jernobyl Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 # EVERYTHING you've tried so far, including ANYTHING listed aboveI have done everything listed above before on this laptop - all I've done is change routers and change internet connections, as I've moved. I'm now with BT broadband (for my sins), and I have a Philips CGA5722 router. The uTorrent ports are open in the router GUI. I'm using a static IP of 192.168.2.138, and the resolving webpages works fine so I am connected. It's an ADSL connection.The speed checker says I get download of 1270kb/s downstream, and 190 kb/s upstream, with a latency of 186. At the moment the best download speed I can get, is 8 kb/s. The highest upload speed I can get is 1.5 kb/s.# Color of the network status light in µTorrent's status bar (at the bottom of the µTorrent main window)Green.# What the port checker from the Speed Guide writesGreen and OK, accepting connections.# What the Speed Guide shows your settings to be (press Ctrl+G in µTorrent)xx/192# What you have net.max_halfopen set to (Preferences > Advanced in µTorrent)4.# Operating system installed (Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98, 95, NT? Something else?)Vista# Security software installed (firewall, antivirus, antispyware, antiadware)McAfee, with the firewall set to allow full access to uTorrent. I should note that I haven't touched McAfee since the point when I was using that other DSL connection and everything was working perfectly, so surely this should be fine.# Exact router model(s), and exact modem modelPhilips CGA5722# ISP (Internet Service Provider) being usedBT Broadband# Connection type (DSL, cable, dial-up), and the results obtained from the speed test (when running the Speed Guide), for both download AND upload.As above, ADSL, and 1270 downstream, 190 upstream.I'm usually pretty good with these things but I can't work out for the life of me what's wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Your ISP definitely does BitTorrent throttling/disruption, though I don't believe it's normally as bad as the results you're getting.I'm wary of McAfee -- could you test with it uninstalled?(Do note that your router needs to only have uTorrent's incoming port forwarded while testing...no need for extra risks.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jernobyl Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Yeah, I thought that, but like yourself I didn't think it'd be quite that bad.I certainly will uninstall McAfee (I've had enough of its rubbish anyway) and test the connection, when I get home. Watch this space. What do you mean about "needs to only have uTorrent's incoming port forwarded while testing"?Thanks for getting back to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 A router's hardware firewall is generally quite good -- better than letting a software firewall on your computer try to handle most incoming packets.But if you forward everything from the router to your computer, (such as DMZ does) you've basically turned off the router's hardware firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jernobyl Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Ah...so...what do I need to do to remedy that? Just uninstall McAfee?A bit off-topic, but I've been told AVG is a good alternative to McAfee - yes/no? :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 I believe so, though I don't use dedicated antivirus software on this computer at the moment.Generally, with zero-day viruses, nothing detects them anyway...and that's about the only thing I'm vulnerable against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jernobyl Posted July 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 OK, hi, sorry to have taken so long to get back, I did what you said and uninstalled McAfee, which sped my computer up quite a bit, but has had no affect on uTorrent, still sitting at about 9 kbps download and very little upload... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Considering you're on Vista, probably HOME edition...try lowering half open rate in uTorrent to only 2.Does the OpenOffice test torrents run equally slow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jernobyl Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Aha, now that seems to have done something. On the OpenOffice test torrents, I am now getting speeds of nearer 100kbps. Still very very little upload, mind you. That seems to have helped somewhat, thanks. Any other tweaks you think I could try, to up that a wee bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 OO is only good for download tests, not upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 The OpenOffice test torrents have some of the fastest internet connections in the world sharing them 24-7. They typically overload anything downloading with speeds far faster than the receivers can sustain. So if you try to upload to a peer, the peer's usually so overloaded that it can't reliably download from you too.Even when people have VERY BAD settings in uTorrent, the OpenOffice test torrents usually run very fast. This is precisely because they don't have to upload any to get max download speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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