Please help! speed problem...urgent

[Kylekw_7]

Please help me! i'm having a problem that i can't solve! when downloading small torrent files e.g below 100mb i get full speed! that is 40-50kb/s! as i have adsl 512! but whenever i go beyond that 100mb e.g a 3.4gb file i get 4-5 kb/s! why???

everyone i've asked can answer me! what is the solution please....

info: i'm using Panda Titanium Antivirus/Firewall/AntiSpyware.

thanks a lot!!!

[00]

Try this torrent and see what speeds you get:

http://borft.student.utwente.nl/~adrian/bt.php

[Firon]

try uninstalling Panda.

[userpaul]

So

Two questions here.

One Am i breaking the rules by asking this question on this thread.

Two I downloaded the file that 00 suggested and got 550 KB/s download speed. Is there a site where I can test my maximum upload speed, Not the ctrl g sites as they do not show anything like the speeds from the download i have just tried and did a couple of times when i followed the set up guides from the forum. Why is it when my upload speed tops out at 45KB/s the download speed craps out? If i limit the upload speed to 20KB/s the download speed jumps up by 1-200%

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PS

If there is a link that will do, there are hundreds of speed threads that say the same things. I have read most of the pipe things etc but what is the technical reasons foe this? How is upload speed different to download speed?

[Ultima]

When you're testing, make sure you aren't using your connection for anything else, whether it's browsing, chatting, downloading, or whatever. The numbers are given in kilobits per second, not kilobytes per second as you're probably used to. To convert from kilobits to kilobytes, divide the number you see by 8. OpenOffice.org is an excellent torrent for maxing your connection out. If you find that you finish it before you actually reach your max, try downloading Ubuntu Dapper Drake Flight 6. It also has a bunch of seeding boxes that max your connection out fairly quickly.

[userpaul]

OK

I am not using my connection for anything else.

I got the KB/s Kb/s thing, as long as you're using one or the other to work out what's going on etc you can follow the threads.

"OpenOffice.org is an excellent torrent for maxing your connection out".

Well I am under the water here, I did not get anything better than 1.5KB/s out.

I ended the download before it completed, should I download the whole torrent?

Same question as my earlier two posts.

Why does the upload speed cripple the download speed?

PS

I always try to seed at least twice the amount I download, but F__k it takes forever to upload 1:1

[Ultima]

Because ACK packets can't be sent when the upload's saturated. ACKs tell the seed/peer that you received their piece correctly, and if you don't send it, they won't send you a new piece.

You selected the nearest upload speed in the Speed Guide, right?

[userpaul]

Well

Here goes

xx/384k based on the Ctrl G sites speeds

Last week I upgraded to (10gig whatever) with Blueyonder, this is their top package. Still the same up/down speeds on the Ctrl G sites.

I have purchased registry mechanic and tweaked other bits, (bit of a safe guy read and read etc ()

I want to upload files to ETC ETC but when I allow unlimited upload I cannot even open gooooogle without waiting for a short while.

What's the score?

UP

What is ACK?

[µtorrent-Guest]

user paul

the office torrent is often used as a speed measurement.

but due to the nature of torrents it could be that you are only connected to slow peers in this well seeded torrent.

Try a torrent from legaltorrents.com.

They are mostly not so well seeded so that it is more likely the cause that you will get the original Highspeed internetbackbonespeed seeder box in the nederlands as a peer.

From him you will get your downloadrate fully maxed out if your IPS is not interfering with BT protocoll and you have not messed with the settings in µT.

And as Ultima already pointet out use the CTRL+G values sugested for your UL speed (if yours not directly statet choose the one BELOW your actuall UL value)

Edit

SYN/ACK a terminology used in networking things. ACKnowledgemend packets

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACK

Edit2

"10gig whatever" is maybe your amound of data you can transfer in a month. its not your SPEED the data is transfered.

[userpaul]

Yea I already got that, I select a slower speed to even things out. But why do i have to do this?

When i am downloading I select 256-384 to balance things out. When i am not downloading I select xx/2bit which alows loads of upload speed?

