Oops... didn't work...

Succeeded in starting the changed Script, but...:


...the script failed and stopped...

I changed the directory name of .unicgi (via verkenner...), because I couldn't delete it and started the scipt again:

What you see, is that it looks like it started the script, but in fact, it stopped (look at the message "stopped' after asking for the status...)
After starting again the script, it failed again with the same message "file exists" (which is true ofcourse...).

And does this mean, it did start with the changed/extra parameters ?

(I'm definitely not a Unix expert, I just follow some orders and try to think logically...)

Step by step, we come to a solution, but Goner, weet je wat de volgende stap is om te doen ??

Let's see ...

What I did was, copy the 'btpd' script in /usr/local/bin/package/script/ to /tmp/hdd/root/script, renamed it to 'btpd2' and added port & peers parameters, because it seemed that the 'btpd' script already in that folder was not used on startup.

So after startup I stop btpd :

/tmp/hdd/root/script # ./btpd stop

and then start btpd2 :

/tmp/hdd/root/script # ./btpd2 start
Starting unicgi...
unicgi started
mkdir: Cannot create directory `/usr/local/etc/hdd/volumes/HDD1/BT/.unicgi': File exists
/tmp/hdd/root/script # ./btpd2 status
btpd running

it gives a message, but that seems logical assuming that script was already started on startup.
but the service runs

/tmp/hdd/root/script # ps | grep btpd
514 root 344 S N /tmp/package/btpd/bin/btpd -p 16881 --max-peers 48

and i get decent speeds downloading torrents.

same here, I've got a bit of Unix/Linux experience but I'm only following the HOWTO and adapting to the circumstances
strange that runing the same firmware gives us different locations for scripts and different results

I did (almost) the same Goner (I did it in the directory /usr/local/etc).
I stopped the original btpd, ran the changed one and got the 'error-message', but after I request for the status (./btpd status), it says "btpd stopped"


I will try to reboot the POHD, maybe it helps...
Because now (and also before I ran the script) I can't upload a torrent file anymore...
Although, I can upload it, but after running it, it says "torrent add failed...check for valid torrent file".
Even when I try to restart a torrent-file which already suceeded in downloading, failed...
I hope I didn't break something... and a reboot will help...

It Works !!!!
- -

After I Reboot the system (with the reboot command in Telnet !! )

Everything seems to be working !
Look:

Now it's downloading a 22Gig Bluray film! (and finding enough seeds...)

Thanks for the help, Goner !

(to be sure, I kept port 6881 open (next to port 12345) in case the POHD has te be rebooted or reboot itself... )

GrZ,
Luuk

It sounds cool that 15 minutes of tweaking and digging had helped with torrent speeds, but where did you done that? There is nothing on the disk which could be adjusted, and I do not found anything about which port is used by the unit.

did you follow his link to the HOWTO ?? there's a complete description of how to Telnet into linux and cange the parameters ...

Hi Guys,
this is my first post on the forum as my AC Ryan arrived today.
Im trying to change the port for bittorrnet and im trying to follow the guide but am failing at the first command after i log on!
i type in: cp /tmp/hdd/root/script/btpd /tmp/hdd/volumes/HDD1/btpd.old
as instructed, but it simple complains that No such file or directory.

i am running the latest version of the firmware, could this be why?!
If someone could let me do what im doing wrong that would be great!
thanks
Richard

I went through all the things which Playonmiss mentioned. All the same messages, but at the end I did not succeded. I copied the btpd file, and edited it, eveything is fine. But I am not able to stop the currently running version, and the parameters I have set are not read by the system.

I spent almost two days with this unit, and I do not think its market ready product. There is no proper description, proper manual, so I have bought it ten days ago, but regretted it.

Stable speed obtained around to 0.9-1,5 MB/s if is set the "–max-peers" at 35.

Which version is that ?? There is some discussion about exactly what is the latest version and the location, presence and permissions of the scripts differs per version.

By the way ; I wonder if changing the parameters always helps ... sometimes I get > 350kbps with the default BT client. And sometimes I only get 10 kbps with the changed script (same number of peers).

Funny that you can buy it all over the world, it gets good reviews on hardware sites and in magazines then and there's a massive user-base