rikker Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Please bear with me. I am new to BitTorrent and very new to uTorrent. I am suffering very low download speeds in the region of 2 - 28kB/s on a 2Mb ADSL connection via a Belkin wireless modem router.I have read the FAQ and as many posts on this forum as seemed relevant but I am still confused and bewildered about the NAT Error message that appears at the bottom of uTorrent 1.4's window. To get rid of this I have been to PortForward.com and read through their excellent material on the subject. However they are asking me to make a lot of changes to my Internet connection that I am concerned may mess up and setup that works pretty well right now. I am wondering why uTorrent doesn't just work 'out of the box' and if everyone has to change settings?Here are the details of my current setup:Windows XP Home SP2Windows Firewall (uTorrent is accepted and I have disabled 'Startup Type' in its properties).2Mb BroadbandBelkin Wireless Modem Router F5D7633-4In uTorrent:Current Port: 32459 (changed when Port Checker declared an error - 'port set is not open'. Same error on new port).Bandwith max upload rate 186Bandwith max download rate 0Max no. of connected peers 100No. of upload slots per torrent 7Even with NAT Error showing uTorrent seems to be downloading my file as I write this - albeit very slowly.I would appreciate any help in clearing my confusion and advice on how - or if - I should change my setup to improve my download speed.Bear in mind I'm a noob. If I've posted to the wrong section please tell me and I'll move it. Don't flame me for not having the knowledge or experience you have.Thanks for listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfgl Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I have the exact same problem, and have read and tried everything as well, and am stuck the same. On very few occacsions it has gone up to a max of 100k/s, but that was rare! TIAClaudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikker Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I have the exact same problem, and have read and tried everything as well, and am stuck the same. On very few occacsions it has gone up to a max of 100k/s, but that was rare! TIAClaudioGolfgl, good to know I'm not alone! Have you managed to download anything with your setup? Or, like me, are you wondering if it's worth continuing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfgl Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I have the exact same problem' date=' and have read and tried everything as well, and am stuck the same. On very few occacsions it has gone up to a max of 100k/s, but that was rare! TIAClaudio[/quote']Golfgl, good to know I'm not alone! Have you managed to download anything with your setup? Or, like me, are you wondering if it's worth continuing?I have managed, but has taken me days....I hope its just a throttling issue then once the stable PE comes out and hopefully more and more users use it, I hope then it will improve!!!But its been pretty slow lately!!Claudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 You should port forward for improved speeds, it's really not that hard, and virtually impossible to screw anything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSmythe Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Same here.I usually have NAT errorI have yet to see "Network" let alone "Network OK"I have read alot about port forwarding and it IS confusing.My IP address is not static, it changes everytime I sign on.I can see DNS primary and secondary just by clicking on an iconbut don't know what they [DNS] mean or if they change [never checked]My modem is an Alcatel speed touch homewhich I did not find on the list unless it goes by a different name.I am afraid to f' things up by scewing with the modemeven after reading about port forwarding, I don't really get itIf there alot of seeds, I have reached d/l speeds of almosy 300kB/secbut for mot movies, lucky to reach 50kB, as the #seeds never seemsto be close to the number memtioned by torrent site.I can't change the modem as it is what my internet provider provides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergiorodrigues Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 i have done something where i saw the result being a NAT error.i have utorrent working with no network problems having UPnp setup on my rooter+utorrent.later i found i has having problems with some trackers which was so strange that i finally tried disabling my firewall on my rooter.everything returned back to normal but the result on utorrent was a new "NAT error" display.to me, it appears disabling the firewall on my rooter gave me the NAT error.what id like to know is if utorrent is actualy working ok if it gives you a NAT error.to me everything seems ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSmythe Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I always get Nat error, and it seems to download okay.I use ZoneAlarmThe individual speeds suck, many are 0.1kBbut I have gotten the occasional 30-50 from and individualthe upload speeds seem to be higher.right now I am trying to download a 700MB item, fairly new so not alot of seedsalmost 8hrs, I have d/l 383MB but have u/l 565MB55% finished, but who knows how much more to goroughly 6 seeds of a 15 swarm with 20 peers of a 40 swarm.Oh, and could someone tell me what "Wasted" meansWasted: 4.6MB [0 hashfails]I did read some of the posts, but I did not understand all the references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Off-topic: JohnSmythe, I like your signature...real smooth. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSmythe Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 oooooooh...Sounds like you're trying a pick-up line TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Oh, and to help you with your problem(s):1.) You need to port forward to get Network OK. There's no way around this, you need to port forward to get decent speeds. Just go to http://www.portforward.com/ and follow the instructions, it's not that hard. 2.) Wasted Data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikker Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Well, I finally got port forwarding sorted out but, sadly, haven't noticed a change in download speed.The good news is that I've got rid of the NAT Error line in the status bar. Bad news: it still doesn't say Network OK. ** Forget that. While I was writing that sentence NAT Error has reappeared! But it ran for several minutes without it.What am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSmythe Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 "You need to port forward to get Network OK"I went to the site, but as I mentioned, I do not see my modem thereMine is a speed touch homeI checked all sides and see no further model numbers that match these.Alcatel3881 SpeedTouch510Alt SpeedTouch510v4.0 SpeedTouch510v4.2 SpeedTouch516 SpeedTouch530 SpeedTouch540 SpeedTouch545 SpeedTouch570 SpeedTouch570v2.0 SpeedTouch570v4.2 SpeedTouch576 SpeedTouch585i Speedtouch608 SpeedTouch716WL SpeedTouchFirewall TCW690 TCW710 Mine is from Bell Sympatico in Ontario, Canadamaybe someone is familiar with this ???Also, much refers to windows xp, i run WinMeI'm still worried about f'ing it all up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Just look at one of those SpeedTouch modem instructions. they should all be similar anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewldude606 Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 And all the instructions are done thru the router's web interface so your operating system doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Buzzard Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 If all else fails there's almost certainly a reset button on the modem somewhere to do just what it sounds like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSmythe Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 there is no reset button that I can see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 JohnSmythe: usually it's a recessed hole in the back of the modem/router, accessible only by the tip of a pen etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSmythe Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 well,all i can say is right now i have NAT errorand am d/l at 280-300kB/s from roughly 50 seeders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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