mr_tinka Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 I changed from Bitcomet as found it was quite slow. I've been using uTorrent for a few weeks now. At first I was vey please as my download speed was on average above 100k, sometimes it was well above 100k. Recently it has been staying around 55k. I'm currently downloading several torrents, between them the total download speed is 55k, if I stop all but one of them the download speed for that torrent will increase until it reaches 55k. Why will it not exceed 55k?In Preferences/Connection my global download maximum rate is 0 (unlimited). I've not changed any settings to limit my connection speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwood76 Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 What ISP are you with?If they have a fair usage policy you may get traffic shaping where they will limit your connection on torrent traffic.regards,Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I think he's on British Telecom -- I don't remember ever hearing that they shape BitTorrent traffic.@mr_tinka: http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/index.htmlHow does a torrent from here run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Please post your connection's rated upload and download speed.Also, what settings are you using as shown by Speed Guide (CTRL+G)?It is possible just due to contradictory settings there to get very bad results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_tinka Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Sorry for the late response.Yeah I'm with BT - how did you know?I have occassionally got better download speeds but more often than not it stays round the 55.My speed test results are:Download 539 kbps (65.7 KB/sec)Upload 359 kbps (43.9 KB/sec)How do I configure uTorrent to get the best performance from this?------------------------I messed around with the Speed Guide - Connection type after doing the speed test and can only download at around 22k now even with the OpenOffice download (all other torrents stopped).What connection Type should I be using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Moderators can see IP addresses. As Switeck asked before, what does the Speed Guide show your settings to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_tinka Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Currently I have Connection Type xx/2MbitUpload limit 186 kB/s - Upload slots 8Connections per torrent 100 - Connections global 750Max active torrents 9 - Max active downloads 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 The Speed Guide says to select your upload speed in kbps, meaning you're supposed to be selecting xx/384k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_tinka Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Yeah I tried that first after the test and started getting 22k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 In any case, keeping it on xx/384k is what you should be doing -- any higher and you'll only impair your download speeds. Anyhow, what is your net.max_halfopen set to, and how about the TCPIP.sys limit? What modem, router, and firewall are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_tinka Posted January 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 OK it is on xx/384knet.max_halfopen = 8Modem = SpeedTouch 330Router = noneFirewall = Windows SP2 onlyHow do I find out the TCPIP.sys limit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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