ilanma Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 Started using uTorrent a few months ago. Highest speeds I've ever seen are 20K~30K.I'm using a cable connection with a Thomson TCM425 modem. I saw in another thread that cable modems do not require port forwarding - is that right?The CPU is mostly idle when I download and there is no other application choking the network connection.I tried to follow some hints I've found in other threads but none made a significant change.Ran a speed test and the result said 678K, which seems fairly good. Regular Internet downloads seem to work fine.What else can I check?Thanks!
Switeck Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 Do thorough web searches using search engines such as Yahoo and Google for information concerning whether your ISP throttles BitTorrent traffic.
ilanma Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Posted August 20, 2007 Thank you very much for the quick feedback.Found two conflicting items in the forum, but I tend to believe to the one saying my ISP does throttle BT.In spite of that, I should see the network status indicator green, right? It is always red, even when speeds are at (my) maximum. Port forwarding says I don't have a port forwarded, but I'm not sure this applies to a cable modem.If I don't need p/f, what else can make the network status go red?Thank you.
Firon Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 Red generally means a personal firewall is doing it.
Switeck Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 There's always this guide to follow for general low speeds:http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992...but it probably won't help if the cause is purely throttling by ISPs.
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