Torrent troubles

NAIDANAC A · November 23rd, 2007, 10:22 PM

Recently I have been having torrent troubles, for the last top gear I got 25kb/s while the previous ones I had ~200kb/s.

Lately I have had torrent speeds stuck around the 20s, while I can get direct download around 250kbs.

Is there any idea on how to make this faster, currently I have something being downloaded at 20kb/s with 40 seeds (2000 are shown in brackets).

I do not have a firewall up or anti-virus software, nor any program running when it is on. Am I doing something wrong or is a trick to make them go faster than a snail?

Viper007Bond · November 23rd, 2007, 10:38 PM

Is your ISP fucking you over?

http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-encry...rrent-traffic/
http://torrentfreak.com/optimize-you...ownload-speed/

epp_b · November 24th, 2007, 03:30 AM

Based on your location, I'm guessing your on Shaw or Rogers, yes? They'll definitely be screwing you over. If you're on Rogers, protocol encryption won't help because, as absurd and stupid as it sounds, they throttle ALL encrypted traffic, no matter what the protocol.

Viper007Bond · November 24th, 2007, 04:28 AM

He's on "bell.ca" according to his IP.

IceBone · November 24th, 2007, 08:28 AM

Ooh, ooh, ooh, do me!!!

And torrent problems could just be random torrents being lazy. I know sometimes i can't get good speeds off 1000 seeds, but only a handful would get me to 10 mbps. images/smilies/blink.gif

Shawn · November 24th, 2007, 08:33 AM

I'm on Shaw... what does that mean? I haven't experienced any troubles with torrents?

Quote:

Originally Posted by epp_b

Based on your location, I'm guessing your on Shaw or Rogers, yes? They'll definitely be screwing you over. If you're on Rogers, protocol encryption won't help because, as absurd and stupid as it sounds, they throttle ALL encrypted traffic, no matter what the protocol.

Viper007Bond · November 24th, 2007, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IceBone

Ooh, ooh, ooh, do me!!!

The IP Address is: 89.212.xxx.xxx. The host name is: 89-212-xxx-xxx.dynamic.dsl.t-2.net.

Koenig · November 24th, 2007, 06:35 PM

It doesn't necessarily have to do with ISP. I have Rogers, and I haven't noticed a drop off in speed of torrents. It really depends on the torrents in particular. Some of my torrents go crazy fast, while some torrents go at a snail's pace even with lots of seeders.

NAIDANAC A · November 24th, 2007, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Koenig

It doesn't necessarily have to do with ISP. I have Rogers, and I haven't noticed a drop off in speed of torrents. It really depends on the torrents in particular. Some of my torrents go crazy fast, while some torrents go at a snail's pace even with lots of seeders.

I guess it is, but the last top Gear torrent would have taken me over 6 hours if I didn't do a direct download. I tweaked some settings with help from a friend, just have to wait and see on saturday I guess.

Koenig · November 24th, 2007, 07:35 PM

Top Gear has always been slow for me using torrents. Never figured out why, yet my porn goes at like 100-500kps, my anime too.

epp_b · November 24th, 2007, 09:31 PM

Yup, Bell is on Azureus' craplist.

thearrow · November 25th, 2007, 10:03 PM

'cause people are selfish leechers who throttle their upload speeds like crazy!

LurkerPatrol · November 26th, 2007, 12:42 AM

I never had a problem with utorrent and downloading TG.... until now.

It could be wireless connection, and I'm going to try fixing that, but even after doing all the encryption stuff in uTorrent it's still going at less than 20 KB/s. =/

Does upload speed really make that much of a difference? I usually set mine at 5 KB/s because if I increase it anymore and the internet lags and craps out, my roommate starts bishing at me and I don't like getting his spit on my face. I increased it to 10 KB/s now and am going to see if it makes a diff.

Edit: Viper thanks a lot buddy. I don't know if its because the seeds had increased slightly but I'm downloading now at more than 175 KB/s. I think all those fixes on that website helped it out.