So why is this

UP

[µtorrent-Guest]

What the f.. are u doing there with the sugested values?!

Using 2MB when not downloading and 256/384 when downloading?

MAN!

Ask your ISP what your actuall upload speed is, and then set the value in speed guide accordingly.

DO NOT mess around with it in the way you do! Your way of doing is likely to harm the swarm very much!

for the basics how internet with this packet things work the the wikipedialink i provide and for a good animated film how this all goes in the internet see

warriorsofthe.net

[Firon]

use the speed guide, choose your upload speed in kbit according to the speed test sites, AND LEAVE IT ALONE.

[userpaul]

Wow

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACK"!

Got that.

I have been advised by my ISP that I have unlimited download volumes (is that the correct terminology?)And they to NOT throttle anything.

So

" Try a torrent from legaltorrents.com." 700KB/s down &/7KB/s up AND! Yellow light! port forward ok when tested through test speed port.

Why can I not upload at greater speeds?

Do I have to annoy my ISP?

" choose your upload speed in kbit according to the speed test sites, AND LEAVE IT ALONE."

That's rubbish because when i do that I cannot surf the net unless i pause the torrents.

UP

Someone here is lying

UP

[µtorrent-Guest]

"unlimited download volumes"

means the amound of data not the speed!

"And they to NOT throttle anything."

when they say so, then fine

700KB/s down &/7KB/s up AND! Yellow light!

What is your max download speed of your Onlinepacket than?

700KB sounds not bad.

the upload depends on your uplaod speed. having low upload on THEIR torretns is NOT a value for anything wrong because the other peers have this fast box as a peer and do'nt need you and your UpLoad capabilities.

Yellow light is NO sign for something bad. it just means no incomming connection to you in that particular moment. If it changes sometimes to green everthing is fine!

"Why can I not upload at greater speeds?"

See answer above, and what is your actual uplaodspeed limit set by your ISP then?

Accourding to this value you need to choose the CTRL+G sugestion.

Edit

@LYING

No, if you choose the corect value according to your UL speed this is likely not the case!

You know, tis guide chooses the other values how many active torrents, how many connections and so on in a way that µtorrent gives then enough room for smooth surfing.

Edit:

Firon will tell you; DO not doublepost, use edit ;-)

[userpaul]

µtorrent-Guest

Transparancy is required.

Thank you for your help, I have already done all the things suggested in the forums and I believe i understand the princables behind torrent sharing. The SHOUTS from you and firon shugests i need to do a little more reading.

Love you all

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[Ultima]

Exactly what did the speed test site say your speeds were?

[userpaul]

3417/229

Why is it when my upload speed tops out at 45KB/s the download speed craps out? If i limit the upload speed to 20KB/s the download speed jumps up by 1-200%

UP

PS

If there is a link that will do, there are hundreds of speed threads that say the same things. I have read most of the pipe things etc but what is the technical reasons foe this? How is upload speed different to download speed

[µtorrent-Guest]

so when u have 229 DL than u DO NEED more reading when u set in speed guide values liek 2MB.

Set it to xx/192k and everthing will be fine. Just do what you are told to do and you will have no problem with the folw of this littel tiny packets ;-)

warriorsofthe.net

Edit:

Are you a moron?

Why are u repeating the question again? Do you think ultima is an Idiot or why are u starting over again at 0%?!

Just read the wikipediaarticel about TCP. and maybe the links at the the end of that article. then u will understand the "WHY".

And watch the film!!

[userpaul]

come on then boys

[Ultima]

If it says 229, then pick xx/256 and don't touch the Speed Guide anymore... you're not supposed to be changing it at your whim.

[Firon]

Your max upload is about 29 KB/s. That is why you can't upload at 45. Pick xx/256kbit, like you were supposed to do in the FIRST PLACE. (229 is closest to 256).

kilobit / 8 = kilobyte.

229 kilobits / 8 = ~29 kilobytes.

Also, do NOT double post.

[userpaul]

done

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