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Midorinokage:
I am not new to the internet or to using torrents but I have never figured out how either of them work exactly, so I am left feeling like quite the failure, unable to solve these problems myself.

The first question is regarding the speed in which I download and upload from others. I have within the last year acquired a fast connection and have never in the past gone faster then an average of 50kB a second downloading or uploading (using any program: Limewire, Morpheus, Napster and even Azeurus before they changed) until recently and until now I was left to believe that they both moved at the same speed which is the max speed it can handle, it being the internet connection itself. Well this connection allows me to download at certain times beyond 1000kB a second and I am aware this speed is depending upon the number of people I am downloading from, but my max seems to be just slightly above 1100kBs or so I assume as I have never seen anything download faster then this speed, but perhaps I am wrong.

While I can download at fast speeds now I notice that my upload speed never goes above 129kB a second but I first noticed this when I was downloading a bunch of stuff at the same time so I assumed this had to do with the maximum speed my connection will handle, both DL and UL speeds combined. For about a week now I haven't downloaded anything so I could raise my ratio and I notice that I still cannot upload faster then 129kBs. Is this normal to UL at about 1/8th of my DL speed? I have a cable connection, I am linked to a router which is linked to a modem due to there being three other computers attached to the same hub. Does this have anything to do with the speed I move at? I didn't think so for at certain times all three of use could reach a high 600kBs at the same time leading me to believe that perhaps 1100 wasn't the maximum for the connection.

My second question has to do with the first as it involves the workings of Vuze itself. I have spent much time tinkering around with the settings of Vuze as well and trying to find forum solutions and trouble shooting techniques from the vuze website, using Google as well and having searched though the forums here at BakaBT trying to find similar problems only to find that many people are not asking the question that I am, or maybe they are and I am not understanding what's being said. I am hoping someone here will have some experience using Vuze and will be able to perhaps give me some tips as to how to alter settings to equal out my speed.

There are a few areas in which I thought I maybe have hit the jackpot in altering speed settings as many of the setting subcategories involve interface, skins, location of downloads, security, IP filters, among other areas which leave me even more confused due to the hundreds of options that are there. The only one that seems as though I can change speed settings is in the "Transfer" section where it gives me the options for Auto-Speed (beta) and LAN. I messed around with the "upload limit" which did not seem to change my speed at all and have even tried to change other things but am afraid my chances of messing my settings up are greater then the odds of me fixing this problem randomly altering numbers.

One of the biggest problems I have is the terminology used when regarding these settings, for example in the BakaBT wiki mentions throttling your download bandwidth which I have not been able to match up with vuze in anyway nor can I find a way to change my internet speed to say anything about "bandwidth". I read in some forums linked from Google regarding the keywords I used something about a % priority between download and upload speeds and another forums speaking in a lot of confusing text I have a hard time figuring out, especially when numbers are mentioned that I cannot even find in my Vuze settings; and yes, I make sure they are regarding Vuze and not uTorrent or some other program.

I apologize for the size of the post but I felt too many details are better then too few, I also apologize for asking questions I am sure are common knowledge for those in the torrenting community but until I got this fast connection I didn't even spend much time downloading anything because of it taking months to download a couple gigabyte program or series. Note that I prefer Vuze over other torrent clients but will change if the problem is with my client.

Thank you very much for your help.

newy:
You have a one liter bottle of water, there are three persons (including you) that want to drink from it. How much can each of you drink?

You have a one liter bottle of water, there is only you who wants to drink from it. How much can you drink?

Get the analogy? ;)

And the DL/UL speeds sound like A-DSL to me. But let others explain that.

And Azureus/Vuze... I use utorrent.

Xiong Chiamiov:

--- Quote from: Midorinokage on June 30, 2010, 07:48:06 PM ---The first question is regarding the speed in which I download and upload from others. I have within the last year acquired a fast connection and have never in the past gone faster then an average of 50kB a second downloading or uploading (using any program: Limewire, Morpheus, Napster and even Azeurus before they changed) until recently and until now I was left to believe that they both moved at the same speed which is the max speed it can handle, it being the internet connection itself. Well this connection allows me to download at certain times beyond 1000kB a second and I am aware this speed is depending upon the number of people I am downloading from, but my max seems to be just slightly above 1100kBs or so I assume as I have never seen anything download faster then this speed, but perhaps I am wrong.
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Without a bunch of downloads or uploads running, run a speed test (here or here) and tell us the results.  This'll be much more accurate than just estimating based on your download speeds from various sources.  Capitalization is important (mB vs. mb).


--- Quote ---Is this normal to UL at about 1/8th of my DL speed?
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Yes, unfortunately.  FiOS users generally have symmetric connections, but the rest of us have something like 1:8.


--- Quote ---I have a cable connection, I am linked to a router which is linked to a modem due to there being three other computers attached to the same hub. Does this have anything to do with the speed I move at?
--- End quote ---
Cable connections are shared among everyone in the neighborhood (roughly speaking), but settings in the modem limit the maximum to whatever you pay for.  Any computers accessing the internet through that modem will share the available bandwidth.


--- Quote ---Note that I prefer Vuze over other torrent clients but will change if the problem is with my client.
--- End quote ---
Unlikely.  Many around here will recommend a switch to uTorrent just because they're zealots.

I am not familiar with Vuze's interface, so I'm afraid that I cannot help you with the specifics of where things are.

jaybug:
http://infinite-source.de/az/az-calc.html THat's a link Xiong left in my thread about maximizing upload speeds, it's specifically for Azureus. I have utorrent, and I envy your upload speeds. You are getting 30-50kBps faster upload speeds than I am.

So far my best bet has been to limit the number or uploading torrents to somewhere between four and six torrents. This way when a leecher drops off, there is somewhere else to use that bandwidth. I've also limited the number of leechers I seed toward. Mainly becuase I have GB sized torrents I want to share, and it takes less time, days not weeks.

Midorinokage:
According to the speed test I download at 12.12Mbps and upload at .94Mbps which I find funny because if I am not mistaken, I recall one of the default numbers being 94 somewhere before I changed it, now I wish the "reset" button didn't just automatically set everything to unlimited. The information you have given me is very helpful, very much appreciated; also checking that calculator as we speak, thanks.

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