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Dowloading rates.......
Setting aside Torrents, as thats as whole subject of its own to be discussed on my other thread!!
While using Shareaza, which I have used fairly successfully for a while, I am now finding since I changed to 1 Meg and a new PC (running XP SP2) that my download rates are virtually non-existent (10kb at the very best).
I have turned the Windows Firewall off, but it makes no difference. I noticed that there are some other settings that you can apply specifically to the Modem/Router that you are using.
If you go into Control Panel and Click on Windows Firewall, it opens the window that allows you to turn it On or Off. However, if you click Advanced, you can click on the device that you use to connect to the Internet and alter some further settings. Could it be any of these that are pooing up my Download Speeds??
While using Shareaza, which I have used fairly successfully for a while, I am now finding since I changed to 1 Meg and a new PC (running XP SP2) that my download rates are virtually non-existent (10kb at the very best).
I have turned the Windows Firewall off, but it makes no difference. I noticed that there are some other settings that you can apply specifically to the Modem/Router that you are using.
If you go into Control Panel and Click on Windows Firewall, it opens the window that allows you to turn it On or Off. However, if you click Advanced, you can click on the device that you use to connect to the Internet and alter some further settings. Could it be any of these that are pooing up my Download Speeds??
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Originally Posted by Stu.H
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Originally Posted by DanRSturbo
Best way of testing your download speed is to download something big off microsoft, windows media player 10 for xp is a good test, mine usually stops around 224k a sec 
When I am downloading other stuff the download rate is much better, I haven't tried Microsoft, but when I download via Windows, I generally see anywhere between 50-150kb/sec, which I am fairly happy with.
I understand with P2P that is depends on lots of factors (including the type of connection that the other person is on), but you would have thought that the law of averages would occassionally allow you to see a decent download speed, but 25kb really is the best I have seen for a while. I tried using Bit Tornado, just as an experiment and saw 50kb for a little while, but it was more like 35-40kb most of the time.
I get around 900kb/sec by running the Bandwidthplace Speedtest. It says that I can download a 1 meg file in around 9 seconds. Does that sound about right for BT 1 Meg?
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C&B with torrents it all depends on how many seeders there are on a torrent. If you have 1 seeder and 50 leechers you will get a shitty d/l speed until alot more people join the swarm or more seeders appear. it also depends on a persons upload rate as well. I'm a member on a couple of BT forums where you can only have uploader status unless you have an upload speed of 10Mb or more so my download speeds always max out at around 480Kbs
so my download speeds always max out at around 480Kbs
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Mate looks like u got half meg not 1 meg connection 
Im on 2 meg and get the following
Downstream 2114 Kbps (298.8 KB/sec)
Upstream 251 Kbps (51.1 KB/sec)
Do a test from this site tick the output box
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp
Im on 2 meg and get the following
Downstream 2114 Kbps (298.8 KB/sec)
Upstream 251 Kbps (51.1 KB/sec)
Do a test from this site tick the output box
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp
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Originally Posted by xpackcapri
using that test site i get virtually the same results as i posted except they dont include the overheads so download rate was 120kb/s and upload was 30kb/s. I also have SP2 but have disabled the firewall.
SP2 limits half-open connections (connections waiting for a response from a server) to just 10 to help combat worm spreading. This doesnt help file sharing programs. I have increased mine to 50 by editing the registry but theres a program that does it 4 u, i cant remember the site right now but ill post when i find it.
SP2 limits half-open connections (connections waiting for a response from a server) to just 10 to help combat worm spreading. This doesnt help file sharing programs. I have increased mine to 50 by editing the registry but theres a program that does it 4 u, i cant remember the site right now but ill post when i find it.
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Originally Posted by Ish
Originally Posted by xpackcapri
using that test site i get virtually the same results as i posted except they dont include the overheads so download rate was 120kb/s and upload was 30kb/s. I also have SP2 but have disabled the firewall.
SP2 limits half-open connections (connections waiting for a response from a server) to just 10 to help combat worm spreading. This doesnt help file sharing programs. I have increased mine to 50 by editing the registry but theres a program that does it 4 u, i cant remember the site right now but ill post when i find it.
SP2 limits half-open connections (connections waiting for a response from a server) to just 10 to help combat worm spreading. This doesnt help file sharing programs. I have increased mine to 50 by editing the registry but theres a program that does it 4 u, i cant remember the site right now but ill post when i find it.
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Originally Posted by luke89
wat is sp2 type of conection ?? 
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Originally Posted by Ish
Originally Posted by xpackcapri
using that test site i get virtually the same results as i posted except they dont include the overheads so download rate was 120kb/s and upload was 30kb/s. I also have SP2 but have disabled the firewall.
SP2 limits half-open connections (connections waiting for a response from a server) to just 10 to help combat worm spreading. This doesnt help file sharing programs. I have increased mine to 50 by editing the registry but theres a program that does it 4 u, i cant remember the site right now but ill post when i find it.
SP2 limits half-open connections (connections waiting for a response from a server) to just 10 to help combat worm spreading. This doesnt help file sharing programs. I have increased mine to 50 by editing the registry but theres a program that does it 4 u, i cant remember the site right now but ill post when i find it.
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