unstable download speed

[some_01]

am having a problem with ma downloading speed.. its going up and dpwn like it goes to 20 and then goes down to 19.. 15.. till it reaches ~3 or 2 and then goes up again

is it normal??

btw am using windows XP SP2, wireless connection, the port is forwarded, windows firewall is not blocking utorrent and these are ma settings

Global connections=100

Global connections per torrent=100

upload slots=2

upload limit=7

download is unlimited

if theres other information needed just ask.. thx

[Switeck]

Who is your ISP, where is it located (country-wise), and does it throttle/disrupt BitTorrent in any way?

Do GOOGLE searches on the subject and check here as well...especially THIS thread:

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=4128

[some_01]

am in UAE (United Arab Emirates) so ma ISP is Etisalat which is the only ISP here.. i dont think itz thrittling or disrupt bittorent and i did google searches but found nothing bout it..

edit:

i did Glasnost test and thats ma result:

Is BitTorrent traffic on a well-known BitTorrent port (6881) throttled?

The BitTorrent upload (seeding) worked. Our tool was successful in uploading data using the BitTorrent protocol.

There's no indication that your ISP rate limits your BitTorrent uploads. In our tests a TCP upload achieved minimal 76 Kbps while a BitTorrent upload achieved maximal 48 Kbps. You can find details here.

The BitTorrent download worked. Our tool was successful in downloading data using the BitTorrent protocol.

There's no indication that your ISP rate limits your BitTorrent downloads. In our tests a TCP download achieved minimal 1 Kbps while a BitTorrent download achieved maximal 25 Kbps. You can find details here.

Is BitTorrent traffic on a non-standard BitTorrent port (4711) throttled?

The BitTorrent upload (seeding) worked. Our tool was successful in uploading data using the BitTorrent protocol.

There's no indication that your ISP rate limits your BitTorrent uploads. In our tests a TCP download achieved minimal 92 Kbps while a BitTorrent download achieved maximal 58 Kbps. You can find details here.

The BitTorrent download worked. Our tool was successful in downloading data using the BitTorrent protocol.

There's no indication that your ISP rate limits your BitTorrent downloads. In our tests a TCP download achieved minimal 7 Kbps while a BitTorrent download achieved maximal 33 Kbps. You can find details here.

Is TCP traffic on a well-known BitTorrent port (6881) throttled?

Your ISP possibly rate limits all downloads at port 6881. In our test, a TCP download on a BitTorrent port achieved at least 1 Kbps while a TCP download on a non-BitTorrent port achieved at least 7 Kbps. You can find details here.

There's no indication that your ISP rate limits all uploads at port 6881. In our test, a TCP upload on a BitTorrent port achieved at least 76 Kbps while a TCP upload on a non-BitTorrent port achieved at least 92 Kbps. You can find details here.

[Switeck]

My take on those values is BitTorrent OBVIOUSLY isn't blocked...but BT's max speeds are often no better and sometimes worse than TCP (web browser) MIN speeds. This highly suggests ISP funny business going on, where BT is limited to a slower speed than regular web browser speeds.

[some_01]

i dont think its related to ISP coz ma friends use the same ISP which is by the way the only ISP in UAE and they can download perfectly nuthin changed with their speed except me..

btw therez sumthing confusing.. utorrent test says the port is open and i have the green icon but the canyouseeme.org says error and the reason is connection timed out!!

[jewelisheaven]

Is he using uT? Or another filesharing software? Please note that you may find faster/more stable speeds on uT 1.8, so I'd check with your friend and then see if this mucking about is lessened by trying uT 1.8.

[some_01]

yes shez using uT.. and i changed uT to 1.8 but still the same..

i deleted the open port but the green icon still there and the speed is higher than when it was when the port was open!! is that normal or therez sumthin wrong with ma router..

[Switeck]

Have you run HijackThis! and Process Explorer to see if there's any commercial software...or malware...causing your slowdowns?

