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    P2P and Internet Speeds

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by hehe299792458, Jul 18, 2007.

  1. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    I noticed recently that my internet was getting extremely slow, but I suspected it was something wrong with the ISP (shaw cable) and did nothing about it. However, persisted, and after doing a speed test (450 kps download, 54kpb download, and best of all, 657ms ping!), I realize it the problem might be on my end. After closing a few programs, I realized that BitComet was the culprit. I've used it for a long time and never had any problems with it before. Does anyone know how to resolve this short of changing to another P2P client? Thanks
     
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  2. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Id try uninstall the program and run a registry cleaner then install it again. Maybe something got changed up.

    Also maybe your ISP has cracked down on the program and the port its using. I had a port get blacklisted once when I had left my p2p on for a few days in a row, suddenly one day I saw my NAT was blocked... changing the port fixed it.
     
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  3. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Bittorrent can easily kill your net speed. It creates a ton of connections, incoming and outgoing, and if the router can't keep up, your connection will slow down to a crawl. Uploading too much can throttle your connection too (if there isn't enough upstream bandwidth left to send requests, your download speed will suffer too)
     
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