monetarydread Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 So my community finally received high speed internet. I have an 8mb cable connection, no firewall enables (windows or third party), and no router, and even though my ports are open (I always get a green circle with a checkmark in the center) yet I have trouble getting a decent, reliable connection (originally I was getting 5kB/s upload and 1kb/s download). So I tried everything on Ultima's Speed Issues thread, with the exception of patching my tcpip.sys, and now I get an average of 20kB/s upload and 30kB/s download. I tried downloading Openoffice.org and Slackware and was amazed at the 400kB/s downloads. I tried the full upload and download test on Glasnost and was told that there was no shaping of traffic. Frustrated, I emailed my ISP and was told that "for my protection against virus' " they limit my global tcp connections on their end to 60.So I was wondering what settings should I set uTorrent to, to get the best speeds? Even with these slow speeds it is better than the crappy dial-up alternative, but I am disappointed that it isn't much better than dial-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 It should be possible to hold uTorrent's connections under 60 so as not to have a problem.The ISP's "excuse" is viruses, but it's only a smokescreen. They're using the 60 limit to supposedly cripple BitTorrent and similar p2p programs.You will also likely find that even UDP packet-streams "count" against their 60 limit, or at least UDP won't give you unlimited "extra" connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Ultimately though, their reasoning is stupid, since limiting your connections doesn't actually protect you against viruses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monetarydread Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 yeah, their reasoning is stupid. I have lowered my max connections and I get the best results with 30 max connections; 20 maximum peers per torrent; 7 upload slots; and my net.max_halfopen to 8. Even with those crippled settings I am still only gettings about 30-80kB/s download with 20kB/s upload. Balls to crappy ISP's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Disable: UPnP, NAT-PMP, DHT (both kinds), Local Peer Discovery, Resolve IPs (right-click in PEERS window/tab for menu to do so).Keep Peer Exchange, it reuses existing seed/peer connections to work...the others make additional connections which your ISP may be unfairly counting against your limit.Also reduce bt.connect_speed from 20 outgoing connection attempts per second to only 1-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monetarydread Posted October 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 Thank you Switeck. I had already done all that before, I guess I am just stuck with crap downloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 Try forced encryption, no legacy connections...then even proxy tracker updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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