GBJers Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Hi,I am really sorry to post another thread about dl speeds being slow but I haven't found anything else here quite the same. When I first used uTorrent (about 2 months ago) I received download speeds between 30 and 50 kB/s, which I figured were pretty good. A couple of days ago, I began receiving download speeds between 5 and 10 kB/s, and the same for upload.I have ADSL wireless, and my ISP is bigpond which is not on the throttle list. I use a netgear router, with a USB wireless connection, Norton 2009 for a firewall and Windows XP. I noticed my port was not being forwarded properly, but I managed to set it up so that it does. I also checked upload speeds, and received an average of 40kb/s. I set my preferences for connections etc. according to the table in these forums to 64kb/s (after trying the dialup settings). I also made sure that uTorrent was being allowed by the firewall. I also obviously went through the setup guide.I suppose what I am really wondering is, is there anything that I could have inadvertantly done to change this? Like downloading a new version of uTorrent, or changing some crucial setting? Or is it more likely to be an ISP/hardware/software issue? Or perhaps even a swarm issue (i did attempt to torrent the suggested test programs in the setup guide, but also had slow speeds).Sorry about the long post, but I have been fiddling with this for two days and just wanted to make sure I gave all the info to someone else.Many thanks for any help,GBJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Don't apologize for being perfectly informative about your problem! In fact, thank you for making it easier on us As for the problem itself... this is a bit of a conundrum. How quickly do regular HTTP downloads run for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBJers Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Ha ha no problem, thanks for the fast response.I am not sure exactly what you mean by regular hittp downloads, I am a bit of a newbie with this stuff. If you mean when I do a speed test, what is the download speed, it is usually around 60 or 70kbps with upload anywhere between 30 and 60.Is that what you are after?i just thought also that maybe you mean the 'speed' given when you double click on the wirless connection icon in the task bar - which is always at 54Mbps. i gather by now that this doesnt necessarily mean all that much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Good news!You probably mixed up kilobits/second for KiloBYTES/second...and your connection is a lot faster than the settings you used.Wireless + USB = you'll probably need to disable DHT and Resolve IPs in uTorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBJers Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.It still seems to be doing the same thing however...except upload speed now sometimes reaches or even goes over 10kB/s. so confusing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 FYI, your 54Mbps wirless connection is only the max speed possible for the wireless between your computer and your router.Verify your settings again, you may have reason to complain to your ISP about terrible line speeds and line noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBJers Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 haha ok ill give it a shot. thanks to you both for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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