Bittorrent & Wireless N?

Tw4win

I'm using uTorrent with a Wireless N router and adapter. All ports are properly mapped, etc... and I get very good download speeds when using the torrent software. The problem is that if I'm running uTorrent anything else internet related in the house slows to a crawl. This includes websurfing and gaming (high ping rates for any online game).

Prior to moving my computer was physically connected to the router and I never had these issues so I'm assuming it has something to do with wireless bandwith, etc... Ideally I'd like to maintain decent torrent speeds while being able to game and websurf mostly lag free.

I'm by no means a torrent expert so the solution to this problem could be simple. I'm just not seeing it.

Spam

If you've got a wireless-N setup with good signal, then your wireless speed will almost certainly be higher than your internet connection speed, so chances of the wireless connection being maxed out are slim to nil.

Most likely the reason you're having issues is because utorrent is using all your upload bandwidth, which it will quite happily do if all the port forwarding is set up correctly.

Have you tried changing the max upload speed in utorrent settings?
Also try changing the max number of concurrent upload/download threads.

Tw4win

Scaling back the upload speed seemed to improve things almost instantly.

NailbunnyPD

The slow down is likely related to your ISP throttling your connection when torrenting. Since you are using uTorrent, you have the option to encrypt your torrenting. I think its under Network Settings, and you want to Force encryption, and uncheck the legacy option.

Lewisham

NailbunnyPD wrote: »

The slow down is likely related to your ISP throttling your connection when torrenting. Since you are using uTorrent, you have the option to encrypt your torrenting. I think its under Network Settings, and you want to Force encryption, and uncheck the legacy option.

Even if you do this, I am going to guaren-damn-tee that the upload speed will continue to cause the connection to be choked.

Tw4win

Lowering the upload speed fixed my issues.

Captain Vash

It's the upload.
Uncapped uploads will always destroy your connection.
Cap your upload.

Also, iirc there have been recent fcc slam downs on bit torrent throttling. I know comcast recently settled out of court to pay out to every person affected by bit torrent throttling up like, last october.

Richard M. Nixon

You can also set uTorrent up to limit the up/download speeds at certain times of the day. I've done this so our VOIP doesn't get all choppy during normal calling hours. It's in Options>Preferences>Scheduler

NailbunnyPD

Lewisham wrote: »

NailbunnyPD wrote: »

The slow down is likely related to your ISP throttling your connection when torrenting. Since you are using uTorrent, you have the option to encrypt your torrenting. I think its under Network Settings, and you want to Force encryption, and uncheck the legacy option.

Even if you do this, I am going to guaren-damn-tee that the upload speed will continue to cause the connection to be choked.

Possibly, but its the difference between <40K (throttled) and >100K (encrypted) upload for me. Then there's also the benefit of having the traffic encrypted.

Lezard Valeth

The last Utorrent versions crap every other internet app. Uninstall it and search for an older version.

Falx

If you have limited bandwidth, and don't care about your ratio, you can throttle utorrent to 3kb/s uploading before it automatically lessens your downloading speed.

Lewisham

Falx wrote: »

If you have limited bandwidth, and don't care about your ratio, you can throttle utorrent to 3kb/s uploading before it automatically lessens your downloading speed.

This is a great way to slow your download speed, as other peers will choke you for leeching.

Falx

I haven't seen it have an affect on my download speed as long as I keep it at 3kb/s or above.