CPFan167 Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 I have an open port that runs 512KBps on last speed check, I recently upgraded my DSL speed (AT&T) to "Elite" and on some torrents I get speeds as fast as 450KBps, but on others it's much slower even with a lot of seeds.I'm currently running a download that has about 130 seeds and about 1400 peers, yet I am only seeing 2 or 3 seeds and about 30 peers. Bandwidth allocation is set to high and the download speed varies from as low as ten to as much as a hundred and uploads from 66 to 85. Port is open and not blocked (green arrow). "Resolve IP's" is disabled, as per the settings instructions.The pieces are 256 blocks each, does that make a difference in terms of getting seeds? I've noticed that the downloads go faster when the pieces are smaller. Is that what my problem is? Should I alter some settings to make larger blocks go faster? Or is this irrelevant? Please advise.Thanks-CPFanOh yes, also, I have been getting a lot of ISP disconnects whenever I open or close UTorrent. This began when I upgraded the DSL speed. I use a 2Wire modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 The number of seeds is meaningless to your speed.what speedtest results do you get from speedtest.net with no torrents running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPFan167 Posted November 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 512KBps is my speedtest score with no torrents running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Link the image please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPFan167 Posted November 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 This is a screenshot of a speed test from Chicago to Los Angeles. It is much faster than what I had last night. This test was taken with uTorrent off.http://cupjoe.com/Grx/SpeedTest20091121.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Your settings from preferences - queueing and preferences - bandwidth please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPFan167 Posted November 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Here are the relevant settings:http://cupjoe.com/Grx/Bandwidth.jpghttp://cupjoe.com/Grx/BitTorrent.jpghttp://cupjoe.com/Grx/Connection.jpghttp://cupjoe.com/Grx/General.jpghttp://cupjoe.com/Grx/Queueing.jpghttp://cupjoe.com/Grx/UISettings.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 http://www.utorrent.com/documentation/connection-setuphttp://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=58404 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPFan167 Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I made all the recommended changes according to the two links you sent me and nothing has changed. Here's what the download is currently showing:Seeds: 2 (136) Peers: 37 (1196) Download Speed app. 29KBps, Upload speed app. 47KBps.(obviously this changes but not very much)Since I can get higher speeds on other downloads I still wonder if this has to do with the fact that the pieces are 256 blocks in size. I am also wondering if it's just this torrent that's giving me the problem.No doubt I seem like an idiot at this point, perhaps there's nothing really wrong with my settings, I will double-check them according to the inks you sent. Thanks for the help, however, it is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomtom25 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 you can only download as fast as everyone else can upload. That particular torrent seems to be very lopsided as far as seeds/peers goes. Perhaps the swarm is going as fast as it can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPFan167 Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Yes I believe that's the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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