u torrent connection problems

[aussienaterror]

ok well had to dump windows completely lost the lot so starting again.
have got u torrent back but am still having trouble with ports have tried port forwarding but still not able to open.
i have a d-link 302g modem/router but when i go to port fowarding and click on that model the screen that i should get when i type in the modem address 10.1.1.1 is different and i do not have service button on the left, only nat so click on that get to the screen that is supposed to be the rule one changed it to what the port forward says push submit and i get unable to accept data already exists.
but whan i go back to u torrent i am getting downloading speeds of around 2-4 kb/s and the little yellow triangle down the bottom says no incoming connections and on the logger tab it says unable to map upnp port as usual any help gratefully accepted

[Suphix]

is your window's firewall allowing connections for your port? also try searching on the d-link website on how to open a port for your router, thats what i did and im getting 300 - 400kbs down in uTorrent now :D

[aussienaterror]

ok well i have just spoken to d-link and have now got all ports open but i still cannot get a speed above 15kb/s and even that high is rare i have u torrent in the exceptions and have put u torrent as name and the port number into the add port screen on both tcp and udp so what am i doing wrong now i even have disabled my windows firewall completely and also turned off vet anti virus and e patrol pest software

[lysine]

have you enabled encryption in your client?

do that and try one of the open office torrents:
http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/

you should get good speed on those.

[aussienaterror]

ok i have got encryption enabled but still lousy speed at present 5.5kb/s not sure what you meant by using one of the open office torrents i am using u torrent that was on the open office site so does that mean i already have it??

[lysine]

not sure what you meant by using one of the open office torrents

download this torrent and see what speeds you get:
http://borft.student.utwente.nl/~adrian/torrentphp/torrent.php/OOo_2.0.3_Win32Intel_install.exe.torrent

[aussienaterror]

ok did that but only got speeds of up to 55kb/s and now no longer have the yellow triangle but now have the red exclamation mark

[lysine]

that torrent should have come close to maxing out your download.

what kind of speeds were you getting before you re-installed windows?

[aussienaterror]

the same nothing has changed even after opening all ports and did that by talking to d-link

[Pr1nc3]

Aussienaterror, first you have to find out what your ACTUAL speeds are.
Use this one (http://www.abeltronica.com/PagInstrucoes/)(run the speedtest several times, after you have put in your country of origin), note down the speeds you get on up and down
(between nnn KB/s and nnn KB/s)
Post them here.

[aussienaterror]

ok i did four tests results are as follows,

test one download 60.40kbps/7.55kbps
upload 36.48kbps/4.56kbps

test two download 92.16kbps/11.52kbps
upload 89.12kbps/11.14kbps

test three download 81.36kbps/10.17kbps
upload 36.80kbps/4.6kbps

test four download 64.96kbps/8.12kbps
upload 89.76kbps/11.22kbps

[Pr1nc3]

Aww. I'm confused there.
(sorry, for not being specific), did you stopped ALL other traffic during the tests?

My confusion lies within your use of kbps as thats is different from kBps...

kbps = kilo bit per second
kBps = kilo Byte per second

1 kBps = 8 kbps

So, Im assuming that in 60.40kbps/7.55kbps the 7.55 is kBps.

but then, thats very low. Again, did you stopped all other traffic in and out during the test?
If not, please test again w/o any other traffic.

[aussienaterror]

DOH sorry about that ok have stopped u torrent and stopped vet antivirus the results of the last four tests are as follows;

test 1
download 379.20kbps/47.4kBps
upload 97.44kbps/12.18kBps

test 2
download 376.80kbps/47.1kBps
upload 97.52kbps/12.19kBps

test 3
download 378.00kbps/47.25kBps
upload 97.44kbps/12.18kBps

test 4
download 379.20kbps/47.4kBps
upload 97.52kbps/12.19kBps


ok i see what you mean by stopping all other traffic affecting the speeds i will leave this with you and await your reply

[Pr1nc3]

No problem mate.

Without any doubt your actual speeds are:
47 kB/s down
12.5 kB/s up

And thhose are the speeds which you should reach with your client.
Meaning that the sum of all your downloads should equal between 45 and 50 kB.

There are few settings you must do in uTorrent (I'll try to be complete there...)

1. Options > Preferences > Connections > Bandwith Limiting > Max Global U/L > change that to 10(as your max U/L speed is 12.5 only)
2. Options > Preferences > Connections > Enable UPnP port mapping disabled (for now!)
3. Options > Preferences > Connections > Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall Exceptions > enabled
4. Options > Preferences > BitTorent > Enable DHT Network > DISABLED!
5. Options > Preferences > BitTorent > Enable DHT for new torrents > DISABLED!
5. Options > Preferences > BitTorent > Protocol Encryption > enabled
6. Options > Preferences > BitTorent > Allow Incoming Legacy connections > enabled.


What software firewall and AV are you using? Is Windows Firewall running?
Also, you need to adjust your "halfopen connections", but can't remember where to get that utility to change it for you.

[aussienaterror]

ok i have followed all of that windows firewall is running and has u torrent in the exceptions also have vet anti virus and e trust patrol pest control

[Pr1nc3]

OK. I did a bit research on VET and E-trust. Both CA products. Having a solid reputation, being in the market as almost as long M$ is around.
Only, I have no clue if CA is BT friendly.
Let me help you by informing what must be avoided: Norton suite, Zone Alarm suite, amongst others. On the other hand Norton AV is not that bad, but still not recommended.
I'm using Kerio Personal Firewall and BitDefender AV.
My suggestion is to experiment a bit. Windows Firewall is just crap, I even removed it completely from my system.

When doing the portforwarding, be sure to follow the complete procedure, including the correct router brand/model.
In your router configuration disable DMZ totally.

Some more info that might be usefull to you:
http://www.utorrent.com/testport.php?port=
http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#Modems_routers_that_are_known_to_have_problems_with_P2P

[aussienaterror]

hey man i got it i have the elusive green tick it was after i read those two links you sent me that i reset the global incoming download things to under 200 i used 175 and all of a sudden the green tick appeared so i went to options speed check and it came up port is open yeeehaaaw now one last thing do you know of a really good really simple to use free ftp hey listen once again thank you for all your help

[Pr1nc3]

LMAO, a happy aussie.
SmartFTP is just one of several you can choose from.
Take a look @ http://www.filehippo.com/, over there you have several ones to choose from. Once you made up your mind which suits you best, you can get a full version from a BT site.

[aussienaterror]

hi prince mate got a question for you i have just downloaded an episode of overhaulin and it says it is a windows media player program but i cant play it now that does not bother me cause i want to watch it on tv not pc so what i need is a reasonably fast converting program that will convert and then burn if you know of one i would appreciate the info i did have one i think was smartsoft converter but it took forever to convert and then the copy would stick in places also had to put up with a watermark on screen all the time due to it being only an evaluation copy

[Pr1nc3]

Sorry mate. I don't have any experience (yet) with converting. Thus, I'm not the right person to ask what will do the best job. However, somebody else might tell ya.

Still, I can give ya some links, which might be helpfull.

(#) http://www.videohelp.com/guides?tools=565&&archive=%25
(#) http://www.vmesquita.com/dikoauthor/ (watch out with this one, don't install it completely as part of it comes with spyware)
(#) http://www.doom9.org/
(#) http://cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_utils_8.shtml

[lysine]

vso convertxtodvd works great. I've been using it for a few weeks now and it comes highly recommended.

http://www.vso-software.fr/products/convert_x_to_dvd/

without much effort, you can find <wink> a copy online somewhere...