rhino Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 This is a topic that many people have touched on in the threads and I wanted to add an insight that seems to not have been stated yet.For a number of users, it takes a long time for uTorrent to gain peer connections. (See http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=3539) While the conditions are always different, even for the same torrent, when 9 times out of 10 "another client" connects faster to peers resulting in a shorter time to faster total speed, there is something that needs to be diagnosed.I've noticed that when I connect to a torrent with uTorrent, many of my connections are choked downloads - and they stay that way for some time. This is not the case with Azureus.Before you ask - I have "Network OK" on uTorrent. I forwarded a specified port to uTorrent (but I use an un-forwarded port with Azureus, just to show that it's not a NAT problem). I also checked the guides to modify settings (with the half-open setting seeming to be the only significant one).Keep in mind the circumstances: same computer, same router, same isp, same torrent - consistently different results.I LOVE the small footprint of uTorrent. More programs need to be less bloated. I want to love the competitive performance of uTorrent, so I'm open to suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Since many of you have reported a similar behaviour, my theory is: I believe µTorrent may be doing this to "save" some of your bandwidth, as it gradually unchokes your connection so you won't get clogged up with 10,000+ simultaneous connections/connection attempts at once. But I have no proof for this, so... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Could be.Unfortunately, we can't check the source code.Is there any way to get an answer from the coders on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Ludde should be able to tell you in detail what µTorrent is doing when it initializes a torrent. A few builds ago there was even a "connect to x amount of peers" setting, but that option has since been removed and has gone back as an internal value, since according to knowledgeable people it's better to leave it alone (default was 30 peers per minute, IINM). :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 And how do I contact Mr. Ludde? Or at least draw his attention here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Well he said he reads all forum posts... :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 1) are you using the betas2) If you're on XP SP2, did you patch tcpip.sys and raise net.max_halfopen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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