erafy Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 I ran a speed test:DL: 1117kb/sUL: 208kb/sPreferences > BitTorrent:Global maximm of connections: 90Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: 55Number of upload slots per torrent: 3All boxes checked except for "Limit local peer bandwith"Protocol Enryption is Enabled.Right now I am downloading a torrent with seeds 16(105) and peers 10(201) and I am getting ~35kb/sI have the yellow caution symbol at the bottom of uTorrent, yet I am directly connected to the Internet... No routers or anything.Any other info I should post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Your modem may contain a mini-router and/or firewall that needs to be configured or disabled.Antivirus/antispyware software often contains firewalls that need to be configured or disabled.If you are directly connected to the internet, you NEED at least Microsoft Window's firewall (or some other firewall) to be active to protect you from incoming attacks. Outgoing is less important if you keep your system clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erafy Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Has ESET, ZoneAlarm, or a-squared ever been known to cause problems with uTorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 What product from ESET are you referring to?ZA is known to be problematic with most P2P applications.a-squared... I've never heard anyone complaining about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erafy Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Well, after realizing that my modem was a combo modem/firewall, I forwarded the port that uTorrent uses and I now have a green check mark.One of my torrents has gone from ~35-40kb/s to 80-100kb/s@Ultima - ESET NOD32 v2.7If a torrent says there are 102 seeds, why am I only getting 20 of them?edit: oh, and is having too many trackers bad? I'm not really sure how trackers work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Having too many trackers isn't bad, but it usually isn't necessary either. NOD32 v2.x has a component called IMON. If you have it enabled, you should make µTorrent an exception in NOD32's IMON settings (IMON > Setup > Miscellaneous > Exclusion > Edit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.