ShadowOS Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 I'm having uploading problems with a torrent I recently created. Before I was uploading at my maximum speed, which is 1mbps, and now I am uploading at a considerably slower rate of 8-15kB.I read this nifty faq: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992and I now think it has to do with the swarm and nothing else.When I first started seeding, it said there was one seeder (being me) and one leecher. I was uploading to that person at about 60kB, and then someone else joined in an hour later and I began uploading at about the same rate to each of them (120kB total now). It was like this for a few hours, until out of no where the rate just plummeted to that 8-15kB I spoke of.The original leecher has since left, but 3 other people have taken his place and the speed still won't increase. What's more interesting is that I am no longer shown as a seed. It says that there are 0(0) Seeds and 4(4) peers. However, If I hover over the uTorrent icon in the tray, it will tell me that I am there seeding by saying 1(1).Can anyone help me with this? How can I improve the swarm? Sorry if I sound like a "newbie", I have never had these problems before...PSI'm using Shaw Cable Exteme-I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 1) Shaw has been known to throttle BitTorrent traffic.2) Have you enabled Protocol Encryption?3) Are you using initial seeding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOS Posted June 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 I enabled the encryption for an hour and saw no change in speed. Either way, my speeds have never been stifled like this before.I rarely use initial seeding. I've always found that it makes me upload slower.Should I enable encryption and initial seeding for a while, just to make sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Nah, initial seeding would (indeed, as you've observed) aggrevate the problems. Try forcing encryption and disabling legacy incoming connections. I'm still of the opinion that Shaw is throttling (you'll see evidence to that end scattered across the forums).What does the Speed Guide show your settings to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOS Posted June 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Upload Limit: 70kB (as set by me)Upload Slots: 25Connections: 125Connections (Global): 625Max Active Torrents: 15Max Active Downloads: 15Enable Encryption: On Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Stick to the Speed Guide's settings. Make sure you *actually* have 1mbit upload using the speed testers without anything else internet-enabled running (µTorrent included). What router and modem are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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