homebob Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Hi,I have a 1.5 Qwest DSL connection. What is the fastest download speed I should be able to get? I have port forwarding working and I'm get anywhere from 20 to 80 on a good day. Also while Utorrents is running my computer sometimes becomes rather irratic. The screens freeze up, mouse quits working. If I wait a while thing begin to work again. Any suggestions??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrero Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Go to speedtest.net . A 1.5mbit line maxes out at approx. 170kb/s. Check your speed guide settings (ctrl+g). xx/192k or xx/256k MIGHT be good settings (i dont know your exact upload speed, so this is an only an estimate based on experience). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homebob Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I ran the test. Actually 2 of them at two different web locations. Both indicated a down load speed of about 512. So I set speed guide setting under options to that speed. Seemed to help a little but I should be able to get a down load speed of over 100 and that doesn't seem to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Speed Guide doesn't care about download. you may indeed have 1.5 Mbit download, however that's > 100. What is your upload? That number is used in the Speed Guide. Test http://slackware.com/torrents/ for a couple minutes.Torrero is right about default upload settings, but you should test to be sure. And do it multiple times during the day because if you're ONLY testing @ .5 Mbit download, which is 1/3 your supposed download I bet your ISP mangles your connection through shaping or other "network management" practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homebob Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 The upload test is between 240 and 350. Is there anything I can do about Qwest.net "shaping or other network management practices"??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 If your upload is only ~ xx/256 ... are you consistently uploading @ that number (uT defaults to 22 - 35 KiBps) What's your upload average? How fast did slackware download? When you hit your upload cap your download becomes bottlenecked... so try lowering your upload 5% at a time to see if you see a "jump" of download speed to your expected 150+ KiBps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homebob Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I already have the upload limit set to 47 Kb/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Yes, but can your line actually upload that fast?If not, your download speed will likely suffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanm Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Setting an upload above 20 kB/s will not benefit you - unless you're looking to upload more for reasons of a private tracker that enforces ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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