uTorrent Slowing down internet

[KyleH]

I am having similar problems as others. I have Windows XP SP2 and a decent comp. I have a cable internet connection connected directly to the Cable Modem. About a month or two ago, after having no problems with downloading tons of stuff, whenever bit torrent is running it is ridiculously slowing down the internet. I used to be able to easily watch streaming videos on FireFox while downloading anything. I can download with P2p Software just fine getting 300kb/s with Ares sometimes, 100kb/s frequently.

A quick run down of possible solutions I have checked:

-I have not been throttle by my provider.

-I modified TCPIP.sys to 50 with LVLord and have tried changing net.maxhalfopen from 8 to 25 with no change.

-I disabled Windows Firewall with no change.

I have not been getting decent download speeds through bit torrent either, usually downloading only 10-45kb/s even after its been running a while with a number of seeds that would normally give me 100-400kb/s before I started having problems. Even downloading only 45kb/s it slows down the internet for me big time.. I went to dslreports.com to try to get a speed report to compare differences, but after 5.2 seconds, it timed out and couldn't even establish the connection! So I closed Bit Torrent, and literally 10 second later:

http://www.dslreports.com/im/34884436/642.png

I am using Version 1.7.2 and it says my internet connection is ok with the green check at the bottom.

[Switeck]

You need to try decreasing µTorrent's net.maxhalfopen down to 1-6 to see if that helps.

Troubleshooting guide for slowed internet access:

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=258231#p258231