andy1992 Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 im a long time utorrent user.after a virus i reinstalled windows and utorrent.i forwarded the ports of my netgear wireless router and added to windows firewall exceptions, created static ip etc....Mynetwork is a green tick.i used to be getting around 300kb/s and now im getting almost nothing......and yes i have tried other torrents.any ideas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 You're not alone.Your ISP (Carphone Warehouse Broadband Services -- which resells internet access to AOL and others) is COMPLETELY hostile to BitTorrent traffic:http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=46778 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 No AV, no FW except Windows... you like to play with fire ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 andy1992 probably knew it was a virus BECAUSE he had antivirus software....Now it may not have helped him enough, but that's not the same thing!A router plus Windows firewall protects reasonably well against incoming stuff.Even antivirus software may not protect against 0-day stuff if it loads via an exploit in Internet Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1992 Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 when i signed up for aol (through carphone) i was execting to be with aol, not some shitty carphone thingy.Why are they blocking uorrent traffic, it used to be fine before?and yess i did have an anitivirus (kaspersky) wich did actually find the virus but momments after it caused IE to open popups and those popups were downloading virusses, kaspesky coudlnt keep up.So is there anything i can do, to torrent again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 I'd have disconnected my internet if I saw that happening...though maybe not fast enough to matter.Try what I suggested in the thread link I posted earlier:http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=46778 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1992 Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 well it definately is an improvement after following your suggestions.Down speed is really slow though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 http://www.slackware.com/torrentsHow do torrents from here run?As well, realize that your ISP is known to throttle BitTorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1992 Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 wow.......speechless.does this mean im saved?btw-sry about the adverts in the pics, feel free to del the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Maybe you can go in torrent properties and decrease the max upload speed for your 1st torrent. I dunno your max upload speed for your connection, but if you upload at the max for one torrent, your dwl speed will not be optimal. Just find the fair middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 andy1992,2nd link in my signature...you probably need the 320 or 256 kilobits/second upload settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1992 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 if i change my settings to the 256 kb/s one it has a negative effect (both downloads and uploads level out but are slow).heres my speeds, if it helps.i am truly stomped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 yep choose between these ones:║ 192 kbit/sec ║ 17│ 3║ 30│ 50║ 2│ 1║║ 224 kbit/sec ║ 20│ 3║ 35│ 55║ 2│ 1║here to modify settings:http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=361023#p361023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1992 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 done that and no noticicable difference.(still a fast upload and low download).so i guess theres nothing else i can if its down to isp.i have also tried bittorent, same problrm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 It's hit-or-miss as to whether connections or even a single connection can get by your ISP's hostile traffic crippling management.Sometimes you may still get decent speeds...other times, no.Stick with the 320 kilobits/second settings then...and allow 2 or 3 downloading torrents at once in queueing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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