OrbitzXT
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| System Name | AX-01 |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K @3.7 GHz |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 |
| Cooling | Zalman 9700 |
| Memory | Kingston HyperX T1 Series 8GB DDR3 1600 MHZ |
| Video Card(s) | GTX 590 |
| Storage | Intel X25-M |
| Display(s) | 42" Samsung LED HDTV |
| Case | Antec Twelve Hundred |
| Audio Device(s) | HT | OMEGA STRIKER 7.1 |
| Power Supply | Kingwin 1000W |
| Software | Windows 7 64-Bit |
I'm somewhat new to using bit torrent so I'm not quite sure whats wrong here. I'll start by saying I've successfully downloaded a number of files, so I assume based on that that my settings are okay, but I'm here to find out what the deal is. So I'm downloading another file now with nearly 1700 seeds and 100,000 leechers, all the leechers seem stuck at the same amount. For example the availability is 0.893 and they're all at 89.3%, and I eventually get to this point too, never to move beyond. I've left it running for days and the availability doesn't change and I never get any farther on the download.
This seems to happen quite often, on both relatively new torrents and old ones as well. I have a linksys router and have the ports open, am using that utorrent client, I've tried Bit Tornado as well but I like utorrent better. So whats the deal with these situations, is there anything I can do to connect to seeds and get my file?
Lastly, a friend explained to me if you use all your upload bandwidth it makes your internet very slow or something, and I should limit my upload speed so I can continue to use my internet while the downloads are going. My max upload is something like 500 kbps, and download is about 9000 kbps. With only one torrent downloading, I limited the upload bandwidth to 20 kb/s, figuring thats a good enough amount. Even with this, my internet becomes unusable. The BT downloads reach very high speeds, I was downloading at 1.01 MB/s before.
The other weird thing is the second I open a torrent, before its even connected to anyone and started downloading/uploading, the internet becomes very slow. Why would simply opening the program slow my internet down? The one torrent I have downloading just before was downloading at 200 kb/s, and uploading at about 12 kb/s, this shouldn't be stopping up my internet. It won't work quickly again until I "Repair" the internet connection in network connections. I have encryption on, it helps a lot since I think my ISP (Road Runner) prevents me from downloading without it on. So any suggestions or thoughts?
This seems to happen quite often, on both relatively new torrents and old ones as well. I have a linksys router and have the ports open, am using that utorrent client, I've tried Bit Tornado as well but I like utorrent better. So whats the deal with these situations, is there anything I can do to connect to seeds and get my file?
Lastly, a friend explained to me if you use all your upload bandwidth it makes your internet very slow or something, and I should limit my upload speed so I can continue to use my internet while the downloads are going. My max upload is something like 500 kbps, and download is about 9000 kbps. With only one torrent downloading, I limited the upload bandwidth to 20 kb/s, figuring thats a good enough amount. Even with this, my internet becomes unusable. The BT downloads reach very high speeds, I was downloading at 1.01 MB/s before.
The other weird thing is the second I open a torrent, before its even connected to anyone and started downloading/uploading, the internet becomes very slow. Why would simply opening the program slow my internet down? The one torrent I have downloading just before was downloading at 200 kb/s, and uploading at about 12 kb/s, this shouldn't be stopping up my internet. It won't work quickly again until I "Repair" the internet connection in network connections. I have encryption on, it helps a lot since I think my ISP (Road Runner) prevents me from downloading without it on. So any suggestions or thoughts?
