zachavm Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Okay, I'm sure I'm the billionth guy you've gone through this with, but I looked through the stickied posts and they don't seem to solve my problem. So, I'm going to try to do this right.I've gone through the setup guide and configured my network speed. I've enabled the encryption to try to prevent my ISP from blocking me. I don't have a router attached, so I don't need to do any port forwarding. Therefore, I shouldn't need to setup a static IP (in fact, I'm on a university network, so I'm pretty sure I shouldn't). So here's all the info I know to provide. network status: it's mostly a triangle and a <!>, but sometimes is a red circle with a (!). connection speed: seems to be around 1-1.2Mbs upload.operating system: xp home sp1 (maybe should upgrade to sp2)security software: none at present, only do spyware scans.router: none, only the routers I connect to for the network of my collegeISP Oklahoma State University, my internet connection is provided by my collegeweird problem: when utorrent is active, I can't surf the internet. It majorly interferes. Rarely can I get through to a site. What's up with this?If there is anything else I need to provide, let me know. I appreciate any help that you can give. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Try a lower upload setting, such as xx/512k or even xx/256k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachavm Posted March 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Well, I don't think that did anything. I'm still getting the (!) icon in red. Any more suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Your ISP is almost certainly interfering. Not much can be done to fight the big firewall they use at their internet gateway.You can try forced protocol encryption without legacy connections...or even use a proxy server/VPN...but that's not likely to get good speeds at all, and is only a last resort to get ANY speed at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachavm Posted March 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Well crap, luckily I won't be here too much longer. I guess I just have to resort to letting it run overnight like I have recently. Any thoughts on why it's interfering with my other web connections (email and browsing)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Universities devote their bandwidth to web surfing and school-related traffic...and tend to block the infinite-bandwidth-consuming file-sharing programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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