November 23rd, 2007, 10:22 PM	#1
NAIDANAC A Joined: May 30th, 2006 Last Online: 12:00 AM Location: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Age: 18 Posts: 2,297 Car: 94 Caravan (Dad - 07 Saturn Sky) Rep Power: 16	Torrent troubles Recently I have been having torrent troubles, for the last top gear I got 25kb/s while the previous ones I had ~200kb/s. Lately I have had torrent speeds stuck around the 20s, while I can get direct download around 250kbs. Is there any idea on how to make this faster, currently I have something being downloaded at 20kb/s with 40 seeds (2000 are shown in brackets). I do not have a firewall up or anti-virus software, nor any program running when it is on. Am I doing something wrong or is a trick to make them go faster than a snail? __________________

November 23rd, 2007, 10:38 PM	#2
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,208 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 224	Is your ISP fucking you over? http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-encry...rrent-traffic/ http://torrentfreak.com/optimize-you...ownload-speed/ __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

November 24th, 2007, 04:28 AM	#4
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,208 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 224	He's on "bell.ca" according to his IP. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

November 24th, 2007, 08:28 AM	#5
IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 05:04 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 5,924 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 55	Ooh, ooh, ooh, do me!!! And torrent problems could just be random torrents being lazy. I know sometimes i can't get good speeds off 1000 seeds, but only a handful would get me to 10 mbps. __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton

November 24th, 2007, 06:35 PM	#8
Koenig Joined: May 27th, 2005 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 842 Rep Power: 17	It doesn't necessarily have to do with ISP. I have Rogers, and I haven't noticed a drop off in speed of torrents. It really depends on the torrents in particular. Some of my torrents go crazy fast, while some torrents go at a snail's pace even with lots of seeders. __________________ Please....for the love of all that is good and righteous....somebody nuke Tibet....PLEASE.

November 24th, 2007, 03:30 AM	#3
epp_b n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 05:06 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,197 Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 30	Based on your location, I'm guessing your on Shaw or Rogers, yes? They'll definitely be screwing you over. If you're on Rogers, protocol encryption won't help because, as absurd and stupid as it sounds, they throttle ALL encrypted traffic, no matter what the protocol.

November 24th, 2007, 07:35 PM	#10
Koenig Joined: May 27th, 2005 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 842 Rep Power: 17	Top Gear has always been slow for me using torrents. Never figured out why, yet my porn goes at like 100-500kps, my anime too. __________________ Please....for the love of all that is good and righteous....somebody nuke Tibet....PLEASE.

November 24th, 2007, 09:31 PM	#11
epp_b n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 05:06 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,197 Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 30	Yup, Bell is on Azureus' craplist.

November 25th, 2007, 10:03 PM	#12
thearrow Joined: Aug 6th, 2007 Last Online: August 30th, 2008 Posts: 41 Rep Power: 6	'cause people are selfish leechers who throttle their upload speeds like crazy! __________________ I'm A Turk!

November 26th, 2007, 12:42 AM	#13
LurkerPatrol Joined: Apr 24th, 2006 Last Online: 03:39 AM Location: Berkeley & San Diego, California Age: 21 Posts: 1,340 Car: Invisible boatmobile Rep Power: 48	I never had a problem with utorrent and downloading TG.... until now. It could be wireless connection, and I'm going to try fixing that, but even after doing all the encryption stuff in uTorrent it's still going at less than 20 KB/s. =/ Does upload speed really make that much of a difference? I usually set mine at 5 KB/s because if I increase it anymore and the internet lags and craps out, my roommate starts bishing at me and I don't like getting his spit on my face. I increased it to 10 KB/s now and am going to see if it makes a diff. Edit: Viper thanks a lot buddy. I don't know if its because the seeds had increased slightly but I'm downloading now at more than 175 KB/s. I think all those fixes on that website helped it out. __________________ <-Pandamonium Last edited by LurkerPatrol; November 26th, 2007 at 01:29 AM.

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