MTNL NU849 Slow Torrent speeds

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Ethan_Hunt

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Alright now here's the deal.Just got my new connection yesterday & got connected via the 2Mbps line.Now the joke is during my night download session the speed for FTP & HTTP based sites soar upto 140-200kbps(randomly) whereas my Torrents are seriosuly messed up bigtime.Kept a torrent to download with over 215 seeders(listed on the site) & got connected to nearly 12 seeders & 24 odd leechers in realtime & the speeds didn't bypass 10kbps mark.Had 2 other torrents running simultaenously as I thought if not the first one the rest would pick up speeds.Heck I left it yesterday night with a hope that the speed would increase but when I woke up in the morning none of the torrents had even moved to 1% mark.:@

I have tried using Bitcomet,Utorrent & flashget to download but all had the same effect.The speeds would hover around 1-4kbps which is insane for my line.It should atleast cross the 30kbps mark even if I was connected at 256kbps speeds.But no luck.My speeds on limewire is combinedly around 150kbps which is good.Now I need to know why is this happening? Is my port blocked for torrent download? Should I wait for the connection to stabilise? Is there some router setting which I am missing out on? I had called up MTNL call centre & they informed me I am on the right plan.And I believe this is true till certain extent as I am getting good speeds from FTP sites.

I have the standard 502T D-Link router connected via the USB port(not LAN).Will this make any effect? Will port forwarding help? If yes then how do I do it.I am currently under PPPoE mode in my router configuration.

So what's with these torrent speeds? This is driving me nuts.:huh:
 
Thanks for the link.I need to know if I could directly set my WAN to be on Bridged mode without having to port forward,right? Do remember that I am not connected via Ethernet adapter but a USB connection.What changes do I need to do post turning it into a bridged mode connection?
 
dude i think there is a lot of difference in stability of connection between USB and LAN, i suggest u get a cheap lan card and use the LAN.

and try and change your modulation type to D.GMT instead of ADSL2+ and see if it makes a difference.

does ur ADSL light on the modem stay on all the time or does it flicker?
 
Agent Hunt : I use uTorrent on the same plan and have no issues,check these things
1)Make sure your port is fowarding properly(tick mark in a green circle appears at the bottom)
2)Go to optons>SpeedGuide and test the port
3)If thats fine the set your "Upload Speed" to around 10kbps and leave "Download Speed" to Unlimited.(I've noticed if you leave the upload speed to the max the download speed doesnt go above 30kbps)

4)Even if after this your still getting slow speed then its the torrent.Sometimes even if your'e connected to many seeders and peers they still may be seeding at a slow speed(just like you ;) )

Dont worry,it's not Mission Impossible:bleh:
 
@Rivunited: I have a 2 LAN cards with me but thought of using the USB port as it would be convinient.Nevethless if it's very much necessary then would shift to it.BTW My ADSL light keeps blinking as soon as there is any activity with the internet like download & browsing.
@Homer: Thanks for the quickie mate.I know nothings impossible for the Agent but this is definetly tricky out here.The though time I am having is with this port forward thingy & I believe this is the root cause of everything.I vaguely remember the last time I used Utorrent & clicked to check test my port setting it had coughed up with a port error.Not sure what was the number.But I'll recheck that once I get home.I just set my upload speed to 5Kbps via Bitcomet now & having 1 seed & 14 peers & the speed it hovering at 14kbps-17kbps with fair fluctuations.:(

Btw what's the average speed that you are getting with any torrent?
 
i'm having exactly the same problem...i thought it was a problem with my distro of linux, but it absolutely is not. I'd be interested to find out how this plays out, as i have my ports forwarded, and i'm fully connectable, however, i've had a bunch of people benchmark torrents for me, and i'm pulling 4.4k/s they're hitting 50-90k and staying there (this was over a 2 1/2 hour period).
So....

What do we do?!
I'm also under pppoe with a DSL modem (2701HG-G Gateway).

Ethan, here is a link regarding port forwarding..i hope it's more useful to you than it was to me!!!

PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall
 
Alright just tried the port forward thing.Thanks for the link Quiane.Now for the real test.Will have to fire bitcomet away & check the speeds.Will give you guys an update latest by tomorrow.Wish me luck.:)
 
Ethan_Hunt said:
Btw what's the average speed that you are getting with any torrent?
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Well that all depends on the torrent.Try downloading aXXo's DVDRips from pirate bay.I always get 150+kps with his torrents.:cool2:
 
Update: Had got an ocassional boost of upto 50-60kbps for sometime with one torrent but now the situation is back to square one 10kbps.:@

Can someone pass a legit torrent like Linux Distro or something which has good seeders & one that I can use to benchmark my connection in torrent.I am really not sure if it's the torrent I am downloading or what exactly is the issue but I have yet to see it bypass the 100+Kbps mark.Even one's with 17 seeders & 50 peers don't seem to go past 7kbps.:ashamed:

PS: Merry Christmas people.
 
cisco_tech said:
Its G.DMT:bleh:
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lol i guess thts wht happens if ur awake the entire night the day before :bleh: :bleh:

Ethan_Hunt said:
@Rivunited: I have a 2 LAN cards with me but thought of using the USB port as it would be convinient.Nevethless if it's very much necessary then would shift to it.BTW My ADSL light keeps blinking as soon as there is any activity with the internet like download & browsing.
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so wut was the outcome with the lan card.
 
Ethan_Hunt said:
^Errr...Didn't check it yet.Will have to do that if problem persists or is the last resort.:(
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Here is what i will suggest to you (go step by step and make sure everything is in order before moving on to the next step and preferably use uTorrent)
1- Check if your port is forward alright
2- See if your firewall is not blocking the port
3- See that you have selected right connection type in ur torrent program's settings and you have enabled traffic encryption.
4: Download a linux distribution torrent from any official website (google it) and let it run for at least 15 minutes uninterrupted. Initial speed will be slow but after about 15 mins it should pick up and should be above 80KBps.

If it works, fine... otherwise as a last resort you can also try TCP/IP Patcher if you have Win XP

Even if it does not solve your problem change your torrent client and try again
 
just guessing, if u haven't tried any torrent from a private tracker ..do try one and check the speed, if with private tracker you are getting shitty speeds , definitely there's something wrong. I get very low speeds from public trackers but almost full speed when dnlding from private trackers. i'm on a hathway 512kbps connx.
 
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