rockfrawg Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 i've been using utorrent for a few months now without issue...I've searched, think my problem might be anti-virus related but heres what i know so far...using windows XP Pro SP3Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz4GB RAMUsing Windows Defender and Windows FirewallMcAfee Security Center - "utorrent has full access to the internet and can establish inbound and outbound connections"I recently upgraded my internet with AT&T Yahoo DSL to their "elite" package, maximums of 6Mbps/768kbps, and figured i'd run a check on the speed to make sure they actually gave me the upgrade. without utorr running i average about 5Mbps/615kbps and with utorr running i get less than 1.5Mbps/45kbps.i've gone thru the setup guide, everything is setup properly exactly how the guide advises.net.max_halfopen has been set to 2 cuz lowering it seemed to be recommended for others i found in searching.IP resolving has been disabledboth DHT have been disabledUPnP and NAT-PMP have both been disabledpeer.resolve_country is set to falsei've got a green check in the status bar"OK! Port 50000 is open and accepting connections."Upload limit: 60kbpsGlobal Connections: 150Connections: 50Max Torrents: 5Upload Slots: 4Max Active Downloads: 4internet runs thru a Siemens Speedstream 4100 modem then a D-link DIR-655 wireless router...laptop is connected wirelesslywhat have i missed??? why would the connection speed slow down so dramatically just b.c. utorrent is running? I usually leave it on all the time to seed but if thats the case i'm not going to be able to.THX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Try uninstalling McAfee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfrawg Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 i would but when i bought the laptop i'm using i paid for 3 years of service thru McAfee...so i hope thats not the problem and wouldnt want uninstalling it to be solution...theres bound to be a setting i could change if it were the problem...i'm still exploring that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Well, the alternative is that your router is still overloading, despite the lowered connection count.That being said, your speeds will drop if you're actually uploading at that cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfrawg Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 just got of the wire with mcafee tech support, i did have to add the forwarded port to the mcafee firewall but it did not fix the problem...they told me how to completely disable mcafee and it too did not fix the problem, so thats not it...researching router stuff now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 You can't really disable it. It's always hooked in.Try connecting your laptop straight to the modem using wired. See if that resolves your issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 If you uninstall it, can't you reinstall it if it's not the problem?Try lowering these to:Global Connections: 50Connections: 30...just to rule them out. I know that's very low, but since you have problems...got to try extreme fixes first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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