stuartb04 Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 having sorted out my problem before hand.thanks to you guysi have now encountered another.i have my ports fowarded.status light is always greenbefore my download speeds was around 200KB/s.upload about 40KB/snow however the upload speeds remain the same.but the download has dropped to around 27KB/s.i have tried altering the speed settings and downloaded the openoffice.org file.same speed.any help would be great.thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Anything else going on your computer/connection that wasn't there a couple weeks/days ago?You repatched windows so the 10 half-open connections limit isn't in effect again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartb04 Posted November 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 not that i know of.seemed to have gone wrong when i ran ad-aware a couple of weeks agopretty sure i have no virus'.half open connections are at 80and now the status light has changed to yellowsorry light is green now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Make sure µTorrent's max half-open limit is way below window's limit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartb04 Posted November 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 i have done that.but it has made no differencei have even tried a different client.same result.baffled nowhalf tempted to wipe my hard drive clean.and start a freshpeeved right off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Does the OpenOffice test torrent run slow as well?If not, then likely the torrent you're after is knackered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartb04 Posted November 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 open office runs slow as well.have tried many torrents from different sites that has plenty of seeds. allhas the same outcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 What is your ISP?Have you done searches here for similar problems?Have you done GOOGLE searches for BitTorrent problems concerning your ISP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfire Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 @Switeck: His ISP is btcentralplus.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Up to him now to find out if his ISP is the cause of his problems.Maybe the router isn't fully compatible with his modem -- but he needs to give lots more info for us to even have a clue on that note! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartb04 Posted November 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 sory guys about the long waited reply.right.havent spoke to my isp as yet(will do tommorow)my router is a bt hub which ive had for about 2 months now.i had this problem before now so i formatted the hard drive and every thing was fine(green status light,ports fowarded,speeds that i was happy.etc).now the problem has arose,so i formatted again.but no,the problem remains.have tried various torrents such openoffice,etc.to no availwhat now,i wonder???????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Check your ISP's home pages for a Useage Policy -- this is how you're allowed to use the connection you're leasing. They may specifically prohibit file-sharing or "running servers", in which case they almost certainly are throttling your connection.Doing GOOGLE searches for your ISP + BitTorrent problems may find someone else confirmed if your ISP throttles Bittorrent traffic....Just as a guess, I think it's likely they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartb04 Posted November 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 ok done a few searches.havent got much time really what with work and all.gonna phone bt later todaybut what do you think would be the best thing to say(not really good with phone conversations) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 When calling up your ISP, it helps to be overarmed for any possible question or statement they throw back at you.Do some more homework -- are regular downloads from websites slowed? What about FTP downloads? If you run other file-sharing programs, are they equally affected? Getting good results from GOOGLE searches is often hit-or-miss about problems, so make another attempt at that if you got anything even halfway odd the first time.Check out your ISP's website again, carefully! Have they made any changes recently concerning speeds/useage policy?Ask them if there's been any policy or functional changes to the connection that would cause your downloads to drop from speeds of around 200 KB/sec to 30 KB/sec TOPS. That these downloads are via BitTorrent is really immaterial, even the BBC shares torrents now! It'd be like saying an ISP throttles FTP because they don't consider it to be a "regular" part of the internet because it's using too much of their bandwidth.Outside help has concluded the likely problem is either a misconfiguration in the modem or incompatibility between modem and router...or an ISP policy towards different kinds of network traffic, as not everything is EQUALLY slowed. The only way they could do this is if they're reading packet information. (They may claim to just be reading "packet headers"...but that's enough to tell not just packet type but also destination ip/s and a little bit more.) Ask them if this means they're reading your emails as well. You really don't want to be on a 1984 "big brother" ISP if you can help it!Lastly, if they hint they have the right to throttle connections based on useage while at the same time implying you may be doing something illegal...you have to clearly state that since other people (local friends hopefully even) are NOT having this problem that you are seriously considering changing ISPs. You may be under a contract for 6 months/1 year on that ISP, however the ISP breaking the contract agreement by (arbitrary) changes without notice is grounds for dissolving the contract with no legal penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartb04 Posted November 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 ok.spoke to bt.pretty much useless.chuck question after question at them.there too calm for my liking(but then they got to be)all they could come up with is that someone woulde phoning me in about 3 days after some severe lines tests.couldnt shout at her cause she sounded quite sweet!!any whooo.ive did loads of line tests.and all is fine(or so it seems)spose i just have too wait until they call..........p.s..thanx for the advice switeck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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