[some_01]

no i didnt run Hijack but am gonna download it now and install it who knows

edit:

thatz my result:

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\Novell\XTAgent.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ibmpmsvc.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe

C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe

C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities\AcPrfMgrSvc.exe

C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\DefWatch.exe

C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\DkService.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe

C:\Program Files\Novell\ZENworks\nalntsrv.exe

C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\RegSrvc.exe

C:\Program Files\Novell\ZENworks\RemoteManagement\RMAgent\ZenRem32.exe

C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\SavRoam.exe

C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\Rtvscan.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\TpKmpSVC.exe

C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities\AcSvc.exe

C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities\SvcGuiHlpr.exe

C:\PROGRA~1\Intel\Wireless\Bin\Dot1XCfg.exe

C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE

C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe

C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe

C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\EzEjMnAp.Exe

C:\PROGRA~1\Lenovo\PkgMgr\HOTKEY\TPHKMGR.exe

C:\Program Files\Lenovo\PkgMgr\HOTKEY\TPONSCR.exe

C:\Program Files\Lenovo\PkgMgr\HOTKEY_1\TpScrex.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe

C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe

C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities\ACTray.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\dpmw32.exe

C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\NWTRAY.EXE

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe

C:\PROGRA~1\SYMANT~1\VPTray.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\DLA\DLACTRLW.EXE

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\jusched.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IDMan.exe

C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe

C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe

C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\usnsvc.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLLoginProxy.exe

C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.ae/

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = proxy1.zu.ac.ae:8080

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = 10.10.*.*;10.11.*.*;*.zu.ac.ae;192.168.*.*

O2 - BHO: IDM Helper - {0055C089-8582-441B-A0BF-17B458C2A3A8} - C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IDMIECC.dll

O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll

O2 - BHO: DriveLetterAccess - {5CA3D70E-1895-11CF-8E15-001234567890} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\DLA\DLASHX_W.DLL

O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\ssv.dll

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)

O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [synTPLpr] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [synTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EZEJMNAP] C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\EzEjMnAp.Exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TPHOTKEY] C:\PROGRA~1\Lenovo\PkgMgr\HOTKEY\TPHKMGR.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TPKMAPHELPER] C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Utilities\TpKmapAp.exe -helper

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PWRMGRTR] rundll32 C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\PWRMGRTR.DLL,PwrMgrBkGndMonitor

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [bLOG] rundll32 C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\BatLogEx.DLL,StartBattLog

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TP4EX] tp4ex.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ACTray] C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities\ACTray.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NDPS] C:\WINDOWS\system32\dpmw32.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NWTRAY] NWTRAY.EXE

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [vptray] C:\PROGRA~1\SYMANT~1\VPTray.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ZENRC Tray Icon] C:\WINDOWS\system32\zentray.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DLA] C:\WINDOWS\System32\DLA\DLACTRLW.EXE

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\jusched.exe"

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [startCCC] C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [iDMan] C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IDMan.exe /onboot

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'SYSTEM')

O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'Default user')

O8 - Extra context menu item: Download all links with IDM - C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IEGetAll.htm

O8 - Extra context menu item: Download FLV video content with IDM - C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IEGetVL.htm

O8 - Extra context menu item: Download with IDM - C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IEExt.htm

O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\ssv.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\ssv.dll

O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll

O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL

O9 - Extra button: Novell delivered applications - {C1994287-422F-47aa-8E5E-6323E210A125} - C:\Program Files\Novell\ZENworks\AxNalServer.dll

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: Domain = ZAYED.local

O17 - HKLM\Software\..\Telephony: DomainName = ZAYED.local

O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: Domain = ZAYED.local

O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: SearchList = ZAYED.local,zu.ac.ae

O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: SearchList = ZAYED.local,zu.ac.ae

O20 - Winlogon Notify: ACNotify - ACNotify.dll (file missing)

O23 - Service: Ac Profile Manager Service (AcPrfMgrSvc) - Lenovo - C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities\AcPrfMgrSvc.exe

O23 - Service: Access Connections Main Service (AcSvc) - Lenovo - C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities\AcSvc.exe

O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe

O23 - Service: Symantec Event Manager (ccEvtMgr) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe

O23 - Service: Symantec Settings Manager (ccSetMgr) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe

