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slow torrent problem, looked everywhere for answer
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badfish20
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9. January 2009 @ 02:18 |
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So I'm fairly new to torrents and I've been having some problems and I'm at a loss.
I'm using Bittorrent and I have window's vista.
I've tried the following:
Port forwarding
Different Routers (wireless and LAN, Linksys and belkin)
Different torrents and sites (No matter how many seeders or the seeder/leecher ratio, it's still slow)
and this thing http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/12/15...speed-in-vista/
I think that's it, anyway it feels like I have tried everything and I've looked everywhere for answers but I can't find any so I'm afraid I have to start another dreaded slow torrent post with my specific problem
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I also turned off my firewall completely to see what it would do and it did NOTHING, may have made them slower (or it was coincidence)
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9. January 2009 @ 03:38 |
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badfish20
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9. January 2009 @ 03:52 |
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Ok I think I got most of that, I'm not the most internet literate person but I've learned a little in my research on torrent speed. I disabled UPnP and I think it helped a bit the seed/leecher numbers keep changing so it's hard to say, I'll try it a little longer and see how it goes.
I've taken care of the firewalls as well.
I'm not sure how to do this though
"Have you set your upload correctly after a speed test and is there a port check utility"
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9. January 2009 @ 04:14 |
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In utorrent, you can check whether your port is accepting incoming connection's, red or green, unless green, your port isn't forwarded properly. At options>speed guide>port check in utorrent. To set upload speed correctly (which does affect download speed), take a speed test, this one is very accurate: http://www.speedtest.net/ and using the upload there, adjust it from kb (bits) to KB (bytes) that most client's use (1 KB = 8 kb). Divide the kb by 8 to get KB, take 80% of that and use that in Bittorrent, download can be set to the KB or unlimited. Take the test a few time's at various time's over a few day's to get a good average. Edit: how many firewall's do you use, more than one software firewall can conflict?
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badfish20
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9. January 2009 @ 04:52 |
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Oh I don't think there's a feature like that on Bittorrent that I've seen. It shouldn't be a port forwarding problem anyway.
And I only have Windows firewall.
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9. January 2009 @ 12:02 |
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You should just rule out port forwarding anyway, there should be some kind of symbol when you're downloading at the bottom of main screen, red or green but anyway try ShieldsUp: https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 Instead of a green ok here, you want a red fail. When you arrive there, click proceed and in the next window, type in your port you use in Bittorrent and click user specified custom port probe. You should see a Full Stealth (green) with your router installed and no Bittorrent open (make sure it isn't in the Task Bar), now the same test but with Bittorrent open should return a red Fail showing the port is open. That link doesn't appear to be working, copy and paste should or just Google it. You can try with just your modem too if you don't see a fail.
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badfish20
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9. January 2009 @ 15:06 |
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When i shut down bittorrent is was green but when I opened it back up it was green as well.
Thanks so much for the help I really appreciate it
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9. January 2009 @ 15:25 |
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It sound's as if your ISP is throttling, what is it, maybe someone know's? If so, you can try downloading at a low usage time like overnight. Almost leaning to certain version's of Vista, which one do you use, I know Ultimate work's ok. Try a higher port over 50,000.
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badfish20
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9. January 2009 @ 15:39 |
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Actually it seems to go faster in the evening. I have Vista Home Premium sp1.
I'm trying the higher port number but it seems to be the same speed.
So you think that's what it is? If it is am I pretty much screwed?
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9. January 2009 @ 16:07 |
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Look's like an ISP issue, I know of no way around that. Still suspect Vista too, though, seem's to have too many problem's with torrent's. If you can't connect with just a modem, it's a setting's issue, a firewall in the modem or something ahead of that, far as I know.
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badfish20
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9. January 2009 @ 16:24 |
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Ok. When my bf isn't on the internet I can avoid the router altogether. Sometimes the speeds get over 100 kB/s, it actually got to 150 once. It changes a lot. Within 2 mins it can go to 40 to 120 to 60 to 10.
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9. January 2009 @ 16:45 |
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The speed change's are normal and the speed is actually pretty good on the top end. With or without the router should'nt be making any difference if this is your ISP throttling.
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werocool
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29. January 2009 @ 17:08 |
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There's also another option that I use if your willing to throw a few bucks, it's called TorrentRun, you input a torrent url and it will download the torrent on there server you just "Save As" the files to your computer later.
No more problems and slow computer, but I think it's something like 19.95$ a month, if your willing to pay for that :)
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Mez
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30. January 2009 @ 08:06 |
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mistycat is correct in that there is little difference between utorrent and bit torrent. I use bit torrent. On the bottom bar in the middle there is an icon it should be round, green with a check mark, yours it probably a yellow triangle with an exclamation point. That means your port is jammed.
By all means keep your fire wall up. Your problem is you fire wall did not keep every thing out or you are being throttled by your ISP.
Try rebooting your computer modem and router at about the same time. See it that helps.
If that doesn't help try downloading on weekends starting Sat morning. Limit your down loads to 125 kb. If you see an improvement in your speeds your ISP is trying to shape your habits. What many ISPs are trying to do is limit your flows and only have you do this on after hrs. If you learn what they will allow you will be less hassled.
It is hopeless to fight since you will be going head to head with a tireless attack robot thing. All I know went head to head with an attack robot lost and were 'punished'. I know one person that did not give up till his router was dissrupted every minute. The attack robot has a 'memory' he was kept below 50 kb for 2 months even on off hrs just so he would remember his mistake.
I would suggest using peerguardian (freeware). If it is working properly there will be a blue-black ball in the tray on the lower right. Right click on it and open the PG window before you load your client and watch. I think you will be impressed. I think you will see scores of nasty things blocked with PG. They had gotten through all your other defences to be blocked by PG. Some how they scan the internet looking for P2P traffic. When you start up they want to do something to your computer. I have no idea what most of these things do but they are up to no good for sure.
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