smokingkills Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 my download speed used to be over 200kb/s but now it has gone to about 150 -20kb/s any1 knw wats gone rong or how t fix??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardsportsrule Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 You do realize that download speeds depend on the users behind the torrent, so if its a less popular download it's likely to be slower. Download something with alot of peers,such ashttp://www.slackware.com/torrents/And see if its still slow, we can go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates28 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 I hear what you are saying but why is the download speed on my torrents fluctuating one minute fast next minute slow one minute 200 next 20 - all over the place and my ISP does not throttle or shape or whatever its called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardsportsrule Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 try that known good torrent and see if it still happens... then we know if its the torrents or the client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates28 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Ok heres what happened the slackware sat there in position 3 did nothing even thought it showed plenty of peers and seeds. So I moved it up the queue - all of sudden the other two torrents I was d/l jumped to huge speeds between them 900 and 120 or so. Then their speed dropped to 20 and 10 and the slackware moved up to 260.Then the other two jump up and down between 70 and 80 and back down to 20 and 10.In the meantime in the background I am uploading already finished torrents around 25 or so the upload speed in total stays around 120 - consistentlyI had problems with my old ISP with throttling now I changed ISP one minute like I say speeds are great the next very slow.What is going on any clue?Incidentally slackware is now around 500 - should I leave it running or just dump it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardsportsrule Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 well if its "jumping" like other torrents, its a client issue, if its at 500 steady, then u know its a torrent issue..use it as a diagnostic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates28 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 its jumping but its much faster between 500 and 1500 - to be honest even with your kind help I am none the wiser as to what is happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardsportsrule Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 I know, i have not been trying to fix the problem yet, we are doing what's called "diagnosing" first. just trying to figure out if the problem is on the computer or the torrent, if its still jumping it sounds like a computer/configuration problem, so start going through the guides for speed stuff and seeing if you can fix it, try other clients, see if that fixes it. I cannot tell you a step by step process to fix it, that's not the way these things work, they take time and reasearch and alot of testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates28 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Ok can you explain this please - in the past I used to add a torrent and force it to start and it did - now they sit there showing plenty of seeds and peers and they do not start for ages ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Tell us more about your connection.How fast is it both down AND up?What settings are you trying (and seem to be failing) to use in uTorrent?(Mainly the Speed Guide CTRL+G ones and any advanced settings you may have changed from default values.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates28 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 I have set it to xx/768kSpeed test shows - download 73145upload 796download is unlimitedupload is 72kthe advanced settings I have used the advice from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Are you using a RealTek chipset network card?Or...Wireless or USB networking?These are often unstable, especially when they have lots of connections at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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