simonwong1989 Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Hello there,Currently, I'm downloading some torrents but most of the time, it averages 30-40kB. But it sometimes randomly jumps all the way to 70-120kB. Is there anything for it to make it run stable at those kind of speed (70-120kB)?Is it to do with the torrent itself or is there any settings I can do to make that speed stable?I am using Virgin Media 2MB (I know they have started their speed limits but it happens even without their limits), a SurfBoard modem (Read the post and found that everything is fine) and a Netgear WPN824v2.I've ran the OpenOffice torrent and they run perfectly fine (round 200-220kB).Any help is appreciated. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 What's the measured speed of your connection, both Down AND UP?What settings are you using, as shown by Speed Guide (CTRL+G)?Have you changed any of µTorrent's advanced settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonwong1989 Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Down=240kB Up=Apprix. 384kBWas using xx/394 but found it to make it worse. Now using a custom setting:120 connections per torrent. 400 Max (I think this was my optimal setting)Active download=2 Total=3Upload Limit=25kBDownload Limit=200kBEncryption EnabledPort forwarded correctlyAll I've changed in advanced is the max half open connections to 50UPDATE:I left it on downloading last night and it averaged 30-50kB. But when I woke up and (I'm in the UK) start using my computer it increases. But the biggest increase was when I was using IE7. It jumped straight up into the 70-110kB!!! What am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 You've got your speed numbers confused.download and upload bandwidth measurements are almost always in kilobits/sec or megabits/sec.Download and Upload FILE speeds are almost always in KiloBYTES/sec or MegaBYTES/sec.There's almost 1 magnitude (1:10) difference between the 2.Due to overhead bandwidth costs, it may take as much as 10 kilobits/sec of download bandwidth to download a file at 1 KiloBYTE/sec.Something is likely VERY wrong with your connection if your upload is ~50% more than your download!Increasing max half open connection limit above 8 may cause disastrous crashes of not only µTorrent but the computer as a whole, and the router (if you have one), and even your modem! Admittedly, a quick reset of all of them may "fix" that, but only temporarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonwong1989 Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 O.. I'm sorry. I didnt reliase what I wrote. It is 384kb, not kB! LOL. Stupid me. I'm on Virgin Media 2MB connection (But maybe 4MB soon as might upgrade)For the half open connections, I have tried reset as well (Back to 8) and it still causes random speed increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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