v0id Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Hi,I configured utorrent according to the guides on this site and tried downloading one of the test files. I managed to get around 400kb/s which I was fairly happy with so I tried to download a file that I wanted which was well seeded (400+). Unfortunately the best speed I got was around 10kb/s with the torrent usually sitting at 0kb/s. I connect to very few of the seeds (2 out of 415) and the upload speed never gets above 0kb/s. Is there anything that I should check? It seems strange that such a well seeded torrent would give such low speeds.I am on a 6.5MB ADSL connection but in reality this is more like 5MB. The best speeds I get on downloads are around 500kb/s. I've forwarded the necessary port and protocol encryption is enabled. My upload max is set at 35kb/s as my upload bandwidth is around 380kbps. It could of course be the torrent but I have tried two other files I was interested in, again well seeded, and had the same poor results.Any help will be very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Do you have a green network status light? If so, then the problem likely lies only with the torrents you're trying to download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v0id Posted November 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Yes I do have a green light. Why would such a well seeded torrent be so slow to download? And why am I unable to connect to more than 2 of the seeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Seed != SpeedIf you can't connect to the seeds, and the availability is less than 1.0, then it's likely that the torrent is fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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