3.5MB/s BitTorrent DL...maxed out my FiOS Connection this time methinks!

[newParadigm]

So I was just downloading free non-copyrighted material over BitTorrent, and I was having issues with this one file...it was just DLing really slowly. So I went in and tweaked some of the BitTorrent settings under Banwidth and then Number of Connections specifically. After setting Global Max Number of Connections to 500 and Max Number of Connected Peers per Torrent to 200, I went back to check on the problem file's download speed...

It was climbing fast, the speed was jumping up in increments of 100KB/s, and then it hit 1MB/s, which is about the max I can usually pull down on BitTorrent, but this time it just kept going.

Can you network guys tell me if the settings I've changed should have produced this effect, or if it was just a coincidence that this happened right after making the changes.

 

[PrayForDeath]

This 'free non-copy-righted' material's 700 mb size looks suspiciously close to ripped movies :sneaky:



On topic though, yes that settings has helped me achieve much higher speeds in the past. However, I've noticed that setting it up too high can affect your browsing (gives error, no longer loads new pages, etc.)

 

[superccs]

So if you have some sweet bandwidth, you should set your utorrent to have like 300-400 connections?

 

[SonicIce]

now be a good boy and seed till 1:1
your upload is kinda lame tho

 

[newParadigm]

now be a good boy and seed till 1:1
your upload is kinda lame tho

Yeah, I had to tweak the upload slots per torrents to improve that...and yeah, I always seed to 1:1, if not 1:1.5

 

[kornphlake]

This 'free non-copy-righted' material's 700 mb size looks suspiciously close to ripped movies :sneaky:

Free non-copyrighted material 700mb in size also looks suspiciously close to any linux ISO intended to fit on a CD-R.

 

[The-Noid]

Usenet always maxes my 100 mbit. 12.2 meg/sec pretty much constant on 10 connections to giganews.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

What settings did you change by any chance?

 

[newParadigm]

What settings did you change by any chance?

I mentioned it in the OP...

Go to Preferences in uTorrent/BitTorrent, then to Number of Connections...The first two settings listed are Global Maximum Number of Connections, and Maximum Connected Peers per Torrent...I changed the first (Global Max) to 500, and the per torrent setting to 200.

Note: If you set this shit too high, it will not only affect page loads in browsers on your local computer, but on your entieLAN. Back when I lived with my aunt n' uncle I seriously fucked their internet. I changed the above settings to values way too high, added some torrents with thousands of seeds/peers, and then left for the weekend. Their only solution was to disconnect his desktop from the internet until I returned, as I of course neglected to tell him uTorrent was running in the System Tray, as my aunt tended to have a shit fit about the morality of 'piracy'...

 

[Bryf50]

Note: If you set this shit too high, it will not only affect page loads in browsers on your local computer, but on your entieLAN. Back when I lived with my aunt n' uncle I seriously fucked their internet. I changed the above settings to values way too high, added some torrents with thousands of seeds/peers, and then left for the weekend. Their only solution was to disconnect his desktop from the internet until I returned, as I of course neglected to tell him uTorrent was running in the System Tray, as my aunt tended to have a shit fit about the morality of 'piracy'...

I remember when I had this problem when I was running cheap Netgear or Dlink routers. I immediately knew when someone was downloading a torrent. Since then I switched to DD-WRT running on a Actiontec router with a 550mhz intel xscale and 32MBs of ram. I can now have as many open connections as I could possibly need without anyone else on my network noticing a difference. Even better I have QoS so no one is ever maxing out my bandwidth when I want to do some gaming.

 

[pauldun170]

What plan on are you on?
3.5MB = 28Mb

You either should be complaining if you are on the 30/15 plan or grinning if you are on the 20/5 plan

 

[PrayForDeath]

What plan on are you on?
3.5MB = 28Mb

You either should be complaining if you are on the 30/15 plan or grinning if you are on the 20/5 plan

Because there's only 2 possible plans in all of the USA? (assuming he even lives in the US)

 

[lowrider69]

Major bandwidth.

 

[mosco]

Be careful with Fios, some of their modem models allow for a really small number of connections over wan. I had issues in the past with my actiontec when running multiple torrents where basically the internet was unusable.

 

[jhansman]

Damn. My supposed 6 mbit connection never exceeds 600 kbits down, no matter what it is (torrent, driver, Steam, whatever). Have called the AT&T buttholes numerous times over this and all they can do is shrug. When I ask them are they throttling downloads, they vigorously deny it. Time to look at cable...

 

[gorb]

I max out my 25/2 connection with torrents all the time, unless there are a low amount/slow seeders

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Free non-copyrighted material 700mb in size also looks suspiciously close to any linux ISO intended to fit on a CD-R.

Is linux iso the best retort people can still come up with these days? I mean Im not judging, but seriously

 

[SonicIce]

My supposed 6 mbit connection never exceeds 600 kbits down, no matter what it is

i assume u meant 600 kbyte? then that what it's supposed to max at.

by their logic 6mbit = 6000kbit = 600kbyte/sec. i have 3mb maxing at 300kbyte/sec here. unless you really meant 600 kbits as in 60 kbytes/sec, that would be slow

 

[newParadigm]

i assume u meant 600 kbyte? then that what it's supposed to max at.

by their logic 6mbit = 6000kbit = 600kbyte/sec. i have 3mb maxing at 300kbyte/sec here. unless you really meant 600 kbits as in 60 kbytes/sec, that would be slow

A bit of clarification 8bits=1byte, so a 6 Megabit/Second connection is equal to approximately 750 Kilobytes/Second...

 

[SonicIce]

A bit of clarification 8bits=1byte, so a 6 Megabit/Second connection is equal to approximately 750 Kilobytes/Second...

but in my experience isp's advertise speeds in base 10 but maybe some don't

 

[PrayForDeath]

but in my experience isp's advertise speeds in base 10 but maybe some don't

Yep that's what I felt too

 

[newParadigm]

but in my experience isp's advertise speeds in base 10 but maybe some don't

I understand what you mean in theory by 'base-10', but I don't think it works like that. Isn't the 8bits/byte a function of binary coding (2^3 being equal to 8...)?

Also, most ISP's advertise the maximum theoretical line speed, even in realy world conditions, there is line overhead, and other things....in most, if not all cases, connecting in at 90% of your rated speed is excellent (in 8 bit bytes/second)....

 

[kornphlake]

Is linux iso the best retort people can still come up with these days? I mean Im not judging, but seriously

I don't torrent so I wouldn't know, is a ripped DVD the best retort people can still come up with these days? (misuse of syntax intentional)

 

[jhansman]

i assume u meant 600 kbyte? then that what it's supposed to max at.

by their logic 6mbit = 6000kbit = 600kbyte/sec. i have 3mb maxing at 300kbyte/sec here. unless you really meant 600 kbits as in 60 kbytes/sec, that would be slow

Ah, thanks for the clarification. OK, so if a 6mb connection is actually a 600 KB connection, why don't the asswipes at AT&T advertise is as such? I know the answer, but had to ask anyway. What's funny is when I posed this question to their tech support, the nice lady just couldn't explain it.

 

[aylafan]

What I would do is go to www.speedtest.net and test your max download and upload speed. Then in uTorrent, manually set the global download and upload speed to 85-90% of what you got for your results. This way, you still have bandwidth to surf the internet, watch YouTube videos, play online games, etc. while you are downloading content.

I would also log into the router settings and change the max connections from 10-15 to 4096.