djmark7 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 i just changed isp i got speeds of up to 1.5 m/b now it seems like im capped at 174 kb/s in utorrent anybody have any idea what happened? all settings are the same? im puzzled Thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 You're simply misinterperting the numbers you're getting.ISPs give their speeds in *bit/secuTorrent gives its speeds in *byte/sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 nope definately getting lower nos. in utorrent, seems to be capped at 174 /kbs used to get up to 1.5 m/b in utorrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 You changed ISPs...the new one probably throttles BitTorrent traffic at least a little.What's the ISP's name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 earthlink, also their news server is real slow also? also, i can d/l with utorrent but i get a red port error on the bottom of u/t screen and i havent changed any settings on the computer????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Do some searches on GOOGLE concerning your service. Maybe you've exceeded a monthly banwidth quota or Earthlink throttles bittorrent traffic or their typical modems are pieces of junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 I'm using Earthlink, so no, they don't throttle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Ultima, any idea what the problem couild be? im puzzled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 The highest speed Earthlink offers is up to 1MiB/s (8mbit/s) anyway, so as DWK was saying, YOU'RE misinterpreting the units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 i beg to differ, i have a 1.5 acct. with earthlink and while i was with optonline icould d/l up to 1.5mbs total on utorrent, now it seems like im capped at 173kbs total on earthlink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 Optimum Online offers 10mbit+ connections -- they still suck. Care to enlighten us as to which type of service you're paying for? DSL or cable Internet? Or would you mind pointing out the plan on their website? The highest I see is the "High Speed Premium [that] gives you download speeds of up to 8.0Mbps-that's nearly 200x faster than dial-up." Not to mention I've been with Earthlink for the past 5 or 6 years, so I'm fairly sure they don't offer 12Mbit+ lines anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 right now im using earthlink i was on optonline cable but they jacked the price, sad part is everything worked fine on optonline now i have dsl and on optonline the port thing on utorrent was green, now its yellow or red and i havent changed any settings on puter or program? im puzzled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Have you tried changing the configuration on the ADSL modem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 And there you have your answer. DWK was correct from the very beginning. DSL can't even run above 1MiB/s in the first place.1.5Mbps is NOT 1.5MiB/s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 welp all i can say is utorrent doesnt know the diff between dsl and cable and the numbers in utorrent seem to be capped and as i said the port indicator on the bottom stays yellow or red and i havnt changed anything i also called el tech and they said there are no settings i can change in modem? also as i said the news server on el is awfully slow also, could be related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Or maybe you don't know the difference between mbit/s and MiB/s. And maybe you don't understand that the physical limits of DSL is 8mbit/s, which translates to a maximum of 1MiB/s. If the port indicator is red, then you haven't set your port forwarding up properly.http://www.utorrent.com/setup_guide.phpDon't blame µTorrent if you're not going through the basics first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 but i havnt touched the settings on utorrent or computer all i did was switch isp's thats what im trying to say, i never blamed utorrent i just said that the readings im getting on utorrent are different then when i was on optonline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 When you switch ISPs, you have to reconfigure. Everything. Especially when they provide you with new hardware. And your download speeds are FINE for your connection, because 1.5mbit/s = 192KiB/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 welp im gonna try something when i get home, ill let you know how i make out ;C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 welp that didnt work? i tried enabling the protocol encryption on utorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pk- Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Protocol Encryption will not help unless the ISP is throttling your connection, which is not the case. Enabling encryption will use up a very slight amount of your bandwidth. You either have a port configuration issue or are using a bad tracker. In uTorrent, click Options - Speed Guide, click the "Test if port is forwarded properly" button.Different ISP's use different hardware and different router configurations, so even if you haven't changed a thing on your end there can still be configuration issues. And like they said above 1.5 Mb/s = 187.5 KB/s (8 bits to a byte). And don't expect to get 100% of what the ISP says; the speeds you said above would be considered normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 @djmark7: What didn't work...? Did you redo everything in the setup guide like I told you to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 yup, i even tried port forwarding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 So... what didn't work...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmark7 Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 when i check the port with speed guide it tells me the port is not open and im still getting yellow or red in port indicator in utorrent but im still able to d/l but at slower speeds then i was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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