SamsGFX Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 i thought it might've been me. so i check the thread that says which ISPs throttle connections, and mine wasn't on there (AOL). ive tried with other torrents, ones with low seeds and high seeds. still low. ive changed my port, made sure it's forwarded. still nothing.i tried the open office test, and thats downloading as we speak at an average of 200kbps. every other torrent is lucky if it goes above 10kbps. oh, it has just finished, and it took 10 minutesmy general internet is fine.my speedtest i took about 5 minutes ago.and this is one i just happened to take just under a week ago.as you can see, not much has changed. my upload speed has always been that bad, and i have no idea why.im using a netgear wireless router, but im on the computer that is wired up to it via the yellow wire (ethernet one? sorry im not too good on the jargon). this time last week i was getting proper speeds.now i've seen that kloads of people are getting this, is this a problem with utorrent? i was going to try another client, but i like using utorrent, so id like to see if there is a solution before i change.thanks, and sorry for it being the same question as everyone elses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Nephilim Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Are you getting the Green Tick or do you know for sure your Port for utorrent is Open?? I would say you are Not going to get Blazingly Fast Speeds as your Speed Test Results are Not that Fast. As utorrent is Based on your Upload speed and yours is Very low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamsGFX Posted March 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 i am getting the green tick, and yes my port is open.i never get blazingly fast speeds, and i dont really mind that. usually its high enough to download a movie in about 1 day, and i dont really care aboou that. i just dont want be waiting 8 weeks like its saying it will do atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Have you tried increasing the encryption settings and/or reducing max connections at once?More details here:http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=258231#p258231 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamsGFX Posted March 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 i have done both now, and still i am getting slow downloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 What settings are you now using in uTorrent?Are the torrents you're on low on seeds or peers?How fast can your connection upload sustained? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamsGFX Posted March 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 1) settings for what?2) nope, it has 1058 seeds and 3297 peers according to mininova. atm its saying it only has 4 seeds, however i also have that orange/yellow circle at the bottom. this usually goes after a few utorrent restarts.3)sorry, but i dont understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 uTorrent's settings, all the settings shown by Speed Guide (CTRL+G) as well as ANY advanced settings you changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamsGFX Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 this is my speed guide setting.http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/Sams-GFx/UTORRENTHELP.jpgto get the upload speed, i used speedtest.net 3 times then found the average.these are the others;http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/Sams-GFx/UTORRENTHELP2.jpghttp://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/Sams-GFx/UTORRENTHELP3.jpghttp://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/Sams-GFx/UTORRENTHELP4.jpghttp://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/Sams-GFx/UTORRENTHELP6.jpghttp://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/Sams-GFx/UTORRENTHELP7.jpghttp://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/Sams-GFx/UTORRENTHELP8.jpghttp://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/Sams-GFx/UTORRENTHELP9.jpgi somehow managed to miss out number 5 when naming then and i havent changed any advanced settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 µTorrent has a graph window showing how fast it's uploading/downloading. The highest µTorrent can smoothly upload is often plainly visible in that graph if you're on busy torrents with many peers.Your settings are a little high, as you don't quite have 384 kilobits/sec upload bandwidth.Use the xx/256k settings for starters, but increase upload speed to ~30 KB/sec and total active+downloading torrents back to 3 and 2 each.Your ISP likely is throttling you if even "good" torrents download and upload slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamsGFX Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 ive done this, and its given it a slight increase. its now around 13kbps. which i could live with i suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokm-nikita Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 I too have taken all steps to improve my download speed. But uTorrent just doesn't go above 15kB/s (or a little more). Why is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamsGFX Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 is this a utorrent error? because loads of people seem to be getting it, i was just wondering. i tried bittorrent earlier and it done the same, but seeing as utorrent and bittorrent are the same, it was no surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 tokm-nikita How are we supposed to know? You didn't provide even basic information from a speedtest (Speed Guide Ctrl-G gives nice starting point). Alot of times people report this with horrid settings. If the method from the How-To fails you then you're left with ISP interference, which means you should track the time of day/week where the hard limit happens and then ask them nicely if they shape traffic.The sad part is most people don't see the part about reducing active connections to a miniscule point to prove the trigger mechanism. With the variety of ways for shaping profiles, it takes ruling them out one by one (traffic per time, connections per time, connection load, DHT, encrypted traffic) to see what helps and where full usability is restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 SamsGFX, try lowering upload speed by 2 KB/sec at a time to see if download speed increases. Wait ~1 minute between each change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamsGFX Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 that helped a little, i went from 6 to 8. then when i lowered it again it went from 8 to 3.atm, my upload rate, which i assume is what you meant, is 20kbps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Yes, upload rate = maximum upload speed uTorrent tries to use.(Though it may actually overshoot a little bit, it's typically not by much nor for very long.)Is your upload speeds on uTorrent's speed graph actually maintaining the 20 KB/sec you told uTorrent to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamsGFX Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 pretty much yeh. it dips a little, but it mainly stays.ive just started a new torrent, and that is downloading at 30kbps. so i think it might be the tracker its on.10/3/08 - my speeds gone up to 220kbps+. i hope it's not a fluke.edit again; spoke too soon. we have a massive storm going on atm, and it knocked my internet out of wack. its back up now but im getting crappy speeds again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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