Slow Downloads - No Seeders???

[nameless408]

My downloads use to fly at 100-750KB/s but now they are at 5KB/s. I did not make any changes to my computer or settings so I'm not sure what is going on.

Since my dl's have been slow I have forwarded my ports in my router (Linksys WRT54G v 1.1) and also Norton Internet Security. I did not have to do any port forwarding in the past when I use to get fast downloads.

Here is what I see in uTorrent. Some of these have a lot of seeds and peers but I am not connecting to them. Your help is greatly appreciated.

ISP - Comcast

OS - Windows Vista Ultimate 64

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[Firon]

Wouldn't surprise me if it's Norton's doing. Remove any rules that NIS has for utorrent.

[jewelisheaven]

You shouldn't be trying to download 10 files simultaneously.

Verify it's not your line by testing with http://slackware.com/torrents/

[nameless408]

Change the setting in NIS to "allow" and it did not resolve the slow speeds. By the screenshot attached does it look like I should be getting more seeds?

[jewelisheaven]

It's possible you have a set cap on your line somehow for active connections. Reducing the number of active torrents goes a long way to help isolate certain bottlenecks. What did slackware show as far as connectivity and speed with NOTHING ELSE running?

[nameless408]

Figured it out. DHCP IP changed on PC that I port forwarded which was the reason why my connection was slow. I made sure my PC now has a static LAN IP and all is working now. Thanks for your help!