uTorrent ups and downs

**ChiangMai noon** · 27-12-2008, 06:35 PM

what you still doing on those speeds benbaaa?

**benbaaa** · 27-12-2008, 06:41 PM

I might be wrong about those speeds, because it was a long time ago I signed up. I definitely remember stuff downloading at 150 kB/sec once, not so long ago, and I've had over 100kB/sec today. I'll check with TOT on Monday.

**ChiangMai noon** · 27-12-2008, 06:43 PM

^
think you are wrong.

no way you'd get 100 with the 512 connection.

**peterpan** · 27-12-2008, 06:45 PM

I'm on the basic TOT package, most of the time it runs on near to 100 down / 40 up, I'm happy enough with that, but sometimes it drops the DL speed but never the UL speed.

**ChiangMai noon** · 27-12-2008, 06:48 PM

even on a 2 meg connection, my upload is capped at around 40.

downloads top out just over 200.

**melvbot** · 27-12-2008, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Originally Posted by lom

I don't know where the up/down thing comes from.

That makes two of us.

Newton wasnt it?

I only set uploads for 20kbps when Im downloading

UTorrent Tweak - Increase Utorrent Download Speed

**benbaaa** · 27-12-2008, 06:52 PM

Is there a reliable speed test out there? I just clicked on the uTorrent one and tried three times with the following results:

LA 248/136 Kb/s
Chicago 84/95 Kb/s
NY 100/137 Kb/s

Big difference.

**ChiangMai noon** · 27-12-2008, 06:52 PM

^
pretty crap all round.

**benbaaa** · 27-12-2008, 06:56 PM

And internetfrog.com says

164/267 kbps

I'm confused. I though the down was supposed to be faster than the up.

It also says I live in Bangkok, which is fucking news to me.

**ChiangMai noon** · 27-12-2008, 06:58 PM

^
usually is, yes.

you aren't even getting the 512 you are supposed to be getting.

i think adsl in your area is fukked.

colleague of mine is in the same area and he's been reporting similarly crap speeds on a 1 meg connection.

not a torrent issue, it's an ISP issue.

**lom** · 27-12-2008, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by benbaaa

I though the down was supposed to be faster than the up.

It is, and your'e most likely on a 1024/512 connection.
Did you happen to run other downloads (like torrents

) when you did the speed test?

**NickA** · 27-12-2008, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

even on a 2 meg connection, my upload is capped at around 40. downloads top out just over 200.

...and you wonder why you struggle to keep a good ratio...

**ChiangMai noon** · 27-12-2008, 07:03 PM

^
my upload speed is crap.

it's not capped by me, but my provider.

i have it set to maximum.

**benbaaa** · 27-12-2008, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by lom

Did you happen to run other downloads (like torrents ) when you did the speed test?

Yes. Why?

**benbaaa** · 27-12-2008, 07:06 PM

Anyway, Generation Kill is coming down at 110 kb/s now, so I'm not going to fiddle with it until it's safely on my HD. Should be in a couple of hours

or 7 weeks.

**lom** · 27-12-2008, 07:08 PM

^^ Because the speed test measures what the speed test program can up and download.
You wont get full speed in the speed test program if it is sharing the adsl line capacity
with other programs.

**benbaaa** · 27-12-2008, 07:09 PM

OK, I'll test it when my D/L is all finished.

**lom** · 27-12-2008, 07:21 PM

Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test is the one I find most reliable.
Close all other tabs in your browser (and of course uTorrent) and choose the Bkk server for the first test. It will show your speed within Thailand and it should be close to (85-90%) your subscribed speed so it is also a good way to find out what you are subscribed to

Then for the next tests choose servers in US and Europe.
It will show you your international connectivity.
Los Angeles and Paris or Haag use to show reliable results.

Avoid England, they are connected to the world through an old-fashioned dial-up modem (at least it seems like that).

**jandajoy** · 27-12-2008, 07:24 PM

you then know that your connection is shit.

Excellent.

You can't do anything about it but at least you've had it confirmed.

yehaaaa

**peterpan** · 28-12-2008, 07:05 AM

In the last couple of days I have noticed the the torrent DL speed tails off, this morning it was down to 5 kb/s Down, up speed always the same. When I switch Azurus off and restart it the speed jumps back up, only to tail off after a period.
I thought it may be peer gaurdian but not so, I haven't changed any of the settings in Azurus.

**CharleyFarley** · 28-12-2008, 07:46 AM

PP are you running both µtorrent & Azureus?

**peterpan** · 28-12-2008, 07:54 AM

Sorry CF,my mistake, U torrent only.

**benbaaa** · 28-12-2008, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by lom

Close all other tabs in your browser (and of course uTorrent) and choose the Bkk server for the first test. It will show your speed within Thailand and it should be close to (85-90%) your subscribed speed so it is also a good way to find out what you are subscribed to.

Then for the next tests choose servers in US and Europe. It will show you your international connectivity. Los Angeles and Paris or Haag use to show reliable results. Avoid England, they are connected to the world through an old-fashioned dial-up modem (at least it seems like that).

OK here's my new results following your instructions (Paris and Haag not listed, so I picked some places nearby). I also picked London 'cos I'm English, innit?

Bangkok 1323/245
Los Angeles 1022/233
Yokohama 1083/388
London 427/153
Sydney 372/136
Berlin 341/178

**baldrick** · 28-12-2008, 09:17 AM

what sort of modem are you using - is it LAN connected or USB ?

I have the old TRUE Huawei MT800 which is set as a bridge and I control my PPPoE connection with a WRT54GL running Tomato 1.23-VPN.

below is the status page on my modem which tells me what the negotiated Up/Down speeds are with the local DSLAM.

bit torrent creates many connections , but the problem is lots of connections die/inactivate but they are kept open by your modem/router and that in turn fills up its memory which starts to choke things - check in your modem settings for something like max TCP connections and connection timeout.

adjusting the way your modem handles TCP connections and its buffer can speed up your net connection. I use the 54GL because with the Tomato firmware I have a lot of control over my connection and can implement QoS ( quality of service ) rules that make applications/users play nice with each other whilst vying for space on my intertube.

**benbaaa** · 28-12-2008, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by baldrick

what sort of modem are you using - is it LAN connected or USB ? I have the old TRUE Huawei MT800 which is set as a bridge and I control my PPPoE connection with a WRT54GL running Tomato 1.23-VPN. below is the status page on my modem which tells me what the negotiated Up/Down speeds are with the local DSLAM.

bit torrent creates many connections , but the problem is lots of connections die/inactivate but they are kept open by your modem/router and that in turn fills up its memory which starts to choke things - check in your modem settings for something like max TCP connections and connection timeout. adjusting the way your modem handles TCP connections and its buffer can speed up your net connection. I use the 54GL because with the Tomato firmware I have a lot of control over my connection and can implement QoS ( quality of service ) rules that make applications/users play nice with each other whilst vying for space on my intertube.

I won't pretend that I understood much of that, but I have a ZyXEL Prestige 660R-61C router and my modem is apparently a Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller. I'm pretty sure it's a LAN connection, whatever that is.

I don't know how to check my modem settings for max TCP connections and connection timeout.

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