havok Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 I am on a fiber optic connection, so my speeds are usually great. For some reason though, at certain times they crawl. For instance, right now I am getting very slow download speeds, about 3 kb/s. I have a green botton showing and it appears as though I am connecting to about 1/5th of seeders and 1/4th of the other leechers, although it varies. Still, on some torrents utorrent shows I am connectable with a large number of seeders and peers yet I'm still getting crappy download speeds. Sometimes my download speeds suddenly shoot up and I get great speeds for about 30 seconds, then it goes crashing back down.Basically, I'm wondering why I usually am getting good speeds, but then end up going through stretches with horrible speeds? What is going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 ISP throttling on a time-based schedule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havok Posted May 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 I don't know. Not really that familiar with ISP throttling. Anyway to get around it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Hm... you have PE enabled, right?And a different angle of approach... Try patching TCPIP.SYS. If it doesn't help, try disabling DHT. If you're not using UPnP, disable it in your router as well as µTorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havok Posted May 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 yes I have peer exchange enabled. I'm a newb at this so I don't know how to patch TCIP.SYS. Also, how do I disable UPnP in my router?thanks a lot for the help, btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µtorrent-Guest Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 PE is protocol encryption Thats what Ultima meansPEX is peer exchangeWhat is essential before reporting speed issues is that you use the values the Speed guide (CTRL+G) recommends for your Uploadspeed.Testing then with high speed torrent peer at www.legaltorrents.com. If getting low speeds there while obeying the CTRL+G values is an indicator that the ISP is throtteling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havok Posted May 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 ran the speed test and got a result of 1324 / 1754. It also said since my upload speed is higher than my download speed, I might need to tweak (?) my configuration.I'm wondering which connection type I should choose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Test several times, and take the average. Make sure you're not using your net connection for any other reason when you're testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havok Posted May 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 ran it a few more times and because I wasn't downloading anything else at the time, I averaged out to about 3134 / 1549 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Choose xx/2mbit and lower the upload cap a bit to.... maybe around 160-170KiB/s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havok Posted May 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 thanks. Still getting slow downloads though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Try testing the OpenOffice.org v2.0.2 w/ JRE (104MB) or Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake Beta 2 Desktop CD (619MB) torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havok Posted May 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 tested with the openoffice torrent and I'm getting extremely slow downloads from it. Shows that I'm connected to 20 seeds, yet nothing over 1 kb/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 That's extreme... you do have PE (Protocol Encryption) enabled, and DHT disabled, right? What router do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 You don't have a firewall do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havok Posted May 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 yes, I do have Protocol Encryption enabled. Should I also click on "allow incoming legacy connections". No, I didn't have DHT disabled. I have tried that now, but the download speeds are still slow.I'm not sure what router I use. How can I check?I turned off my ISPs firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Er, I was sorta assuming you use a router. The equipment used to connect you to the internet... look at them and tell us their make and model, I guess.As for turning off the firewall... what firewall are you using? Disabling won't work -- you'd have to uninstall to get rid of the firewall's influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havok Posted May 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 I am in Japan and using an "NTT" fiber optic modem. The model number on the modem is DC11V.The internet connection firewall is just the windows one I believe. I just unclicked it under my ISP's "preferences" tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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