest would be 12mbps (according to the ads). even if they throttle the speed just for torrenting, it'd be worth the trade getting rid of Earthlink.
i bet i pay 5x more, too. *sigh* internet's way too overpriced and service is awful
the internet i'm planning to get from qwest would be 12mbps (according to the ads). even if they throttle the speed just for torrenting, it'd be worth the trade getting rid of Earthlink.
Posted Jan 27, 2009 2:11 pm PT
@bulletsword - ISPs do suck (most of them), someone should make a super ISP
I know qwest has T1 connections, which makes you very lucky, from what I've read the ISP I'm looking into has good service.
I know qwest has T1 connections, which makes you very lucky, from what I've read the ISP I'm looking into has good service.
Posted Jan 27, 2009 3:07 pm PT
there's only one problem with making a super ISP: the internet's connected by a series of tubes.
one pair of scissors and you're toast
one pair of scissors and you're toast
Posted Jan 27, 2009 3:48 pm PT
Yes! they're such a pain.
Posted Jan 28, 2009 3:59 am PT
Posted Jan 28, 2009 10:33 am PT
Well thankfully it looks like I don't have much of a problem. But I feel bad for those that do.
Posted Jan 30, 2009 2:12 am PT
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