Thread: restricting upload speed on torrents

i dont get that speed always.once i got 712kBps.sometimes over 200 300.but generally 35kBps!!

Don't retrict upload speed.
Please try Seed as much as you download, it this is morally wrong!

I don't restrict upload speed. It's fully automatic. The upload speed will stay below 10 KBps when downloading and goes upto 60-70 KBps after the download is finished.

Try to seed atleast at a ratio of 1:1 say for example you downloaded a movie of 700 MB then atleast seed until your upload is also 700 MB or greater then you can stop, it will be a fair play

I will tell you my story i one downloaded an anime of 8.5 GB then i seeded until it was something around 23 GB!! then i stopped that!!!
Please do not be selfish and besides why you people are restricting your upload speed it will not interfere in your downloaded i guess!

Ya no harm in keeping the torrent seeded for a long time if you have the disk space & run your pc 24/7.

Originally Posted by harsham05

By restricting the upload speed to 1 kB/s on torrents, will the download speed improve?

never restrict UL speed to 1kB/s ... it will eventually result in degradation of ur download speed ...

also ... full upload speed doesnt help in DL speed also ...

here is a simple formula - use this:

ALWAYS RESTRICT UR UL SPEED TO 2/3 OF UR MAX DL SPEED ... I.E IF U HAVE A CONNECTION OF 384kbps(48kBps) -- restrict UL speed to 256kbps(32kBps
) ... this will improve DL speeds

@ag_prasun
yes..

Originally Posted by Archer

Do you run a private tracker. ? :lol:

lol.....
In Private trackers most torrents are seeded for long time. But in Public trackers lot of torrents dies out because of H&Rs.
Keep seeding guys....

just put the torrent in auto mode and then u will find good speed

Originally Posted by totallyfandu

just put the torrent in auto mode and then u will find good speed

Auto mode ? Can you please clarify ?

Auto uploads can be enabled in utorrent. Maybe he is commenting on it.

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i hv tested this n found to be working up nice.....moreover it works better on public trackers..does something by uncapping ur isp speed...

happy torrenting guys....

Didnt knew of this altered azureus client TopBT. Thanks for the info.

Besides most of the private trackers dont support such clients. It might become useful for my public torrent requirements.

BTW the link posted doesnt explain anything about uncapping the ISP set speed.

Originally Posted by Archer

Auto mode ? Can you please clarify ?

Check utorrent->preferences->bandwidth

Originally Posted by viper_in_blood

does something by uncapping ur isp speed...

I do't think Vuze uncaps anything.I haven't noticed any appreciable difference while using it over utorrent.

It does have some additional features that utorrent lacks like queuing...but it takes up a lot more system resources.

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

never restrict UL speed to 1kB/s ... it will eventually result in degradation of ur download speed ...

no it wont.......my upload rates are setted onto 1kbps only than also i got 180KBPS DL rate.............

what torrent client do you use??
in utorrentif u set ul speed 5 or less,dl speeds r automatically rstricted to 30k

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

what torrent client do you use??
in utorrentif u set ul speed 5 or less,dl speeds r automatically rstricted to 30k

ha ha i'm using utorrent's latest version only........if u wont believe me than i can post a SS for u guys who wont believe me but after 2 A.M. nd i guess u know the reason for that 2 A.M thing

do let us know how or what changes you have done?

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

do let us know how or what changes you have done?

i guess if i post my settings there than all u members will just start to laugh.......as like my maximum no. of active UL/DL torrents is 256....

Originally Posted by powerdoc

Check utorrent->preferences->bandwidth

Thanks. Got it now. I forgot about that option.

Originally Posted by powerdoc

I do't think Vuze uncaps anything.I haven't noticed any appreciable difference while using it over utorrent.

It does have some additional features that utorrent lacks like queuing...but it takes up a lot more system resources.

dude i dont think vuze is ur isp......if in INDIA......topBT basically uncapps ur isp's (bsnl,airtel)bandwidth which is lost........

n hey no private tracker is banning...coz its using the latest version of vuze i.e 4.0.4.......its simply there is not much considerable difference in the overall speeds coming frm ur private trackers.........but there is much difference whn using the public trackers....

Originally Posted by powerdoc

It does have some additional features that utorrent lacks like queuing...but it takes up a lot more system resources.

Utorrent also supports queuing !!

Originally Posted by viper_in_blood

dude i dont think vuze is ur isp......if in INDIA......topBT basically uncapps ur isp's (bsnl,airtel)bandwidth which is lost........

Vuze is not an ISP. It was formerly known as Azureus. Just because we get good speeds, it doesnt mean the ISPs speed is uncapped.

Archer
by auto mode i mean
for utorrent
in bandwith just put the check mark in window
maximum upload rate it should be automatic

Originally Posted by totallyfandu

Archer
by auto mode i mean
for utorrent
in bandwith just put the check mark in window
maximum upload rate it should be automatic

Anyone tried this method? Frankly i feel it should not be done. The upload speeds have to be restricted for DSL/ADSL connections. Otherwise the overall downloading experience will be hampered. Certain overheads are required for uploading/downloading acknowledgments. Restricting the upload speed to a certain value will help in free passage of these acknowledgment data.

I will give it a try. I am using utorrent 1.9 Beta 13910 build now.