xpawel17x Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Hello, I read all the stickies, I checked all my utorrent options, but have this problem..When I go to do the speed test at dslreports.com I get a maximum d/l speed of 385 kb/s and my max upload speed of 1361 kb/s. My ISP is Optimum Online cable. On utorrent I can't go past 40kb's download speed and my average d/l speed is like 25kb's.I used to get speeds up to 200kb's and average around 100kb at least on each torrent 2 months ago. Even on the dslreports.com speed test website the history chart shows my previous speed tests that I took in May, 08 and I got DL speed of 5331 kb and Upload speed of 1685 kb back then. So what caused this sudden speed drop?I have everything turned off, AIM, AVG Free edition, Windows firewall is excluding utorrent, I get the green light in utorrent for the port. Any ideas? Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Either there was severe problems while you were running the download part of the speed tests (busy internet switch somewhere between you and the test server).Or your ISP may have reduced your line's max speed -- either due to you exceeding some bandwidth limit or general overloads on their local network. What settings were you using in uTorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpawel17x Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 2 months ago I was using 2mbit connection type on utorrent. Right now I'm using 768kb and lower...tried them all...none will take me more than 40kbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 And it would help to know what those settings are to get an idea what to try next......Or just try the 1st and 2nd links in my signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpawel17x Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Okay..right now I"m using Upload Speed: 60kbs Upload Slots: 6 Connections: 100Connections (Global): 600Max Active torrents: 6Max Active downloads: 5Enable Encryption not checked but tried checking it (no help)Current Port: 23008 test shows it's okay in green MOST of the time...if I keep refreshing the page 1 out of 15 times it will say ERROR in red...Also I should have mentioned I'm using a WLAN card to connect the router wirelessly to my laptop..and I don't have control over the router... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 That's a LOT of connections (Global especially) to try to cram through a wireless link. Instead of 600, I suggest 60 total for testing. And reboot the computer too. Your half open rate in uTorrent's advanced settings may be causing problems too...is it still set to the default value of 8?(If so, try lowering it to 4.)Networking hardware and software can overload differently, but that's my guess what happened that caused the D/L speed drop. So the goal now is to find settings that don't overload it.1st and 2nd link in my signature are good for that...Is your upload speed in uTorrent running steady at the 60 KiloBYTES/second max you set it to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpawel17x Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 No the upload speed keeps jumping up and down...goes up or slightly over 60 than drops to 40's or 50's and back to 60 or over...and this keeps happening.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 All the more reason to try my links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpawel17x Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Okay I'll take a look, thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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