Solve : Extremely slow downloads with my brand new PC?

1.	Solve : Extremely slow downloads with my brand new PC?
Answer» I am using comp #2 thats u see in my signiture. Ive dowmloaded 2 games so far 1 is silkroad online which took 6 hours to download, the 2nd is Perfect world which is taking 3 days. This new computer is super fast and it makes no sense why it should be taking 3 days. I am connected to a router and for some reason I think thats the problem. Its called Linksys BeFsr41 uf thats any help. I dont no anything about routers other then u plug it in and 2 comps can access the internet at the same time. I dont know what info to supply u with... and will answer any QUESTIONS u have in order to get to the root of my problem Thank you in advanceHow fast is your internet connection? And what kind of download rates are you getting?i called my isp and this is what he gave me: "185029 bps" that fluctuates up to 200000 bps. I am on dsl. Rate of download is from 10kb/s to 18.5kb/s. If i use a torrent like utorrent i get 2kb/sSo it's only in utorrent you're having problems? If 185029 bps is correct you can't expect more than ca. 18-20 kB/s. Start by trying TCP Optimizer.Quote from: Echo on January 15, 2008, 03:35:06 PM i called my isp and this is what he gave me: "185029 bps" that fluctuates up to 200000 bps. I am on dsl. Rate of download is from 10kb/s to 18.5kb/s. Go here: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest Run the speed tests a few times. If you choose one that is closer to you, you might see slightly faster speeds. When you test, be sure that you are not uploading or downloading with any other program. Email and utorrent WOULD be good examples. Just exit them. When it is done, you'll see both up and down speed in a little box. But look down the page a bit. It is printed in text, both in kbps and KB/sec . Copy and paste both those numbers here. Example: Last Result: Download Speed: 287 kbps (35.9 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 62 kbps (7.8 KB/sec transfer rate) Quote If i use a torrent like utorrent i get 2kb/s But - how do you know if the slow speed might be CAUSED by the uploader? You need to eliminate that possibility. I suggest you work with a torrent that is known to provide a very fast download. Either Open Office or Ubuntu linux are good for that. Both are huge files, and both will download at very, very good speeds. You don't have to download the whole file, of course. But you can use them to test, as you make adjustments. You can find a place to download the torrents for either by simply googling for them. Quote If i use a torrent like utorrent i get 2kb/s How many seeders, and leechers are LISTED for this particular download?I did not use a torrent to dl the game because the torrents give me only 2kb/s i have trued 2 torrents so far. without the torrent u am getting 18kb/s so i am not using a torrent. I will copy paste the speeds here.Quote from: Broni on January 15, 2008, 09:36:05 PM Quote If i use a torrent like utorrent i get 2kb/s How many seeders, and leechers are listed for this particular download? Broni: Got a couple minutes for an experiment? Try the attached torrent. ( I had to zip it to be allowed to attach it here) I just downloaded it from: http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10 Here, within seconds of starting it, it ramped up to 86KB/s download speed, which is very near my limit. Verizon DSL here. 300 seeders vs. 160 leechers. I think it is a good test. Echo: In addtion to posting your speed test results, try this same torrent. Expect to reach max speed quickly with this torrent. You shouldn't need to run it for more than a minute. If you can't get close speeds with this torrent, I'm thinking that something needs adjusting. Let's see if Broni agrees. [file cleanup - saving space - attachment deleted by admin]Does your mother board have the built in firewall from Nvidia? If so you will have to setup ports for your torrent client to work with. Also the older versions of utorrent don't work with the firewall....EVEN if you set it to disable. You have to upgrade your client. Or uninstall the firewall. Do a google on how to do that. Willy With your torrent, and BitLord (useful seeds - 46), I reached 210KB/sQuote from: Broni on January 16, 2008, 02:02:27 PM With your torrent, and BitLord (useful seeds - 46), I'm not familiar with BitLord. 46 "useful" seeds? Quote I reached 210KB/s And with your connection, is that good? In other words, is this a good torrent for the op to use to find out if his torrent software is set up correctly? And - - Thanks. I would say that torrent is pretty good. I reached my max dl speed of 1 MB/s in 50 seconds and it stayed at 1 MB/s throughout the download. (I downloaded the first 200 MB and then canceled the torrent.)Quote 46 "useful" seeds? This is what BitLord lists, sources overall, and useful sources.Quote from: Deerpark on January 16, 2008, 02:30:23 PM I would say that torrent is pretty good. ... Thanks. Now the op has a known to work with.dlownlaod speed os 237 upload speed is 129

