_Sin_'s Ultimate (?) Download Guide with Azureus!

[Tarantula]

@safepeer discussion:

What if this companies get your IP from the tracker directly? I'm not so sure this could work but the tracker has your IP and you get IP's from the tracker, so I assume they could get these information as well.
Just like sometTrackers site you can see *every* IP connected and not only those you are connected with.

In this case safepeer does not help you much.

[anime_layer]

Yes, SafePeer does provide some protection but it's often advertised or hinted as good protection (just take the name) and I wanted to set this straight.

@Tarantula
Yes, this would be possible but I'm not sure if it would be enough as proof. IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer) but AFAIK here in Switzerland they can only get you for sharing copyrighted material and not for simply downloading it. So they'd have to get a copy of the file from you before they could sue you.

[Tarantula]

But with BT you're forced to share. So in theory they could sue you and even more if you're loyal and wait 'til your share ratio of 100% is reached.

[ChinkyTriadz]

Is torrentstorm ne good?

[Mitsuko]

I started to use Azureus, coz my friend recomended it. But my status light on my file is yellow.. i dont know what to do .. any advice would be appreciated ^^

[Mitsuko]

why is my status light yellow..

[_Sin_]

Originally Posted by Mitsuko

I started to use Azureus, coz my friend recomended it. But my status light on my file is yellow.. i dont know what to do .. any advice would be appreciated ^^

Originally Posted by Azureus itself

Yellow means that that the tracker is ok, you're connected to peers, but you don't have any remote connection. You may have a NAT problem if your torrents stay on yellow status all the time.

Source: Right click on the Health icons, 'Health' column-->About Health

These leaves to possibilities:
Either you are using a router which isn't configured properly for BT usage (the standard Incoming listen port is 6881 (see Configuration: Server)) or you got a poor torrent with a small swarm. If you don't know what of these possibilities it could be, try downloading a popular torrent like Naruto 87 and see if the yellow status remains. If it does, it is a router problem; if it does not, it is a torrent problem.

Since I don't know much about routers, the only advice I could give you, is that you configure your router to forward all data from port 6881 (default) to your local IP (127.0.0.1). [That is what I gathered and made up from hearsay, so don't hold your breath that that will work]

Originally Posted by Mitsuko

why is my status light yellow..

Patience is a virtue, my friend, especially if you consider that you are in the less frequented Sub Forums of AnimeSuki...

[Mitsuko]

thank you for replying i apreciate it ^^

[_Sin_]

Originally Posted by Mitsuko

thank you for replying i apreciate it ^^

Of course, it's the thread to my guide anyways ^_^

Did my suggestions work and which problem did you have? I consider adding that in the FAQ section.

[Casshern]

I've just installed Azureus 2.1.0.0 (was using an old version of abc).
I can't seem to be able to find any indication of my upload ratio. It's not on the main panel. I click view-->statistics and I get the total upload size for all torrents but it doesn't say how much of each torrent I have uploaded. Any advise on how to find it?

[_Sin_]

Originally Posted by Sol//Aris

I've just installed Azureus 2.1.0.0 (was using an old version of abc).
I can't seem to be able to find any indication of my upload ratio. It's not on the main panel. I click view-->statistics and I get the total upload size for all torrents but it doesn't say how much of each torrent I have uploaded. Any advise on how to find it?

Spoiler:

Doubleclick the torrent of which you want to see your share ratio in the My Torrents tab. That's it

Can some mod merge that with the Azureus Guide? Thanks

[Mog]

Im downloading a huge batch right now, but I only need 2 of the files. I really dont want to dl the whole batch so is there a way to get those 2 files I need???

[warnold]

Originally Posted by Sol//Aris

I can't seem to be able to find any indication of my upload ratio. It's not on the main panel. I click view-->statistics and I get the total upload size for all torrents but it doesn't say how much of each torrent I have uploaded. Any advise on how to find it?

Azureus calls it "Share Ratio" To see it for a single torrent, open that torrents detail window. To see it for all torrents, right-click on the main panel, select "Column Setup" and check the box next to "Share Ratio"

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[LowT]

It's still freakin slow.

[_Sin_]

Originally Posted by Mog

Im downloading a huge batch right now, but I only need 2 of the files. I really dont want to dl the whole batch so is there a way to get those 2 files I need???

Read the bottom part of my guide again where it starts with:

Q: How do I prioritize torrents?

Originally Posted by LowT

It's still freakin slow.

Read the guide where it starts with:

Tracker Tab

If you did that and you got green "Health" there is not much to do except for waiting.

[LowT]

Originally Posted by _Sin_

Read the bottom part of my guide again where it starts with:

Q: How do I prioritize torrents?



Read the guide where it starts with:

Tracker Tab

If you did that and you got green "Health" there is not much to do except for waiting.

Ok when you say green health, you mean the smily face?

cuz for every torrent dl of mines, it starts grey, goes red, goes yellow, then will always go green smily face.

So, i guess their all healthy?? I mean like today im doing something over 200-250!

like finally. Seems to me only things that are REALLY popular seem to work.

I'm going to go try another client real quick.

[_Sin_]

Originally Posted by LowT

Seems to me only things that are REALLY popular seem to work.

Well, wasn't that kinda obvious?? All that ruckus for nothing -_-

[LowT]

Originally Posted by _Sin_

Well, wasn't that kinda obvious?? All that ruckus for nothing -_-

Well, Green Green and Hunter X Hunter were going extremly slow.

I had a Green Green with like 10 seeds.

and it wasn't ruckus, i learned alot.

[Tarag]

Since I don't know much about routers, the only advice I could give you, is that you configure your router to forward all data from port 6881 (default) to your local IP (127.0.0.1). [That is what I gathered and made up from hearsay, so don't hold your breath that that will work]

Actually, that's not quite right. You need to use your computer's actual IP address, rather than 127.0.0.1. The way to find your computer's IP address varies depending on what operating system you're using. If you're using some flavour of MS Windows, at least one of the following methods should work:

• Start -> Run -> winipcfg
• Choose your network adapter from the drop-down list

-or-

• Open a command prompt, and type:
  ipconfig /all | find "IP Address"

Once you know your computer's IP address, you should be able to set up a rule to forward port 6881 to that address.

(As a side note, if you are using a "cable/DSL router", and you go to a site like http://www.whatismyip.com, it will actually display your router's IP, which is not what you want in this case. If you're using a Linksys router, your computer's IP will typically be something like 192.168.1.x, where x is a number between 1 and 255. Confused yet?)

[_Sin_]

Like I said I don't know much about routers but I read about forwarding the data to the local IP 127.0.0.1 and not the actual IP. While my common sense tells me that the latter method will work 100%, I find it a very tedious thing to do - if you have a dynamic IP. So, can anyone test port forwarding to the local IP or clear things up altogether?