End of my tether

[timchilli]

Hi,

I've only just switched from BitComet to µTorrent, and am having the same problems with speed (or lack thereof) that have plagued me for years.

After loading up µTorrent for the first time and applying the general settings I was getting one of my torrents to d/l at 220 kb/s, which is lightning fast compared with my usual speeds.

I then decided to try port forwarding to increase the speed. I followed the port forwarding instructions and have checked that the port is open, but this has resulted in my torrents now being downloaded at 0.1kbps. Utter nightmare.

I have the following set-up:

Belkin router

Internet connection: 10 Mb/s (although SpeedYest shows me at 5.92 Mb/s down; 0.37 Mb/s up)

Winidows XP

What on earth do I need to do to get my torrents (plenty of seeders vs. leechers, incidentally) to speed up? I'm utterly dismayed at how poor my speeds are.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Cheers

Tim

[DreadWingKnight]

Have you tried without the belkin router?

[timchilli]

I used to have a D-Link router, which was about as useful as a one-legged ballerina... speeds were similarly poor.

I'm thinking there must be a problem with my settings, but I don't really know where to start, and I'm not too familiar with tinkering with the settings.

[DreadWingKnight]

Did you try without a router at all?

Post your preferences - queueing and preferences - bandwidth settings please.

[timchilli]

Apologies - I'm not sure what you mean by not using the router at all - it's the only way I can connect to the internet.

[DreadWingKnight]

Too many active torrents for your connection limit.

Too high a connection limit for a belkin router.

[timchilli]

Thanks for your comments, guys.

I've switched off my firewall, ensured that my port is open, stopped 2 of the 4 downloads, and limited my d/l speed to 180 kb/s, but still my speed is as follows:

Is there anything else I can do?

[DreadWingKnight]

Global connections: 100

Per-torrent: 40

Upload slots: 4

Active torrents: 2

Active downloads: 1

[Firon]

physically unplug your computer from the router and plug it straight into the modem.

[timchilli]

I must be a total retard, because I don't know the difference between a router and a modem - I only have a Belkin router which is directly plugged into my computer. I don't have any other modem.

I've also adjusted the settings as per DWK's suggestions and I still can't get these torrents to d/l above 1kbps.

I've run Glasnost and my ISP isn't limiting access, so what is happening here? It's unbelievable that I can pay so much for 10MB broadband and yet can't get these shitty torrents to download above dial-up speed. So frustrating.

[DreadWingKnight]

Does the problem persist with openoffice torrents running (and no others)?

[timchilli]

I don't know what openoffice torrents are, but every torrent I try to download goes no higher downloading than 1kbps.

[DreadWingKnight]

http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p <-- these.

[timchilli]

Nothing seems to download using that site... certainly nothing appears in my µTorrent schedule list

[DreadWingKnight]

Choosing 3.2.0 - windows - English from the drop-downs doesn't work?

[timchilli]

I've now got it showing in my µTorrent schedule area, but it's not downloading at all.

EDIT - it's now downloading, but only at a rate of max 7Kb/s

[DreadWingKnight]

Then I highly suspect active HIGH INTENSITY ISP interference.

That's basically the ONLY reason a torrent would be slow with your settings.

[Firon]

Your Belkin router is very likely connected to something else. What is it connected to?

[timchilli]

My Belkin router is plugged directly into my PC and nothing else. Occasionally I connect my Xbox to it, but not when I'm downloading anything from the PC.

I've run Glasnost and my ISP isn't throttling on the port I have open.

Is there anything else it could be?

EDIT -> Right, this is turning into a joke - I've uninstalled all traces of my torrent download programmes and then reinstalled, but nothing changes. I'd even take my shitty 40kb/s speeds I was getting before instead of this crap (0.7kb/s). Is there any way I can start from scratch? Do I have to delete the torrents I'm downloading and reinstall? Tinkering with the settings is doing absolutely nothing to help.

[Switeck]

Firon meant your router plugs into the internet somehow, probably through another box on your premises.