utorrent 2.0 causes internet to disconnect randomly

[himadri_sm]

since this morning my internet disconnects when i start downloading through torrents..sometimes it will disconnect within 5mins, sometimes within half an hour, but it never stays connected for more than that...i followed a lot of threads in a lot of forums(including this one)...but nothing helps...please bear with me as i am a noob in utorrent & technical internet stuff...so i am posting all my settings-

1. my speedtest results-

i tested the speed about 5 times...during each time, nothing else was running...the ping would fluctuate between 50- 92ms....the download speed mostly stayed between 1.2- 1.6 Mb/s...& the upload speed stayed at 0.4- 0.9 Mb/s

2. My ISP, Reliance communications also has a bandwidth test page.here are the results-

here are my utorrent settings-




please tell me what i need to change in my settings? I am running Windows 7..
My system Specs are- Motherboard- ASUS P5KC; Processor- Intel Core2Quad Q9300@ 2.5Ghz; 3Gb RAM...

i have comodo firewall installed but it is not blocking utorrent....i also checked to see if my ISP was limiting my downloading, but tests said " there is no indication that your ISP is throttling your torrent downloads/uploads"....

 

[plsoft]

I'm not sure this will help but u might try lowering the "Global maximum number of connections" to around 100 or 150, and "Maximum number of connected peers per torrent" to 50.

 

[6pack]

I think the reason is because utorrent 2.0 uses utp protocol to transfer data by default. It is little buggy at the moment and many people are complaining that their routers are disconnecting or they cannot upload/download at full speed.

I had same problems with the 2.0 release. My net would get congested and setting bandwidth caps on upload or download does not work. The stupid program still downloads at full speed in background and congests the network from machine till router.

I suggest use the 1.8.5 version till newer version of utorrent comes.

 

[vercetti]

+1

I had a similar issue when I set the global connections to 500...After every 30 mins or so the net connection would go down....

I have now reduced the connections to 280 and am not facing any issues whatsoever

I'm not sure this will help but u might try lowering the "Global maximum number of connections" to around 100 or 150, and "Maximum number of connected peers per torrent" to 50.

 

[saumilsingh]

1. Don't set the download/upload limit to unlimited. Really, just don't. Set it to 5-10kB/s below your maximum download speeds
I know of far too many people who do this; totally bogus practice.

2. Set global number of connections to below 250.

3. If you're using uTorrent 2.0, try disabling uTP. Preferences > BitTorrent > disable bandwidth management.
Though I personally haven't faced any problems with it.

 

[himadri_sm]

thank you for replying....if i set "Global maximum number of connections" to around 100 or 150, and "Maximum number of connected peers per torrent" to 50, will it affect my downloading speed?

 

[vercetti]

It will not affect ur downloading speed.

But downloading speed also depends on the torrents.

If u run 5-6 torrents together then u might not get adequate peers in all the torrents for downloading....

whereas in good trackers even 15 peers are enough to get a spped of 400-500KBPS

thank you for replying....if i set "Global maximum number of connections" to around 100 or 150, and "Maximum number of connected peers per torrent" to 50, will it affect my downloading speed?

 

[DanDroiD]

You should be setting down/up speeds at no more than 85% of your clocked speeds (go to speednet.com)otherwise you could overload your network, also 7 simultaneous downloads at your speed may be a little over the top. Make sure you are port forwarded properly in your router and that if you have qos, you are setting utorrent to leave some bandwidth for other things.

 

[himadri_sm]

You should be setting down/up speeds at no more than 85% of your clocked speeds (go to speednet.com)otherwise you could overload your network, also 7 simultaneous downloads at your speed may be a little over the top. Make sure you are port forwarded properly in your router and that if you have qos, you are setting utorrent to leave some bandwidth for other things.

you've seen my speedtest.net results...what upload speeds do you suggest?since i was'nt at home, i couldn't check if utorrent was running properly, i might start downloading again tomorrow...for now i have changed some settings to-

75 KB/sec upload speed limit

5 upload slots per torrent

50 max connections per torrent

3 total active torrents

3 total downloading torrents

100 maximum global number of connections

lets see if things change..

 

[saumilsingh]

1Mb/s is hardly good enough for 3 simultaneous torrent downloads.
My settings:
Download limit: 100KB/s
Upload limit: 60KB/s
Upload slots per torrent: 5
Connections (per torrent): 25
Connections (global): 100
Maximum active downloads: 1
Maximum active torrents: 4

 

[himadri_sm]

thanx again...but i installed the new UT 2.0.1 beta & downloaded for more than 6 hrs...absolutely no disconnection...& i am getting a max 125kB/s download speed......everything is set to default...the only altered settings are-

75 KB/sec upload speed limit

5 upload slots per torrent

50 max connections per torrent

3 total active torrents

3 total downloading torrents

100 maximum global number of connections

lets see if everything stays ok for another 24 hrs or so...i am not going to alter any of the above settings.

 

[himadri_sm]

thanx guys for helping me.. i think my issue is resolved with the new UT 2.0.1....no disconnections in the last 24hrs

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