No seed but shows seed

[Diskence]

Hi, first time posting.

I am currently using Bitcomet v1.20, I have DSL. I have a router, it is a Linksys router and yes my port is forwarded.

I am using Windows Vista, Kaspersky anti virus 2010 and windows firewall for firewall.

My question is regarding the following picture

The picture shows that I am connected to some seeds but on my peer list it showed that it was still 0/4[0/16] why is that?

Thank you for your time.

[greywizard]

Those look like LT-Seeding peers. I guess that's why they don't show up in the peer count, since in there you'll see only the BitTorrent peers gotten through tracker, DHT and PEX.

I can't confirm if this is the intended way for the UI to work or a glitch but it seems to be the way the client does it at present time.

[kluelos]

Given their transfer rates that's likely correct. LT seeds trickle at under 1k, but never flood because the LT seeder has allocated only a small portion of bandwidth to it.

Transfers from a regular seeder always go much faster, and a speed of 1k indicates a negotiation happening, not a piece transfer.

[The UnUsual Suspect]

This is a good example how how bitcomet can save a dead torrent, enabling all peers to complete when no seeder is present. BitComet can also obtain the files from http, ftp or emule sources, so if you are able to finish this torrent, even slowly, then these new features are really paying off.

As for the LTseed speed, most people do limit this, which is wise, but they really can boost your download speed.

[kluelos]

One thing that perhaps isn't as clear as it could be, is that a client can aggregate LT seeds -- so that if you have several of them who have each allocated 1 KB/s to LT seeding, they can add up to a respectable speed. Considering that this is happening on bandwidth you otherwise wouldn't be using at all, it's not a bad deal.