HelveticaBold Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Hi all, I'm new to the forum so forgive me if I'm doing this wrong some how. When I open uTorrent (V 1.8.7 (41986) my download speed rises quickly to mid hundred MBS, but quickly plummets, finally settling around 9kbs and stays there no matter how I configure the settings. I've fooled around with them quite a bit and as a result have no idea which way is up. I have a VPN and turning it on or off doesn't seem to matter. Is anyone else experiencing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 What setup guide did you follow to configure uTorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelveticaBold Posted April 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 I wasn't aware there was one? I just clicked install, it did, and that's it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelveticaBold Posted April 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Any ideas on this? I tested my internet speed and it's fast, so.. not sure what it could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 The connection and queue numbers tell me that you don't actually understand what settings will improve your speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelveticaBold Posted April 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 19 minutes ago, DreadWingKnight said: The connection and queue numbers tell me that you don't actually understand what settings will improve your speeds. That's true. I've made no effort to deny that and in fact outlined my ignorance on what makes uTorrent work in my original post. Are you able to offer me any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 100 connections globally, 40 per torrent, 2 active at once, 1 downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelveticaBold Posted April 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Are you referring to a setup guide that comes with the download? I'm not understanding your post at all. Forgive me, I'm a uTorrent neophyte, Im not getting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelveticaBold Posted April 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 I went back to see if there was a setup guide I was missing, but after clicking on the installation dmg, it takes you through an automatic install going to this window after it finishes loading, then automatically opens uTorent, so no opportunity to follow a setup guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deknk12 Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 I have the same problem. Starts at 2MB/s, and then drops to 9KB/s. I'm using a VPN, have my NAT setup OK, UnPnP etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 There is a settings file in my sig that you can try as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent-10 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Have the same issue on uTorrent 1.8.7 and OSX 10.11.5. Downloading drops to 9kbs often.. Also found the archived thread from 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Can you re-try without pre-allocate in pref->general? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent-10 Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 21 hours ago, rafi said: Can you re-try without pre-allocate in pref->general? Hmm, I don't see this option in Preferences->General in uTorrent 1.8.7 for OSX.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnyko Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 I have the same problem. It appears in many cases. The easiest way to reproduce is: 1) download any multi-file torrent file. Serial, for example. 2) double-click on torrent file. Click on "Select none" in file list. Check any single file to download. Click "Ok". Download started. 3) wait for downloading of single file from list is finished. Select the torrent, select "Files" tab in the bottom part of your screen. You will see the files list, one of it is "Normal", all other is "Skip". Select any skipped file, right-click on it, select "Normal priority". Downloading of the next file is started. Now you can see the downloading starting on the max speed but eventually dropped to 9.5k. Little researching shows next: 1) MacOS is highly loaded with reading from disk. Speed is depending on your disk's max speed. I've attached screenshot from my system. Now I trying to download a file to SD Card. When I downloading to external USB3 disk, the speed is about 20mb/s. When I downloading to SSD, the speed is about 60mb/s. 2) there's some spike on downloading speed (and some drops on reading from disk). See the second screenshot This problem exists at least for 2 years. I can give you any other information, if it will help. Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnyko Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 5 hours ago, sonnyko said: I have the same problem. It appears in many cases. The easiest way to reproduce is: 1) download any multi-file torrent file. Serial, for example. 2) double-click on torrent file. Click on "Select none" in file list. Check any single file to download. Click "Ok". Download started. 3) wait for downloading of single file from list is finished. Select the torrent, select "Files" tab in the bottom part of your screen. You will see the files list, one of it is "Normal", all other is "Skip". Select any skipped file, right-click on it, select "Normal priority". Downloading of the next file is started. Now you can see the downloading starting on the max speed but eventually dropped to 9.5k. Little researching shows next: 1) MacOS is highly loaded with reading from disk. Speed is depending on your disk's max speed. I've attached screenshot from my system. Now I trying to download a file to SD Card. When I downloading to external USB3 disk, the speed is about 20mb/s. When I downloading to SSD, the speed is about 60mb/s. 2) there's some spike on downloading speed (and some drops on reading from disk). See the second screenshot This problem exists at least for 2 years. I can give you any other information, if it will help. Alex. Several hours passed. It still works on 9,5k speed with regular spikes. It looks like uTorrent reading for some reason all previous files from this torrent. 24 files for 1.3 gb each. 20 files already downloaded, 1 downloading right now, 3 left. On Activity monitor on Statistic tabs numbers of faults increased continuously (the last screenshot). Latest uTorrent 1.8.7, latest MacOS release. Several locations with several WiFi, same behaviours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnyko Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 8 minutes ago, sonnyko said: Several hours passed. It still works on 9,5k speed with regular spikes. It looks like uTorrent reading for some reason all previous files from this torrent. 24 files for 1.3 gb each. 20 files already downloaded, 1 downloading right now, 3 left. On Activity monitor on Statistic tabs numbers of faults increased continuously (the last screenshot). Latest uTorrent 1.8.7, latest MacOS release. Several locations with several WiFi, same behaviours. Stop downloading doesn't help. Restart uTorrent too. uTorrent still heavy loaded with reading from disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erilianande Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 i have sama problem sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopsmith Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 I'm having the same problem. I am downloading a file size 52GB made of several smaller files with no problem, and another size 3.5GB speeds are in the 1-2MB/sec range. As soon as I added a file size 116GB made up of smaller files, it dropped to 9kb/sec. Stopping the new torrent doesn't change anything, but once I delete the new torrent and all files, the DL speed returns to previous levels. I've seen this issue happen before in the past with larger file sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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