l2k Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I've noticed my download rates are highly variable. Sometimes when I have just 10 torrents downloading, I'm only getting 80kbps. If I increase that to 20 or 25, I can get up to like 400kbps.Other times though, having 15-20 downloading is actually much slower than having less.I'm guessing it depends on the specific torrents. I always seem to have 30-100 in the download queue and I hate when I'm only getting 1/5 my possible download speed. Is there any general guidelines to maximize your overall download rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 You need to set correctly your uT in Preferences > Bandwidth with your max UL speed (run speed test if you dont know it):http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=34259Fill with numbers like that: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=361023#p361023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnurlos Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 30-100 torrents in the download queue?You seem to have a 100MBit or higher connection, otherwise your setup is completely wrong.So follow the setup guide (download here http://www.utorrent.com/guides.php ) which was made for this and read it carefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2k Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Me:║ 512 kbit/sec ║ 47│ 4║ 40│ 100║ 4│ 2║These settings are just stupid though. I applied them for the sake of it and my total download went to 80kB/s when it was at 280kB/s before. Maybe the settings are more efficient by some means, but it surely isn't measured by overall download speed.What if there is only 1 peer seeding the torrents at 2kB/s? My total download rate would be 4kB/s for like a week with only 2 active.My old values were much higher, right off that chart. I realize they probably aren't the most efficient for me either, so I wanted to tweak them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 They are not stupid, they are conservative. If your line is 512, choose this one from the internal speed guide of uT.Anyway having 20 dwl active with a max DL of 280 kBs is stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2k Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I'm interested in finishing downloading the torrents as fast as possible.A. 2 active, at 80kB/sB. 15 active, at 280kB/sWhich is stupider? Obviously the recommended one (A) is stupid as it will take 3.5x longer to download the torrents, which is my ultimate goal......My goal is to have as close to 500kB/s download speed as possible, 24/7.Most of my torrents have only 1-2 seeders.Any other advice would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 What is your max UL speed ? 512 kbps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2k Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 My max upload speed is 512kbps, but my max download is like around 600kB/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Did you seed correctly your torrents ?Anyway if you have 1 peer with 5 kB/s and 20 active torrents, it's impossible to reach 600 kB/s.If the 1 or 2 peers are a low UL, you need to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2k Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 What's your problem dude?If I have 10 torrents active I can easily have 400-500kB/s downloading in total. If I have 2 torrents downloading, there's almost no chance of that, because barely any seeders can seed me 200-250kB/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I'm not your dude, okay.People proposed an example of settings, you said it's stupid.Maybe it's not appropriate to your goal but not stupid as you think it.Anyway you can set yourself uT if you feel better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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