acurveintheroad Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 I've been using utorrent for about six months now and managing to get speeds of 100 kB/s on my 1mb tiscali line. Recently this dropped to around 5 kB/s.I have always recieved an error when testing if my port is forwarded properly (even when I was downloading at 100 kB/s). My router is a Siemens Gigaset SE 587Things I've tried:* Upgraded to 1.8 and 1.8.1* Set a static IP address (192.168.1.2) which is outside my router's dhcp range* Added ports 8080 and 8085 to the port list on the router. These are the main port numbers that I used to use when getting good speed.* Added ports 8080 and 8085 to the windows firewall* Changed utorrent settings based on guides on this siteMy incomming connections icon in the utorrent status bar fluctautes between green and orange but the speed still remains around 5 kB/s.My current connection settings are:* Enable UPnP port mapping [enabled]* Randomize port each start [disabled]* enable NAT-PMP port mapping [enabled]* Add windows firewall exception [enabled]My current bandwith settings are:* Maximum upload rate: 50* Maximum download rate: 0 (unlimited)* Global maximum number of connections: 200* Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: 60* Number of upload lots per torrent: 6My current queueing settings are:* Maximun number of active torrents: 7* Maximum number of active downloads: 5I also have forced outgoing protocal encryption and allow incoming legacy connections selected.The torrents I'm trying to download are very well seeded and I've even tried the open office torrent but still with no success.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelittlefire Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 You follow this thread? http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992Also, you must hate the people you upload to. 7 torrents * 6 upload slots ... into 50 KiBps? The Speed Guide tries to keep things pretty even ~ 3 KiBps / slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurveintheroad Posted August 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 I seem to tried everything but still can't round the port forward check error.On the upload front... I can't really go any higher than 50 because I'd only be getting 100 max if eveything was working ok anyway. What numbers do you suggest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelittlefire Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Well, 50 is fine, but please start with the speed guide presets or Switeck's numbers @ http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=34259As for your main problem, well.. what have you tried? That thorough how-to is a pretty easy read, if daunting. More information about your setup helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurveintheroad Posted August 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 I've tried upgrading to 1.8.1, setting a static ip address and making sure the ports are open in my router and firewall. I'm running vista with a Siemens Gigaset SE 587 router, AVG anti-virus and spybot. I can't imagine what else might be blocking the port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelittlefire Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Hmm, kthen. It could be you just got stuck (finally) in their over-subscribed customers area. Like the sticky suggests, have you tried disabling legacy (unencrypted) connetions? Or lowering connections to 50 max and < 20 per torrent? What about lowering net.max_halfopen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurveintheroad Posted August 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Yeah, I've tried turning legacy connections on and off but doesn't seem to make a difference. Just set max conn to 50 and 10 per torrent but still only getting 1.2 kB/s. I reduced net.max_halfopen to 4 yesterday but hasn't helped.Speedtest.net now reports my speed at 688, used to be around 980. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Your ISP is known to be hostile to BitTorrent traffic, disrupting it...by blocking/discarding/slowing packets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vu3voc Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 I had the same situation an hour back,nothing helped remove the yellow triangle for the incoming connection.Port Forward, Firewall etc etc nothing helped.On a trial and Error basis ,I open my network connections and opened the properties tab of of my Wi fi adapter and disabled the AGN Filter Interface.Finally.....I got a green Icon on utorrent 1.8, number of peers had increased and downloading speed has improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 If you're using a wireless (Wi Fi?) ISP, they may have rules against file sharing in general and BitTorrent specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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