koda_debug Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I did everything in the sticky at the top, and then tried to download the OpenOffice torrent and still only got ~1kB/s download speed. Here is my information:Computer:Windows XP SP21.6Ghz CPU192MB RAMConnection:512kB/s ADSLDownstream 444 Kbps (55.5 KB/sec) 479 Kbps (inc. overheads)Upstream 240 Kbps (30.0 KB/sec) 259 Kbps (inc. overheads)From http://www.adslguide.org/tools/speedtest.aspuTorrent (1.5) Settings:Extra information:I am behind a router, with port forwarding set up correctly. I get the green light most of the time. There are no other messages in the status bar (besides speeds, etc).Hopefully someone can help me :-)Thanks in advance-K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Set Protocol Encryption to Enabled and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 use the speed guide (Ctrl G), and read it well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koda_debug Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 That seems to have made a bit of difference, for the OpenOffice torrent atleast. It's now floating around 12kB/s. The other torrent I'm downloading is still at about 2kB/s, but maybe it's just a bad torrent?Are these the kind of speeds I should expect for uTorrent on my connection, or should I still be getting faster speeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 restart the client Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koda_debug Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I did. Did it again just to be sure. Nothing has changed. :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 What firewall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koda_debug Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I normally use Zonealarm, but I've turned it off especially.And no, the Windows firewall isn't on.I'm relying on my router's firewall to keep me safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Disabling is useless.Heh I had a hunch it might be ZoneAlarm... I experienced the same thing with Network OK and slow speeds... Check my posts in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richtertheo Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 take off checks in listening port: Enable UPnP and Firewall better use port 50000, change NAT for port 50000 tcp and udp on your router to,disable windows-firewall or uninstall any other software-firewall, let only your router-firewall work,be sure to get green light,in bandwith limit:max up 19 is ok, disable check alternate upload, change download to 0Protocoll Encrpyt ENABLED, set global maximum number of connections to 500 and max nr of con peers p torrent to 100,if you have a cheap router, that hangs off after while, reduce connectionn to 400 or even 300,if the router still hangs, open your window and kick off,enjoy your speedP.S. raise your RAM to 512, utorrent don't need it, but windows xp,than get better bandwith and soon a bigger harddisk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Um. No... why would you suggest that he set the number of connections that high? Most of the settings you suggested don't apply for his connection speed anyway, so leaving the job of configuring to the Speed Guide works best.And he already gets green light, so the firewall isn't causing inconnectability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richtertheo Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 why let him try my settings? Speed Guide is not the optimum for everyone and the rest of the settings is really important to. ! just do it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Your settings will make things WORSE. Too many connection is not a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richtertheo Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 watch the rest of his settings, he can't get more than 300 connections, which is a joke for utorrent and any normal router, except dlink 504, this piece is crappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 It's not a matter of if your router can handle, it's a matter of wasting bandwidth on TCP and BT overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 it may show u more kB/s but it doesnt mean it's downloading more, it means it's connecting to more people so wasting valuable kB/s on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richtertheo Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 19 up is good for that, with even steady 55 kB down, you never produce so many acknowledgment-packages and BT overhead,to bring your upload over 30I am sure, this works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 It's already a well-known fact that increasing connections will increase overhead. The speed of transfer doesn't determine the number of ACKs (and is often the other way around if you have a lot of ACK packets). The number of connections does directly affect the number of ACK packets being sent, and your settings would just make it higher. Like I said, the Speed Guide already configures the settings to approximately optimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richtertheo Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 hmm. The speed doesn't determine the number of ACKswhat a messagelets say:my download is 5 KB and this needs 10 ACKs, only for a number,now my download is 500 kB, how many ACKs do you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Fine, I misworded it. I had meant to say it doesn't affect overhead as much as having too many connections.1 connection going at 400KiB/s300 connections going at 100KiB/s (hypothetical)Which one looks like more overhead?Edit: Er, meant to write overhead instead of ACK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Opening and closing TCP connections is also fairly expensive bandwidth-wise. And don't forget BT overhead, which scales significantly with the number of connections, idle or otherwise. It also scales with speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badsecurityforum Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 using 500 connections is just stupid.I have got 2Mbit ADSL and using max. 200 connection for any P2P. OK, my router doesn't seem to handle more, but there is also no increase in speed with higher numbers. In uTorrent i use 140 connection and 70 per torrent, 2 torrents downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sar Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 @ koda_debugyour spec is just like mine; patch your TCPIP.sys file; Net.max halfopen = 70 Set Protocol Encryption to Enabled and allow incoming legacy connectionuse the speed guide (Ctrl G)On a good torrent you can get average 50-60kB/s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Well, one clarification is that if you follow Sar's advice and set net.max_halfopen to 70, you'll have to patch your TCPIP.SYS to at least 80 (and more preferably, 100). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david999 Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 when you say set half open to 70 do you mean in µtorrent or in luvlords patch or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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