randwill Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 I'm a new user and encountered the "Network Wizard" box when setting up. Under Connection Type, I am confused by the choices; xx/64k, xx/96k, xx/128k, ect. Testing my speed at the Time Warner Road Runner site I see that it is 2622 Kbps. What is the appropriate Connection Type setting for this speed? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 READ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randwill Posted January 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Thanks, but I do not see 2622 Kbps on the list of speeds to choose from. I'm sure it's obvious to YOU what I should choose, but it's not to me. Can you help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 What you have is probably your download speed... Use the speed tester in the Speed Guide and find your upload speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randwill Posted January 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Okay. I had to turn off Norton to get results, but they are 765 kbps or 93.7 KB/sec for download and 68Kbps or 8.5 KB/sec for upload. So I set Connection Type to xx/64k, correct?Incidentally, what's the difference between Kbps and KB/sec. Since the numbers are different I assume it means two different things, but I would have guessed each one meant the same thing; kilobytes per second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Hmm, you should try running another speedtest, choose a server that isn't too loaded and is close to your area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animorc Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Difference between b and B: 8b = 1B. So 1kBps = 8kbps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randwill Posted January 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 I tested again using the Atlanta, Ga. location. I'm in NC. This time I got Download: 4675 Kbps and Upload: 297 Kbps. So I'll adjust the setting accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randwill Posted January 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Every time I change the Connection Type setting I have to adjust the number of torrents in the Queue Settings box under Torrent Options. This would seem to be telling me that it is automatically limiting the number of active torrents I should have running according to my upload speed, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 the Speed Guide sets the "recommended" number of max active torrents. Try running one more test and see if that upload speed is consistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randwill Posted January 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Tested three more times. Download results were 4271, 1856 and 4454kbps. Upload results were 34, 202 and 124kbps. I don't know what this means, but in measuring anything else such widely varying results would indicate that the test was pretty meaningless. Is there, in fact, no real way of determining these speeds or is it normal for them to vary widely from one minute to the next? Or is the "test" just generating random numbers each time that have no meaning at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Are you doing anything else with your connection during the test? It will affect the observed speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randwill Posted January 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Okay, well, I didn't know that. I closed everything else out and re-tested 4 more times, 3 times on the Atlanta server and once on the Washington DC server and acheived much more consistant results. Averaging 4789kbps Download and 360kbps Upload. So it looks like xx/384k is the best setting under Connection Type for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Yep. Your connection is exactly like mine, it seems (5mbit/s down, 384kbit/s up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Heh, I have 4000/384. (was higher before on both parts but my ISP lowered it -.-)Yeah, xx/384 should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randwill Posted January 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Thanks for the help folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anoxan Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Heh, I have 4000/384. (was higher before on both parts but my ISP lowered it -.-)Yeah, xx/384 should be fine.hope they lowered your bill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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