Maverick579 Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 I'm new here so please bare with me.i don't know if this has been covered before but i have been unable to find a topic covering it.the problem i seem to be having is that my download and upload speeds are far lower than what my service supports. i currently have bellsouth fastaccessDSL 3mps/384kpsi have read through both the setup guide and firewall guide to make sure my setting are set properly and my port is not being blocked by a firewall. However for all downloads i'm only getting from 20kps - 80 kps, and its always jumping around never steady and for my uplaods its hovering around 30kps, i did restrict my upload speed to 35kps hoping it would free up bandwith to inscrease my downlaod rate but it didn't work.any suggestions as to why this is happening?oh and i checked the throttled forum and my ISP is not known for throttling so i don't thin kthats an issue.any feedback would be greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 and for my uplaods its hovering around 30kps, i did restrict my upload speed to 35kps hoping it would free up bandwith to inscrease my downlaod rate but it didn't work.Because your connection only has 30kbyte/sec available. Limiting to 35 isn't low enough. Try 25 insteadl.http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick579 Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Wow thanks for the quick response.that sure did the trick, my download speed is now up to 250kpsthis brings up another question though.if i am downloading something and want to seed a different torrent, is there anyway to maximize that seeding torrents upload rate whaile not effecting my download rate?or is it that i have to choose one or the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 You pretty much have to choose one or the other, since your upload on one torrent doesn't give you any bonuses for another torrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick579 Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Ok, now i know.thanks for your timely responses and all your helpthis is just for curiosity sake, if my ISP max download speed is up to 3mps and upload is up to 384kps, why are my current rates so far below it? especially if my ISP is not throttling me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 They aren't far below actually.Your ISP paperwork lists in *bit/secuTorrent displays in *byte/secYou're at about 80-90% of your line's rated speeds right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick579 Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 what is the difference between bit and byte? i thought they were the same thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Nope.http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/basicnetworking/f/bitsandbytes.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick579 Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 that article really cleared things up for me.once again i appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions and help me out.tell your supervisor i say your doing a great job and you need a raise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 If you turn off some of uTorrent's extra features (DHT and Resolve IPs in particular) and reduce max connections, uTorrent can seed faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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