Discipline - 1-23-2009 at 08:43 PM
So I got a slsk account so my brother down in Florida could download some albums off of me. I followed the directions they gave to set it up, but my
upload speed is really low. It takes hours to download a single album. Any advice as to how to speed it up?
Voodoobillyman - 1-23-2009 at 08:58 PM
I think it's all dependant on your connection speed. Do you have dial up or digital?
Discipline - 1-23-2009 at 09:05 PM
High speed digital.
SS76 - 1-23-2009 at 09:10 PM
seems like uploading and downloading speeds are totally different. I've never uploaded anything except for the summer thorp mix cd and I remember
that shit took over an hour to upload.
Discipline - 1-23-2009 at 09:11 PM
I have my music folder set up for sharing. I tried downloading something and got it really fast, but when my brother tried to download some stuff
from me it took like 3-4 hours for a single album.
random - 1-23-2009 at 09:52 PM
you might want to try uploading it to a site like mediafire, rapidshare, or yousend it as a .zip or .rar file. saves you the trouble of being online
at the same time, and seems to download much faster than soulseek, since i can relate to your problem.
barc0debaby - 1-23-2009 at 10:28 PM
Make sure your brother has his max D/L bandwith set to 0, this allows for unrestricted bandwith from the program. That might help some, if not there
might be something with your computer not allowing soulseek to access that many ports, I don't know how to mess with any of that stuff, but it can
slow you up. Also your ISP might actually be limiting how much you can upload, some ISPs actually limit programs like soulseek for set hours during
the day or just limit it all together.
SHAKO KEN - 1-23-2009 at 10:34 PM
It depends on the other person's connection speed too. Plus whether or not your ports are forwarded to your firewall and/or router (hard to explain).
I'd try what random recommended.
Six66Mike - 1-23-2009 at 11:44 PM
Yeah make sure firewalls on either end aren't a problem and the ISP isn't throttling, try a different port and make sure your router has the ports
open.
Voodoobillyman - 1-24-2009 at 10:40 AM
Your brothers connection speed is more than likely the problem I would think. I dunno
Discipline - 1-24-2009 at 01:57 PM
Fuck it. I'll just use media fire.
DaveMoral - 1-24-2009 at 05:14 PM
I haven't even used Soulseek in a while because of the superiority of rapidshare, mediafire and megaupload.