uTorrent and Blueyonder slow speeds

[NXSmiggy]

Ok guys im looking for some info here ok

im on a 4mb line with blueyonder so shold be able or reaching speeds of 1.5mb/s with no issues (done it with http)

i noticed my speeds were slow so checked the port on my netgear router (WGT624 v3) and its open , but uTorrent still reports it closed. i have my upload speed capped to 35kb/s but do not even acchieve that thats how bad this is.

im on win xp with sp2 installed, and have the latest build of uTorrent.

does anyone know what is up with the service. are blueyonder blocking ports without me knowing? am i behind a proxy i dont know about? is there any way to tell?

please donate just 2 seconds of your time and help a starving bandwidth connection today

cheers guys

[darkblue]

I'm also on BY or Virgin now, at 4mb you wont get 1.5 mb/s second transfers, you'll get approx 500k sec. I'm on the 10mb connection and can get approx 1.2 mb/s.

[NXSmiggy]

still better than 15 ~ 30kb/s

[darkblue]

If Utorrent is reporting that your port is closed then perhaps the router isn't forwarding correctly

[Switeck]

Try reducing global and per-torrent max connections to under 60.

Disable UPnP and DHT.

Reduce half open max to 1-4.

Retest and report.

...and good luck!

[NXSmiggy]

tried all that above , and now uTorrent has thrown the dummy out the pram , given me a larger warning saying no network ports are open, and pretty much im screwed lol.

i tried a portscan before and it said 39933 (uTorrent port) was closed , so i think my router is iffy.

has any one had any issues with this router not forwarding correctly or isseus with bittorrent?

cheers guys

[Switeck]

If you had the green light in µTorrent while using UPnP, then you hadn't manually port forwarded your router. For best results, you NEED to.

You may also have other firewalls (antivirus or even your MODEM) that need to be configured or disabled.

[NXSmiggy]

the netgear router is manually forwarded

the modem does not have a firewall and i have no antivirus atm