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I am using comp #2 thats u see in my signiture. Ive dowmloaded 2 games so far 1 is silkroad online which took 6 hours to download, the 2nd is Perfect world which is taking 3 days. This new computer is super fast and it makes no sense why it should be taking 3 days. I am connected to a router and for some reason I think thats the problem. Its called Linksys BeFsr41 uf thats any help. I dont no anything about routers other then u plug it in and 2 comps can access the internet at the same time. I dont know what info to supply u with... and will answer any QUESTIONS u have in order to get to the root of my problem

Thank you in advanceHow fast is your internet connection?
And what kind of download rates are you getting?i called my isp and this is what he gave me: "185029 bps" that fluctuates up to 200000 bps. I am on dsl. Rate of download is from 10kb/s to 18.5kb/s. If i use a torrent like utorrent i get 2kb/sSo it's only in utorrent you're having problems?
If 185029 bps is correct you can't expect more than ca. 18-20 kB/s.
Start by trying TCP Optimizer.Quote from: Echo on January 15, 2008, 03:35:06 PM

i called my isp and this is what he gave me: "185029 bps" that fluctuates up to 200000 bps. I am on dsl. Rate of download is from 10kb/s to 18.5kb/s.

Go here:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest
Run the speed tests a few times. If you choose one that is closer to you, you might see slightly faster speeds.
When you test, be sure that you are not uploading or downloading with any other program. Email and utorrent WOULD be good examples. Just exit them.

When it is done, you'll see both up and down speed in a little box.
But look down the page a bit.
It is printed in text, both in kbps and KB/sec . Copy and paste both those numbers here.

Example:
Last Result:
Download Speed: 287 kbps (35.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 62 kbps (7.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Quote

If i use a torrent like utorrent i get 2kb/s

But - how do you know if the slow speed might be CAUSED by the uploader?
You need to eliminate that possibility. I suggest you work with a torrent that is known to provide a very fast download.

Either Open Office or Ubuntu linux are good for that. Both are huge files, and both will download at very, very good speeds. You don't have to download the whole file, of course. But you can use them to test, as you make adjustments.

You can find a place to download the torrents for either by simply googling
for them.

Quote

If i use a torrent like utorrent i get 2kb/s

How many seeders, and leechers are LISTED for this particular download?I did not use a torrent to dl the game because the torrents give me only 2kb/s i have trued 2 torrents so far. without the torrent u am getting 18kb/s so i am not using a torrent.

I will copy paste the speeds here.Quote from: Broni on January 15, 2008, 09:36:05 PM

Quote
If i use a torrent like utorrent i get 2kb/s
How many seeders, and leechers are listed for this particular download?

Broni:
Got a couple minutes for an experiment?
Try the attached torrent. ( I had to zip it to be allowed to attach it here)
I just downloaded it from: http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10

Here, within seconds of starting it, it ramped up to 86KB/s download speed, which is very near my limit. Verizon DSL here.
300 seeders vs. 160 leechers.

I think it is a good test.

Echo:
In addtion to posting your speed test results, try this same torrent. Expect to reach max speed quickly with this torrent. You shouldn't need to run it for more than a minute.
If you can't get close speeds with this torrent, I'm thinking that something needs adjusting.
Let's see if Broni agrees.

[file cleanup - saving space - attachment deleted by admin]Does your mother board have the built in firewall from Nvidia? If so you will have to setup ports for your torrent client to work with. Also the older versions of utorrent don't work with the firewall....EVEN if you set it to disable. You have to upgrade your client. Or uninstall the firewall. Do a google on how to do that.

Willy
With your torrent, and BitLord (useful seeds - 46), I reached 210KB/sQuote from: Broni on January 16, 2008, 02:02:27 PM

With your torrent, and BitLord (useful seeds - 46),

I'm not familiar with BitLord. 46 "useful" seeds?

Quote

I reached 210KB/s

And with your connection, is that good?

In other words, is this a good torrent for the op to use to find out if his torrent software is set up correctly?

And - - Thanks. I would say that torrent is pretty good. I reached my max dl speed of 1 MB/s in 50 seconds and it stayed at 1 MB/s throughout the download. (I downloaded the first 200 MB and then canceled the torrent.)Quote

46 "useful" seeds?

This is what BitLord lists, sources overall, and useful sources.Quote from: Deerpark on January 16, 2008, 02:30:23 PM

I would say that torrent is pretty good.
...

Thanks. Now the op has a known to work with.dlownlaod speed os 237 upload speed is 129

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