Guitarsmasher108 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Hi, I just got cable the other day and I love the faster internet speeds. I did a speed test and my dl speed was about 12000kb/sec while my upload speed is about 2000kb/sec, so in the speed guide I changed the setting to xx/2MBit. My download speeds are at around 800Kb/sec while my upload wavers between 15-70kb/sec constantly. Are my dl/ul speeds correct? or are either of them low? I think that my upload should be much higher and more constant atleast, can anyone please shed some light on me? Thanks in advance!Info:router= Linksys WRT54G with v8 for firmwareISP= Comcast (They dont limit P2P)All necessary ports are forwarded on router and firewallI have a green checkmark in uTorrentI have Vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanm Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Lower your global connections and connections per torrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarsmasher108 Posted March 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 After lowering them both, there was no change in upload speed Any other ideas? Does netmax.halfopen have anything to do with this? Mines set at 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 If you're on the 8 megabits/sec download plan with ComCast, then you may be able to use as high as the xx/768k setting.But the 6 megabits/sec download plan only gives 384 kilobits/sec sustained upload bandwidth, so you have to choose no higher than xx/384k for it.The speed bursts via SpeedBoost may be higher, but you can't count on them!They are also fouling up your speed tests! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnairbyma Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 doesent utorrent show speeds at KB not Kb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 I think the speed guide does bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 @Guitarsmasher108Comcast is known for throttling seeding (uploading) in certain areas. I have Comcast, and I am thankfully not throttled, although you may be throttled. In uTorrent, Press Ctrl+P and click BitTorrent in the left pane. First try setting Outgoing to "Enabled," checking "Allow incoming legacy connections," and restarting uTorrent. If that does not help, try setting Outgoing to "Enabled," unchecking "Allow incoming legacy connections," and restarting uTorrent. If that does not help, try setting to "Forced," checking "Allow incoming legacy connections," and restarting uTorrent. If that does not help, try settings Outgoing to "Forced," unchecking "Allow incoming legacy connections," and restarting uTorrent. Please let me know if this works. Thank you!@lnairbymaBits are usually represented with a lowercase letter (. Bytes are usually represented with a capital letter (. Bytes are larger than bits. There are 8 bits in a byte. Programs (including uTorrent) measure speeds in bytes. Internet service providers (including Comcast) advertise their speeds in bits. Speed tests (including the one in Speed Guide) measure speeds in bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 You don't really need to restart.... just STOP the torrent you're running (likely the test torrents openoffice or slackware), then re-start them.Reconnecting to peers allows you to use the changed preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 It also takes more than 8 transmission bits of bandwidth to send 1 BYTE of a file out. With really bad settings in uTorrent, it's like a 5 ton mail delivery truck to deliver 1 letter. This occurs if you allow 100's of connections at once even on low-end broadband (less than 2 megabits/sec).ComCast disrupts BitTorrent traffic in many areas. It may drop a connection or 2...or it may almost entirely prevent seeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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