lenoir5002 Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 I currently use Utorrent 3.3 (build 29544) 32 bit. I have been using Utorrent for the last couple of years. My ISP is iiNet in Australia.The contract I presently have does not count uploads as part of my quota, supposedly. I have read somewhere that Utorrent "overhead" can account for some unexplained download readings. Overnight I chose to "seed only" a bunch of torrents, perhaps 12 or so. I check my quota this morning at iiNet, and it showed the following: uploads 1204.41 Mb; downloads 1239.42 Mb. If the download figure is considered "overheads", it does, on these figures, seem excessive. Is there some way to reduce this download figure? Can anyone help?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 . Is there some way to reduce this download figure? Stop downloading data.And ~1.2 G is rather more than "overhead" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenoir5002 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Thanks for your reply. However, as I thought I had indicated, I was only seeding or uploading. I was not downloading, yet the downloading, of what I know not, occurred anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Downloading is also:Anti-virus updates, (especially if you use AVG)Windows updates,Anti-spyware updates.Any other auto updater that runs on the machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenoir5002 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Thanks again for your reply. I don't use AVG.. However, I intend not to download anything for several days, and would like to share with everyone the resultant figures for comment. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenoir5002 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I have conducted an analysis of my dilemma over the past six days. First, let me explain my ISP (iiNet). I have a plan that allows me two periods peak (8:00am to 2:00am daily) and off-peak (2:00am to 8:00am daily). Each period has 35GB allocated. According to the conditions of my contract, iiNet does not charge me for uploads.Over 6 days I ran Utorrent in seeding only mode from 2:00am to 8:00am daily. On the sixth day I seeded nothing at all. I recorded the hourly figures (taken from iiNet's calculations) and put them into an Excel spreadsheet. For the sake of space, I will use only Totals at this time, but the full breakdown is available on request.Five days of seeding-only gave the following totals.Uploads: 10,386.00MB; Downloads: 11,119.09MB.The sixth day figures were negligible.It does seem to me that Utorrent is the culprit, but what can I do to reduce this costly situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 And is this machine/connection dedicated SOLELY to, and for uTorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenoir5002 Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Pretty much so. I had downloaded 70 torrents over the past two months, and have been trying to clear my plate so to speak, by seeding, to at least 100% ratio.My other uses include forums, facebook, twitter and email. Other use is locally-based film and music editing, wordprocessing and maintaining spreadsheets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenoir5002 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 The daily totals for Utorrent activity over the 5 active days described above 2:00am to 8:00am daily seeding only are as follows:Day Download Upload1 2257.94 2156.262 2274.85 2107.303 2064.52 1918.444 2263.10 2102.835 2258.68 2101.17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Have you looked specifically at uTorrent transfer history in Preferences -> Transfer Cap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenoir5002 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 I have looked. There is a slightly different story there, but the history covers 31 days 24 hrs a day.The Transfer Cap is not set, although 200GB is greyed in the adjoining box.The transfer history shows 47.1GB uploads and 43.9GB downloads for 31 days, and notes a total downloads + uploads as 91.0GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Enable capping.Change the timescale.Disable capping.Then it will monitor that period instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenoir5002 Posted May 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 I changed settings as follows:Transfer cap (greyed) 100GBTime period 7 daysUploaded 15.2GBDownloaded 18.8GBTotal Up + Down 34.1GBI have downloaded perhaps half the 18.8GB of torrents at best. I could do a more formal count if required, over a set period.I'm not sure what this tells me, though. The problem still seems to be excessive download of materials or something by Utorrent. How can this be minimised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Have you checked the hash failure counts and wasted data volume for the running jobs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenoir5002 Posted May 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 I haven't checked the hash failure counts and wasted data volume for the running jobs, but will give that a try. However, I would like some opinion on my dilemma in relation to other members and other torrent clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenoir5002 Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Well I tried something different today.Overnight I set Utorrent to seeding only, about twenty files, for a period of 6 hours..When I checked iiNet's table and graph I had uploaded 2,300MB and downloaded 2600MB.(can this really be protocol overheads?).Today I seeded only the same files for 50 mins. This time I reduced the number of trackers allotted to each file to just one, thinking this might have something to do with my dilemma. However, my hopes were dashed when I checked iiNet's table and graph, it showed upload 230MB and download 260MB.This puts me back at first base. Should I try another torrent client to compare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Honestly, that tells me that iinet's graphing system is most likely broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Or someone is "piggy-backing" on your router.Have you checked the router stats for the same periods?Have you checked with uTorrent shut down completely?Have you checked with your computer(s) shut down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marian100 Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 hi lenoir.... I use westnet which is iinet and looking at your quota allowance I believe I am on the same plan. As far as I am aware uploads ARE counted in your quota allowance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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