I was upgraded today from 512K to 1MB on my broadband connection.
I was really excited and thought that I would get 110Kb/s downloads on bittorrent as I used to get 56kb/s on my 512k connection.
I checked my download rate and I am only getting around 75Kb/s.
Why is this?
Do I need to alter anything?
I have DrTHCP and my settings for MTU on that are 1458. Should I leave this the same for 1MB instead of 512K?
Well it`s entirely dependant on where you`re downloading from. Bittorent isn`t a good benchmark as it depends on the upload speed of the users your connected to.
Does that mean that if the person who hosts the file that is being downloaded is on a 512K connection, then all the downloaders can only get a max of 60kb/s?
I would have thought that it doesn't make a difference.
Actually, when talking about ADSL, the majority of upload speeds are 256kbit/s (therefore max 32kb/s upload).
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On Telewest it`s even worse. Their basic 768Kbps speed only has a 128Kbps upload, so that`s a maximum of around 15KB/16KB a second. Pretty bad to be honest. I`ve considered switching to ADSL because of all the uploads I do to DVDAnswers, but I`m hoping they`ll bring their 1.5Mbps service down to £30 soon... It`ll never happen though.
So do any of you guys tweak your MTU and Rwins?
Do these settings remain the same whether you are on 512K or 1MB?
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I was really excited and thought that I would get 110Kb/s downloads on bittorrent as I used to get 56kb/s on my 512k connection.
I have had download speeds of 115kb/s using a 1MB connection on torrent files but like Chris says it depends on the seeders you are downloading from and the ratio of seeders to leechers, high number of seeders = fast download.
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p2p`s are an awful benchmark for BB speed as dloads are only as fast as the person you are connected to.
Having said that, if you choose new popular torrents there is no reason you shouldnt be able to max your speed out. Im on 750 NTL BB and 99% of my BT downloads are stable at 82-85kbps. Also it depends on how well your client is coded.
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Well guys.
You are right.
The toorent didn`t have much seeders which is why it din`t have graet download speeds.
I tried with some other well seeded ones and now I am getting 110kbps +. :)
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Also it depends on how well your client is coded.
Can you tell me what this means Nick ? I know how to start up the downloads and set u\l d\l limits but haven`t got a clue about much else like scrape or manual announce etc.
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