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Ruanimate · 11-11-2005, 12:31

Hi

Problem could be the Torrent site. A lot of them nowadays are requesting that you use a particular port range for downloads. So if 50% of the users seeding are using, for example a port range of 5550:5900 and you only have ports
5500:5600 open in your firewall then all the seeders using ports from 5600 upwards cannot connect to you.
Look at the torrent site and see what port range is recomended.

I have a similar problem with a partcular torrent site which was fine until about 3-4 weeks ago and now I can only get similar download speeds to you.

So dont worry, I really dont think it's your ISP

use this link to test your speed
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/speedtest.html?1087388541322

to repeat the test click on the here on line

To repeat this test from the source server click here.

11-11-2005, 12:31	#7
Ruanimate Inactive Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2	Re: so slow on 1mb Hi Problem could be the Torrent site. A lot of them nowadays are requesting that you use a particular port range for downloads. So if 50% of the users seeding are using, for example a port range of 5550:5900 and you only have ports 5500:5600 open in your firewall then all the seeders using ports from 5600 upwards cannot connect to you. Look at the torrent site and see what port range is recomended. I have a similar problem with a partcular torrent site which was fine until about 3-4 weeks ago and now I can only get similar download speeds to you. So dont worry, I really dont think it's your ISP use this link to test your speed http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/speedtest.html?1087388541322 to repeat the test click on the here on line To repeat this test from the source server click here.