Connecting peers problem?

[jasiek]

for example i have torrent with 100 seeders and 100 leechers.

so i ithink its gonna be fast download right ?

but i connect just (for example) 5(1000)/40(1000)

why i connect so lame seed amount ;o ?

problem nr 2

those connected seeds are sending me SUPER SPEED like 0.2kb/s

somethimes more...

for example

Name # Size Done Status Seeds Peers Down Speed Up Speed ETA Uploaded

xxxxxxx 1 8.29 GB 22.6 % Downloading 5 (36) 20 (587) 0.5 kB/s 0.6 kB/s ∞ 213 MB

5/26 20/578

not much...

average speed AFTER 5 DAYS is 8,9kb/s

so wtf guys ?

what i should do to download faster, connect more peers etc. ?

[Switeck]

Chello ISP I've heard throttles BitTorrent traffic quite heavily.

Have you tried the OpenOffice test torrents to see if they can download quickly?

(They should be VERY fast!)

Links to them can be found in Ultima's Troubleshooting Guide:

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992

What's the measured speed of your connection, both Down AND UP?

(Your ISP may not be giving you what it claims!)

What settings are you using, as shown by Speed Guide (CTRL+G)?

[jasiek]

i just downloaded opeoffice with top speed of my brandwich! :>

what now ? that was the test ? or i should install it ?

<noob>

2mb/256kb

i using xx/384k to have 2 active downloads.

p.s. OK! Port 24798 is open and accepting connections. xd

[Switeck]

OpenOffice is just a speed test torrent...to us. Have to have something completely legal to test.

If your upload speed max is really only 256 kilobits/sec, you need the xx/256k setting in Speed Guide.

Even beyond that, you may see a slight additional speed increase by:

Disable Resolve IPs under the Peers Window. (That's expensive window-dressing considering it doesn't help download+upload speeds any.)

Reduce half open connection max to maybe 1-4. (You're not firewalled in µTorrent, right? ...so it shouldn't hurt as much as you might think!)

If you've manually port forwarded your router, or don't have a router, Disable UPnP in µTorrent.

Lastly, reduce total connections to 100 (or less) and only 40-60 connections per torrent.