Running uTorrent and can't load pages?

pandamoanium

Hey all,

Just got the 10MB package installed from UPC there yesterday and it's looking good so far;



Anyways tried testing it out with uTorrent and well... it was crap!

Anyhoo, had been meaning to do a fresh reinstall of Windows lately and wipe the C:/ Drive so finally got around to doing that today.

Atm all I have installed is Google Chrome, AVG Internet Security Suite and uTorrent - decided to test out uTorrent again and as soon as it's running I can't browse - no pages will load and I get an error.

The torrents run at like 0.02kbs and I can't load any webpages when it's running, the internet connection stays connected however..

Anyone come across this before?

Any ideas how I can fixify it?

Thanks guys!

TerrorFirmer

Speedtest looks perfect, no reason for complaints there. Have you configured ports for utorrent?

http://www.lostintechnology.com/how-to/guide-to-opening-ports-for-utorrent-and-azureus

Tea_Bag

once you open the ports, it works alot better, but still terrible.

see this and this thread. you are not alone with your troubles.

myself wrote:

UPC man told me that these new Cisco's arent great for using many PC's or anything because it cant handle much traffic, and they're getting complaints from a good few people.

chopperbyrne

Is it just the downloads in uTorrent that are slow or the uploads too?

I'd hazard a guess that you put no limit on your upload speed in uTorrent which would definitely slow down your browsing to a crawl if your entire upload bandwidth was in constant use.

DECEiFER

Try checking AVG's settings to see if it's constantly scanning uTorrent's activity. I found that to be a problem before when using ESET NOD32 v3.xx as uTorrent was classed as a Web Browser in it. I'm not a fan of AVG, I find it quite unfriendly towards run-of-the-mill actions, but it's not as bad as Kaspersky. It could be a long shot, but it's certain worth a try. Dig into AVG's settings and see.


To add to chopperbyrne's post, which I fully agree with, uTorrent will tolerate an upload limit of as low as 6KB/s. Any lower and your download speed receives a slowdown penalty. Don't choke your connection by leaving it at unlimited or setting the limit too high.


Finally, now, this is a likely solution for you if the rest fail. The number of persistent TCP connections uTorrent makes is crucial. Since Windows XP SP(2, I think), the tcpip.sys file is limited to 10. uTorrent's default setting is to use up to 8 of those. You can change that. Go into Preferences and select Advanced. Scroll down the list and find net.max_halfopen. Change it to 6 or 5, and see if that yields any improvement for you. Short of downloading a tcpip.sys patcher to up the limit, this is your best solution, if the problem lies here.

alastair_doom

Check to see if you can access website via IP address next time, heres google.com: 64.233.169.104