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torrent downloading

  • 30-10-2005 08:11PM
    #1
    chump
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭


    Just a quick question...

    I've noticed lately that my download rates with IOLBB are actually much better when I have a very low upload rate... ie. minimum with bitcomet 3kB/s ...

    Now I knew you weren't meant to have an excessive upload rate but this seems a bit too low... I would have thought 8-13 kB/s would be reasonable to give...

    Anyone else find this?

    I'm actually typing this from a machine that uses eircom BB and I've noticed something similar ... ie. download rate drops when upload rate increases


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  • #2
    commited
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭commited


    yeah - I found it too. I have limited upload, so I set it to 3kbps anyway, but for a while i had it higher (when i had bandwidth left) and dl's seemed alot slower!


  • #3
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    Yep, on BT as well, and I've had my global upload speed choked to 13kbps (1/4 of my 128k upload bandwidth) for months.
    ...on individual torrents I find that leaving the upload speed at anything above 2.5-3kbps actually slows my d/l speed considerably especially in a torrent with a lot of peers. That's just the way torrents and ADSL work I 'spose...

    BTW set your d/l speed to a 1/4 of your max speed so you have plenty of overhead for surfing or ftp d/ls...it's very rare that'll you'll hit a torrent that will even get close to that max d/l speed.


  • #4
    chump
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭chump


    Just a little update... Using BitComet

    Noticed a few issues:
    TCP Connections: Established: 370 | Half-Open: 19 | Waiting: 65
    LAN IP: 192.168.1.3 / WAN IP: 0.0.0.0

    Overall Download Rate: 50 KB/s Connection Limits: 100 - 500 per task
    Overall Upload Rate: 7 KB/s Upload slots: 3 - 20

    The highlighted bits were set at around 40... connection limits 20-40
    So I downloaded xp-AntiSpy, increased number open connections to 500 in winXP
    I then went to bitcomet and changed the settings:
    Max Connections per task: 500
    Connections to keep per task: 500
    Global Max upload slots: 20
    Max half-open tcp connections: 500

    I immediately went from 20-30kB/s up to 60/70, within seconds... might up the 500 limit now :)


  • #5
    hostyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭hostyle


    Disable DHT or install Peer Guardian.


  • #6
    chump
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭chump


    well I'm now maxing at my connection so I'm happy... why would I do the above?


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  • #7
    Keyzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Keyzer


    I get crappy speeds on Eircom BB..
    The torrents show as everything is fine in Azureus but the download speeds are crap...


  • #8
    chump
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭chump


    you 100% sure NAT is OK
    I have wireless eircom nat router, even tho I use IOL, and had a bit of trouble opening the ports...


    the definitive test
    http://btfaq.com/natcheck.pl


  • #9
    Keyzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Keyzer


    chump wrote:
    you 100% sure NAT is OK
    I have wireless eircom nat router, even tho I use IOL, and had a bit of trouble opening the ports...


    the definitive test
    http://btfaq.com/natcheck.pl

    Attempting connect to: xx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 6889
    Pass!
    Successfully connected and received client response.


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