Neoprimal
join:2002-09-13
Hollywood, FL
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Re: Is BitTorrent killing my AT&T DSL?
Thanks for the responses.
To answer all your questions...
I've NEVER been liberal with torrents on my new DSL. My upload is set to a universal 10kb rate and my peer upload is set to 1kb per peer. That's way, WAY below line speed.
Downloads are also tight, I've set it to 600 down max and I never run more than 2 at a time.
I've forwarded all ports etc. The speed isn't the problem, I get great speeds but it's the fact that as soon as I start downloading torrents everything else is throttled down. For instance, even if I'm getting something at say 10-100 down and 5 up, it takes a web page a lifetime to load.
This is in contrast to downloading from say, microsoft or any http/ftp and maxing out at 5000+ (for instance, 700+ on 4 files, 500 on another 3 or so) and STILL being able to surf perfectly.
I use the Bitcomet client, it's what I've been using for 2+ years and I've found it works best for me, perhaps a change is in order?
As for lowering my upload speed, I can't - bitcomet allows 10kb minimum as a universal rate, but as I've mentioned I've limited peers to downloading at 1kb from me - this in turn means I get a MAX limit of 10 peers downloading from me, but it generally works out to be 3 or 4 downloading from me at any one point in time.
By ATT I meant bellsouth, as I know they recently merged. I figured it wouldnt be ATT in 'general' since it doesn't seem to be a prevalent or widely publicized issue.
I didnt realize CRC and HEC errors were 'common' so I was just wondering if that was a really bad thing. Remember, I AM pretty rusty on DSL  . My last DSL line was in 2004 from bellsouth, 1.5 down on a white Westell Modem. So far I'm showing 2 CRC errors only in 17 hrs of uptime now.
Any info on the adsl settings? The Bitswap stuff?
Thanks again for the responses. |
