charlie_fong Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 im using utorrent 1.6, untill recently i cant get downloads higher than 100KB/si use to have problems where i only get 10KB/s and lower, but i fixed that by fowarding my ports in my homeportal and my firewall. now im only gettin speeds between 20-100KB/s average. and my upload speed goes from 30-50KB/s. my internet connection downstream is 3.0mbps and upload is 512kbps. my upload speed seems to be running fine, but my download speed is not using its full potential! and i have checked to see the speeds of the torrents, im not connection to all my peers, it tells me i have 27(34)seeders 43(122), but im not downloadin from most of them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Use uTorrent's Speed Guide (CTRL+R) and choose the xx/512k setting.That should improve upload and download some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 but my connection is faster than that, its 3.0mbps. i just put it at 2mbit. but ill try that and see if i see any dramatic performances! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Reread the Speed Guide's instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Your connection is possibly not even as fast as the xx/512k setting according to the information you have given me.You may even have to use a slower setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 uh i think my connection is 3.0mbps man(max downsteam 3008kbps) and my upload is 512kbps.plus i tried downloadin that office thing ultima showed to me, and the download was fast! i was downloading 250-310KB/s a second, but downloading other torrents....ugh so low, so now its confusing me, plus i go for the good torrents! with a buncha seeders and leechers! WHY?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 More seeders and peers does not mean faster transfer speeds. The OpenOffice.org torrent has perpetual seeders on very, very fat pipes, so that's why you easily max your connection speed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 ya thats true cus i was getting like 50KB/s with one seeder lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 You're choosing the settings µTorrent uses in Speed Guide (CTRL+G) based on your UPLOAD speed...which is 512 kilobits/sec supposedly.That's why you're supposed to choose the xx/512k one...or "worse".By trying to use the xx/2 mbit one, you're overloading your line 4x over...so for roughly every 4 packets µTorrent tries to send out, only 1 is likely to arrive at its destination! That's 75% packet loss and causes all sorts of disasterous results. That even resembles illegal/hostile hacker attacks (Denial-of-Service attacks in particular), so your ISP may call you up and ask what your computer is doing. If they do ...you might want to say it's a "virus". OpenOffice downloads fast because it doesn't depend much on your upload -- you may not even have anyone to upload TO!I can't upload faster than 42 KB/sec, so why should I expect to download faster than 100 KB/sec for more than short bursts?...because almost everyone's connection is the same way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 lol ty switeck so much^_^. i didnt realize they were asking for my upload speed...but i guess it 512kalso do any of u guys think that setting up a static ip would help me with my dl speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Yes, you'd need that if you hope to have a well-working port forwarded setup. And I did say to re-read the Speed Guide's instructions (more carefully, of course)... =T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Get unfirewalled by making a static ip, and you can download from roughly 3x as many people....whether you get 3x (or more!) download speed as a result depends on how generous you are to them.(hint: higher upload speeds per upload slot help!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 o sounds good, but seems like it will make vulnerable...plus i dont know how to change to static...but this confuses me, my isp privides both static and dynamic ip's. the thing is static is about 10 bux more than dynamic, so would changing my ip to static somehow increase my payments for my internet??thx ultima and switeck!!!!! woo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Although it may sound like a security risk to "poke" a hole in your firewall, it is not the case. If no application is listening on the port that is opened in your firewall, any incoming connections on that port will be ignored. If an application is listening, security is up to that application. There is no known exploit for µTorrent that might break your computer's security setup, so there is no known risk in opening a port on your firewall for µTorrent.We're talking about static IP as in static LAN IP, not static WAN IP (which most ISPs charge extra for, or don't even provide, and is what you're referring to). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 o lol ok thx man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 ok im changing to static! and uh i encountered something weird, or i think its weirdmy DNS server is the same as my Default Gateway and my DHCP server, is this ok?i dont think i even have an alternate DNS server, it just shows me 1. im just troubled if something might go wrong if i enter the same number into my DNS server in the internet protocol(TCP/IP) properties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 That's not weird, that's normal. If you only have one DNS server, just place it in the primary, and leave the alternate blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 o ty ty ty!!! gona finish the setup now! thx for all ur help guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 ok so i changed my ip to static, and now i am connecting to a lot of peers! but still, i cant download from most of them! there must surely be something wrong with my setup.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Is the network status green? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 yea, yea it is...greenso then i guess i dont have a problem, just ppl are too greedy or im just always getting the bad torrents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmmtn4aj Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 The hardware (router/modem) you're using also limits the maximum number of connections you can have at any one time. The more peers/seeders you connect to, the more active number of connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 ya i suspected that to be the problem, is there a way i can enable my homeportal to connect to more peers and seeders?my homeportal is a 2700HG-B 2wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmmtn4aj Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 You could try searching for custom firmwares.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_fong Posted September 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 where can i find custom firmwares? i ve googled the internet, and cant find anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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