itzscratchy Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 so ive read over 15 different guides on how to optimize speeds,ive done everything from increasing the half-open connection limit, using tcp/ip optimizer, using all the optimized utorrent settings, port forwarding, trying other clients, etc. ive tried it all and nothing seems to help, i still get horrible download speeds. i have a 3 mbit down/ 192 kbit up cable connection and i average between 8-10 kilobytes/sec only no matter what i try to download. I even tried downloading the slackware and open office torrents that the utorrent site uses as test torrents that max out your speed and i only got 6k/sec max out of them. does anyone have any ideas as to what may be wrong with my speeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnurlos Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 What's your provider (ISP)?Perhaps he throttles P2P traffic ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzscratchy Posted May 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Atlantic broadband. I read somewhere that my ISP does limit bandwidth on bitorrent, but is there a way i can get around that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 A VPN or even a less-secure proxy may help, but it really depends on how your ISP filters such traffic.You did try Speed Guide (CTRL+G) and choose xx/192k?Please post the information requested in:http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzscratchy Posted May 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 # EVERYTHING you've tried so far, including ANYTHING listed below increased half open tcp connections to 50 then to 100 then to 200, used tcp/ip optimizer with best optimized settings for my connection, used port forwarding for port 42956, used setup guide to optimize the best utorrent settings, including changing values in advanced settings, downloaded open office and slackware torrents to test the connection and only averaged 6kB/s# Color of the network status light in µTorrent's status bar (at the bottom of the µTorrent main window) It was always green until today. now its red (I had the speed problems even when it was green)# What the port checker from the Speed Guide writes Error! Port 42956 does not appear to be open. (was always open before today and still gave me speed problems)# What the Speed Guide shows your settings to be (press Ctrl+G in µTorrent)Upload Limit: 17kB/sUpload Slots: 2 (I have changed settings between 2 and 4 before with no luck)Connections per torrent: 70connections global: 117max active torrents: 2max active downloads: 2current port: 42956# Operating system installed (Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98, 95, NT? Something else?)Windows Vista Ultimate# Security software installed (firewall, antivirus, antispyware, antiadware)Disabled Windows Firewall so no firewall, Avast! Antivirus, Ad-aware# Exact router model(s), and exact modem modelNetgear WPN824v2 router, Motorola Surfboard modem# ISP (Internet Service Provider) being usedAtlantic Broadband# Connection type (DSL, cable, dial-up), and the results obtained from the speed test (when running the Speed Guide), for both download AND upload. cable connectiondownload: 2803Kb/s upload: 167Kb/sP.S. - (I've redid port forwarding again since this post so the icon is now green and the port is open but i still have the same speed problems) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Motorola Surfboard modems are notorious for going into a broken, firewalled state (due to NAT) for no apparent reason...and there's really no known fix for that either, other than to get a better modem. The FAQ suggested decreasing half open tcp connections to 4 or less if you have problems.Did you try disabling the UDP packet using features in µTorrent?(This should help if you have marginal networking software or hardware.)You do this by disabling resolve ips, DHT, and show country flags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzscratchy Posted May 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 i unchecked the DHT settings (that actually slowed the speed more), but where do i find resolve ips and show country flags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Right click on the peers tab for IP resolving, and the country flag option is in the Advanced section of the prefs (peer.resolve_country) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzscratchy Posted May 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 peer.resolve_country is already set to false, and right clicking the peers tab didnt do anything. also since disabling the dht settings slowed the speed i re-checked the boxes. is there anything else i can do? one thing i noticed is that very late at night my speeds do increase to about 30-40k/sec for a few hours, i dont know if that means anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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