kBs kbits Mbits Kbps etc etc

[Lynn210]

Can someone please tell me in verbage that relates to the recommended testing sites -- vs the speeds listed in the uTorrent Speed Guide

In the speed tests .. they give you the results in one format .. then when you go to the speed guide in uTorrent.. speeds are stated in another format

I have a 20MB cable speed.. the highest available in homes in my area.

I dont think I have the guide set right.

In one section of all the FAQ and what not it said to divide the kbits by 0 multiply the results by 7 and enter that in the Bandwidth location.. I did that and it does not come close to what the Guide has put in there so I think I am picking the wrong setting in the Speed Guide because I have no idea what Mbits are equal to in relation to speed test results.

My upload in Kbps is 1700 avg

so what is that in Speed Guide Language??

[Harold]

I doubt you had to divide by 0, as that doesn't give a meaningful result in this case..

Are you sure your cable is 20MB/s (1024*1024*8*bit/s)? It almost certainly is 20mbit/s (1000*1000*bit/s) which is about 2.4MB/s - but no guarantees here

Please don't say "MiB", no one does that, except the IEC.

<rant>

I don't know what moron decided that internet speeds should be measured in metric amounts of bits, rather than digital amounts of bytes, but he was probably in marketing since a calculation like that gives a higher number (which is of course good for marketing)

</rant>

Anyway, your speed settings should depend on your upload speed which is completely unrelated to your download speed. If you say 1700Kbps, does that mean 1700*1024*bit/s? If so, it comes really close to the 2Mbit setting in µT..

But everyone will step in and suggest completely different settings. In any case, don't believe the crazy youTube vids that recommend settings that would kill a Gbit connection (thousands of peer connections, tons of upload slots each getting less than 1KB/s etc)

[Switeck]

2nd link in my signature, the closest match is actually the 1.5 megabit/second upload settings.

These use fewer connections than Speed Guide (CTRL+G) in uTorrent recommends, but almost always will work equal or better than Speed Guide's values.

You could raise the upload speed if you wanted and maybe even the max downloading and active torrents by 1 or 2, since you seem to have a little more than 1.5 megabit/second upload bandwidth.

[Harold]

Maybe but he said avg, that could mean it's actually 2mbit/s but averaged down to something lower.. but then again, maybe not..