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bitcomet slowing down my internet
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beatz2005
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14. August 2006 @ 09:50 |
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i have the bitcomet 7, and when i start it up, i can barely surf the web because it takes the pages so long to load, but they load quick when bitcomet is turned off.
i was only downloading at a total of 72kbs. do i have to do that port forwarding that you guys talk about because i'm still not really clear on how to do that
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14. August 2006 @ 10:44 |
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Yeah join the crowd lol.Try limiting your upload.I would just get utorrent and ditch bitcomet personally.
port forwarding is essential to most p2p apps.I would do it if possible.
here if you decide to stay with bit comet follow this guide.It has all the info you need.It may seem long but you will be rewarded at the end with WAY faster download speeds and less headaches.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/1/234097
If you decide to switch to utorrent(recommended) then have a look at this guide.http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/335210
Lastly if you've been helped by these guides in the end then drop dvdback a thank you for his hard work.Peace.
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beatz2005
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14. August 2006 @ 17:32 |
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cool. i was thinkin about usin utorrent but i got so adapted to bitcomet until it slowed all my stuff down
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14. August 2006 @ 17:46 |
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No problem man.We've all been there before,I started out with bitcomet too.
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beatz2005
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14. August 2006 @ 17:51 |
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dang, it's still draggin. i don't know though because it's only doin it with this computer. maybe i need a new pci card or somethin
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14. August 2006 @ 18:00 |
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Nah probably not the pci card.So you read the guide followed the steps and have forwarded your port right?
What type of connection speed do you have.I had the same trouble(like the rest)until I limited my my max global upload to under 25kbps however I have a really nice connection speed.you may need something like 10kbps max global upload limit.
Also unplug everything(router,modem,etc) for a couple minutes this will erase the data and let up on the drag.I also like to "repair" my connection which clears it. To do this go to control panel>network connections>then click your connection and under the support tab you'll see repair, click it.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 14. August 2006 @ 18:02
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beatz2005
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14. August 2006 @ 20:15 |
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i haven't even uploaded anything yet, but i never tried to repair it since there wasn't an error known on windows. good lookin out i'm gonna try that later on
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14. August 2006 @ 20:37 |
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No I'm saying while you download your uploading at the same time.Limit this speed.
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14. August 2006 @ 20:49 |
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Im not trying to be a smart ass or anything but isnt the solution simple? He is running torrents while trying to surf the web? I always thought that doing that was a surefire way to slow your surfing and torrent download speeds down.
"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08 |
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beatz2005
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14. August 2006 @ 21:41 |
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nah this really started happenin last night. it used to run great. i'd be downloadin @ over 300kbs and my connection would be flyin when i'm surfin the web, but now it's like my cpu or whatever just gave up until i shut down my utorrent or bitcomet
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beatz2005
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14. August 2006 @ 21:42 |
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nah this really started happenin last night. it used to run great. i'd be downloadin @ over 300kbs and my connection would be flyin when i'm surfin the web, but now it's like my cpu or whatever just gave up until i shut down my utorrent or bitcomet
i'm using firfox for my browser if that means anything, and i changes the settings from what they were sayin on xtreme-source
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15. August 2006 @ 05:52 |
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Ok, when doing anything on the net you are using band width.
If you are downloading you are using band width, lets say you have 10 apples, take 5 away and you have 5 left, when you are downloading you are taking away about 6-8 apples leaving you with only 2-4 left for you to eat/surf with!
Basically, you can't download torrents and surf at the same time as there isn't enough free band width.
Forwarding ports and switching to uTorrent won't do anything at all, you can as Tycobb said limit your download and upload to around 10kb/s alowing you to surf and download at the same time, though large files will take forever.
Bandwidth = The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time.
Surf the net or download torrents, choose one because you can't do both at optimum speed with the other running.
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15. August 2006 @ 06:02 |
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rav is spot on there. guys, it's one or the other.
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15. August 2006 @ 10:50 |
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I guess you guys are right.I can surf the net while I'm downloading after tweeking but I'm more experienced and like I said I have a great connection speed.
After time goes by we all have learned little tricks for our situations.Some may very well arrive at the "one or the other" conclusion.Any rate do what's best for your situation.Those guides I linked to are top notch so follow them and have fun.Peace.
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15. August 2006 @ 13:01 |
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They are good guides but they aren't relevant in this sitation...
Like I said before, you can tweak your settings to limit download and upload, but thats not what most people want, we all want speed :-)
Better download/upload speed's = more data transfer per second, more data transfer per second = more bandwidth consumed, more band width consumed = slower use of anything else that requirs internet access.
Thats why its one way of the other :-D
Or just whatever works for you I guess.
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drblue
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20. August 2006 @ 20:35 |
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I have been experiencing exactly the same symptom that "beatz2005" described. It is tremendously annoying.
In generally, I agree with most of the comments posted earlier--it is very true that downloading torrents will consume the bandwidth, and will slow down the surfing speed. That is very true. However, I STRONGLY believe that there is more to the problem than the simple bandwidth. Here is my experience:
(1) I have a good speed (3MB download; 256kb upload). Not the fastest, but still respectfully fast.
(2) I limited the Global upload speed to 10kbs. I still get decent download speed (up to 200-300kbs occasionally).
Despite this, whenever I download a torrent, I cannot surf. It is NOT the matter of slow surfing. Most pages simply do not load due to timeout--basically, I CANNOT surf at all.
This problem does NOT occur AT ALL when I use other bittorrent clients (e.g. utorrent). Surfing gets slower, but it is sufficiently fast. This implies that the bandwidth itself is NOT the only source of the problem (if the bandwidth is THE problem, it should occur with other torrent clients, right?), but the problem may lie in the Bitcomet software (or how it interacts with other software/hardware--some said some routers cannot handle Bitcomet well).
One obvious solution is to migrate to utorrent, but bitcomet usually provides MUCH better download speed, so I am reluctant. I tried most of the solutions I found on the web, but without any success. I am about to give up on Bitcomet (alas). Does anyone have any suggestion?
Thanks!!!
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beatz2005
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21. August 2006 @ 12:44 |
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that all makes sense. i switched from bitcomet to utorrent my download speed is amazing compared to bitcomet.
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