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Demonicat



Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:34 am    Post subject: random drop in BT speed Reply with quote
As of sunday, my bit torrent speed was going smoothly at speeds of 125-450kbs. That was great. Starting Monday, however, it has "dropped". Now my average speed is 15. I have hit highs of 100, but still 15 is average. currently, I am at 0kbs. Before you ask, I have many many seeds on the files I am after. I thought that may have been the issue, so I picked up some hot torrrents. How can I remedy this?
Specifics: Havitnet service Premium
BT program: BitComet
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The Chewbacca Defense



Joined: 29 May 2004
Location: The ROK and a hard place
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:59 am    Post subject: ... Reply with quote
I use Megapass...

But I only get DL's speeds from 100-125kbs, but thats only on a good day......

What settings to do you have.

I use Bit Lord...but im assuming settings would be similar
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bourquetheman



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Suwon
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:36 am    Post subject: My speed Reply with quote
I also use Mega pass, the most expensive package, forget the name they call it. Anyway I use Bittornado and get speeds on well seeded files (like today's Lost for example) that came in at over 900 kbs, I kid you not. I literally got the whole Lost show in like 5 minutes. Truly awesome! Can't imagine why your speeds just started to go down, sorry.....
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pdxsteve



Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Bundang
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:33 am    Post subject: Re: random drop in BT speed Reply with quote
Demonicat wrote:
As of sunday, my bit torrent speed was going smoothly at speeds of 125-450kbs. That was great. Starting Monday, however, it has "dropped". Now my average speed is 15. I have hit highs of 100, but still 15 is average. currently, I am at 0kbs. Before you ask, I have many many seeds on the files I am after. I thought that may have been the issue, so I picked up some hot torrrents. How can I remedy this?
Specifics: Havitnet service Premium
BT program: BitComet


Your internet provider might be limiting bandwidth on the port you're using for torrents. Try changing the port number (in your BitComet settings) to some random number (I use port 33265).

Also, some torrent sites and trackers are blocking the BitComet client completely, which limits the number of peers you can connect to. I recommend using Azureus.
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pdxsteve



Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Bundang
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:36 am    Post subject: Re: ... Reply with quote
The Chewbacca Defense wrote:
I use Megapass...

But I only get DL's speeds from 100-125kbs, but thats only on a good day......

What settings to do you have.

I use Bit Lord...but im assuming settings would be similar


I use Megapass Premium with Azureus and I routinely get DL speeds between 750-900kbps, fast enough to download a 350 MB file in about 5 minutes. Make sure to change the default port in Azureus to something different, and make sure that port is open on your firewall or forwarded in your router.
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Demonicat



Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm not using a firewall actually, would turning one on boost the speed?
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Demonicat wrote:
I'm not using a firewall actually, would turning one on boost the speed?

Can I use that in my signature? Laughing

No, a firewall won't boost your speed.
It will interfere with your torrents if not configured correctly.
However, it's a security feature most people these days would consider to be a neccessity.
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Demonicat



Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
gfeel free to use that as a signature. I am just grasping at straws as my bt has now dropped to 0
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pdxsteve



Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Bundang
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Demonicat wrote:
gfeel free to use that as a signature. I am just grasping at straws as my bt has now dropped to 0


1. Use a different BT client. Stop using BitComet and switch to Azureus.

2. Change the port.

3. See your speeds increase.
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magicwolfman



Joined: 01 Sep 2005