Speed issue with torrents

[nolo451]

ok, so I tried using a static ip, and I used to have a red dot and the yellow one, now its green. Also, I went to the routers homepage and manually forwarded a port and still I get sluggish speeds. I haven't been able to log into any nodes at all, I don't know why. I did what this page told me to do:http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992

an still nothing, (except get the bottom dot to remain a green color).

My router is a belkin model #F5D7231-4

modem model # Speedstream 5100

My upload speed is 420kilobits/s

download speeds: 1600 kilobits/s (these are the results I got from the speed test)

My ISP is SBC (dsl)

The only firewall I have is the free AVG anti virus and I'm running Windows XP

If it helps, this is what my speed settings look like:

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/5821/utorrentii3.jpg

If any more info is needed that I didn't provide, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks.

also: I'm not sure which speed I need to be concerned with to enter on the connection type, I don't know if should choose 1 MB for my download speed or 384 for my upload speed. As of right now I have it set to 1Mb because I think its asking to match the download speeds, but like I'm saying, I'm not sure if I am in the right or not.

[Switeck]

It says, "Choose the upload speed appropriate for your connection"

...so for you xx/384k (384 kilobits/sec max) is the closest to your measured 420 kilobits/sec.

SBC DSL may be throttling BitTorrent traffic...I just don't know.

Try a few GOOGLE (or other search engine) searches for people with 'throttled/block/slowed bittorrent on SBC' -- maybe someone else can definitively confirm or deny if SBC blocks/throttles BitTorrent traffic.

NOTE: Quite a few ISPs still throttle/block BitTorrent only in certain areas.

Also, even if you're NOT on a bad ISP, you may be trying to upload/download with someone who is...so speeds may not always be good, decent, or even above 0.

[nolo451]

ok, done that, seems to be doing ok, but as far as the DHT thing in the bottom, is it important to be logged on to any nodes? 90% of the time it says its trying to log in and the other 10% its says "1 Nodes logged in" Would it matter if I was logged in to like 200 nodes? This used to be the case before I moved here and started using this internet at my old place.