utorrent problem

• excused

  24 Jul 07, 16:36

  Hi all,
  
  Im confused by one thing. My utorrent is port forwarded correctly. Im using the latest version. There are seeds that are connected properly.
  
  Im using a 1Mb/s connection.
  
  I still don't understand why it has dropped from 100Kb/s to less than 5Kb/s.
  
  Anyone can explain?
• MyPillowTalks

  24 Jul 07, 17:26

  How many people are u seeding from?
  
  if many people, it would be fast, if onli 1, it is slow
  
  if the person u are seeding from have a slow connection, u will be slow oso
• wishboy

  24 Jul 07, 20:39

  Possibilities
  - very few seeders, lots of peers
  - seeders with slow connection
  - peers with very fast connection(?)
  - other internet speed hogging programs running
• Xephone_xenon

  24 Jul 07, 20:39

  Odex hack into your utorrent going to catch you liao. Die.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  24 Jul 07, 20:46

  The problem with P2P is that it's very dependent on external factors. Good connection speed doesn't automatically mean fast download speeds.
• laurence82

  24 Jul 07, 20:47

  wey, dont download so much porn lar
  
  
• excused

  24 Jul 07, 21:48

  The files I have downloaded have lots of seeders ranging from tens to thousands of them.
  
  It used to have 100Kb/s of connection. Now it's like less than 5Kb/s.
  
  I did not change the settings.
  
  Is it possible someone hacked like someone here said?
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  24 Jul 07, 22:14

  Originally posted by excused:

  The files I have downloaded have lots of seeders ranging from tens to thousands of them.
  
  It used to have 100Kb/s of connection. Now it's like less than 5Kb/s.
  
  I did not change the settings.
  
  Is it possible someone hacked like someone here said?
  
  

  1. A lot of seeders doesn't mean good download speeds. Some are behind firewalls, especially both hardware and software firewalls, which can greatly reduce the speed.
  
  2. Most ISPs limit upload speed to prevent abuses, in this case P2P.
  
  3. Seeders may not be active.
  
  4. Your download speeds is very much affected by external factors, including the things you do. If you are downloading stuffs and is using a download accelerator, don't expect your download speeds to be anywhere near great. You only have this amount of bandwidth.
  
  5. By using P2P, you are already at risk at being hacked. You are connected to lots of unknown people's computers and anyone can do anything to it.