Syko Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Ok, i only have a 1 meg Broadband internet connection ( BT if u must know ) and i have forwarded my ports etc. to try and get the best download speed etc.Ive done a speed test in london ( im from UK BTW ) and it sed stuff like 900 kbs etc. So i thought that was normal, so i selected 1Mbit as my speed, did that but when i come to download a torrent my download speed is something along the lines of like 17.00 kb/sec i must say the most i have ever seen it be is like 35 kb/s ( this is very rare ). Even on the downloads with loads of seeders and loads of leachers, basicly on any download i get around 17 kb a sec download, sometimes it just hangs on 1 kb a sec for like 5 minuits. ( i get the green light at the bottem also).Im kinda a noob when it comes to download and things like that..Would the programs i have running in the background affect the speed??Programs I Use When Downloading: PeerGuardian 2, Anti Virus ( Norton Anti Virus ), ( and maybe MSN if i need to talk) thats genraly all the programs i persivly use. so would this not be helping my speed??Even not using PeerGuardian 2 and all of the above i still get crap download times!So, Can u help me out?Regards-Syko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 In the Speed Guide (CTRL+G), you probably should've chosen the xx/128k setting -- it's based on your upload speed, not your download speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmcnutt Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 my speed dl sit around 135 - 140. But if I set it to 10 and then wait a minute and then click unlimited it shoots up to 300 and then slowly drops back to 135 - 140 any ideas why? 300 all the time would be awesome.Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 But what is your upload speed doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syko Posted November 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 If ur tlaking to me, my upload (normaly) is better than my Download, my upload is normaly like between 20-30 kb/s while my download is doing crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurahashi Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 @Syko - use xxx/256 option from speed guide then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmcnutt Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 my ul I leave capped at 61. seems to give the best to both worlds. i'm dl at around 140 - 150 and ul at 40 - 50. Maybe I just want faster or are these good numbers.Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 It is NO good to cap upload speeds higher than your connection can ever reach!colinmcnutt, your download speeds may double if you reduce upload speed max to 40 KB/sec while downloading and 45-50 KB/sec while just seeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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