O23 - Service: Client Update Service for Novell (cusrvc) - Novell, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\cusrvc.exe

O23 - Service: Symantec AntiVirus Definition Watcher (DefWatch) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\DefWatch.exe

O23 - Service: Diskeeper - Diskeeper Corporation - C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\DkService.exe

O23 - Service: Intel® PROSet/Wireless Event Log (EvtEng) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe

O23 - Service: ThinkPad PM Service (IBMPMSVC) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ibmpmsvc.exe

O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe

O23 - Service: iPodService - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

O23 - Service: LiveUpdate - Symantec Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUCOMS~1.EXE

O23 - Service: Novell Application Launcher (NALNTSERVICE) - Novell, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Novell\ZENworks\nalntsrv.exe

O23 - Service: Intel® PROSet/Wireless Registry Service (RegSrvc) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\RegSrvc.exe

O23 - Service: Novell ZENworks Remote Management Agent (Remote Management Agent) - Novell, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Novell\ZENworks\RemoteManagement\RMAgent\ZenRem32.exe

O23 - Service: Intel® PROSet/Wireless Service (S24EventMonitor) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe

O23 - Service: SAVRoam (SavRoam) - symantec - C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\SavRoam.exe

O23 - Service: Symantec Network Drivers Service (SNDSrvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe

O23 - Service: Symantec SPBBCSvc (SPBBCSvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe

O23 - Service: Symantec AntiVirus - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\Rtvscan.exe

O23 - Service: IBM KCU Service (TpKmpSVC) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\TpKmpSVC.exe

O23 - Service: Novell XTier Agent Services (XTAgent) - Novell, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\System32\Novell\XTAgent.exe

--

End of file - 11492 bytes

[Switeck]

Symantec makes all kinds of computer-crippling software, seems you've got at least a little of it on yours.

This sounds like something that may reroute networking in painful and uTorrent-incompatible ways:

O23 - Service: Novell ZENworks Remote Management Agent (Remote Management Agent) - Novell, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Novell\ZENworks\RemoteManagement\RMAgent\ZenRem32.exe

Missing entries always suggests an unstable computer system:

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)

O20 - Winlogon Notify: ACNotify - ACNotify.dll (file missing)

So you have to use proxy settings to get on the internet?:

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = proxy1.zu.ac.ae:8080

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = 10.10.*.*;10.11.*.*;*.zu.ac.ae;192.168.*.*

O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: Domain = ZAYED.local

O17 - HKLM\Software\..\Telephony: DomainName = ZAYED.local

O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: Domain = ZAYED.local

O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: SearchList = ZAYED.local,zu.ac.ae

O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: SearchList = ZAYED.local,zu.ac.ae

[some_01]

am only using Symantec anti-virus all it do is scaning and deleting.. also i used to get good dl speed even when its enabled.. about the proxy i use it only when am in university

[jewelisheaven]

I don't know.. short of stopping/disabling all thinkpad processes... I think it sounds like swarm variability.

Also if you're wireless, try just using the windows connection manager without that extra intel stuff?

It's certainly odd where both of you get different speeds... but in all honesty I'd be happy I'm not being shaped to nothingness when torrenting.

[some_01]

today morning urorrent worked perfectly.. how and why i dont know.. the speed was good bout 50~60 and it was kinda stable then it turned to wat it was and the speed wont go over 30 and now its 1~10.. i thought maybe bcoz most of the ppl i download from their ISPs are throttling so i have to download at the good hours when their ISPs not throttling am i right?

btw today sumthing happened to that stupid laptop.. well i shuted down then open it and the desktop wallpaper was gone all the files and folders on the desktop also disappeared and utorrent also was deleted.. then i did it all again and i found those files.. after that i shutted down open it again n guess wat desktop wallpaper appeared but the files on the desktop was not there i searched all over that stupid laptop but nuthing.. sorry if that story has nuthing to do with utorrent but maybe its the major prb why utorrent doesnt work properly.. so if theres any suggestions about wat that could be tell me..

thx very much

[Switeck]

Your ISP may throttle by time-of-day too.

Sounds like your laptop has SERIOUS problems...and if you don't get that cleared up, you may soon lose everything on it.