utorrent and banda ancha

belgiank · #1 10-27-2009, 05:40 PM

It is the end of the month, and thanks to the incredible speeds the last month, I have about 7 GB left of my 10 GB.

Today, I'm actually getting a downloadspeed from 1,1 MB/s compared to the 100 KB and less I'm trying to get used to (someone in Claro must have hit a wrong button today.... whahahaha (laughing out of misery))

So I thought I would do some downloading to get my 10 gigs worth... but I'm downloading at around 12 kbs, because of a portproblem according to utorrent...

anybody here who can give me some help and advice on this?

Thanks

P

windeguy · #2 10-27-2009, 07:04 PM

This can be a bit complex and has to do with "forwarding ports' in your modem and router, if you have one. If that is the issue, It is not a simple thing to do without some research.

belgiank · #3 10-27-2009, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by windeguy

This can be a bit complex and has to do with "forwarding ports' in your modem and router, if you have one. If that is the issue, It is not a simple thing to do without some research.

I use the banda ancha stick which Claro gave me, and that is where I'm stuck. Somehow, if I understand this correctly, I have to access the software of this device and open the port to utorrent. I know how to do this with a regular router, but how do I do that with this stick?

goodvin · #4 10-27-2009, 11:26 PM

You can try to find in the internet manual for your modem, and check first. Because usually this kind of modems don't have any kind of router inside, so more likely there won't be any "port forwarding" option there.
I am not sure that Codetel is really happy about your downloadings, so they easily can do something as well.
In utorrent you can test a ports for outside connection.
As I understand correctly "banda ancha" it just Wi-Fi, so your "banda ancha stick" - it is just ordinary wifi modem - shouldn't be any port forwarding option, there is only one IP and it's yours.

cobraboy · #5 10-27-2009, 11:51 PM

I have ongoing problems with utorrent also. I have to reboot my computer to get torrents to download, and then after a while of decent speeds just stop, even with proper port forwarding. I have DSL model and a wireless router and have manually opened ports in both along with a disabled firewall.

I suspect Claro throttles torrent sites. I'm not sure if anything can be done about that.

EM2Thrasher · #6 10-27-2009, 11:54 PM

Make sure you are using protocol encryption. This will prevent your ISP from know what you are sending/receiving. You will find the setting under the preferences, then in the bittorrent tab. set the outgoing to Forced and allow incoming legacy connections. You may also want to use a port not normally used by most bittorrent clients. I have mine set to port 30454.
Some ISP's restrict or limit bandwidth on the typical or normally used ports.
Make sure you have the following boxes checked under the connections tab
Enable UPnP port mapping
Enable NAT-PMP port mapping
Add Windows firewall exception

cobraboy · #7 10-28-2009, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EM2Thrasher

Make sure you are using protocol encryption. This will prevent your ISP from know what you are sending/receiving. You will find the setting under the preferences, then in the bittorrent tab. set the outgoing to Forced and allow incoming legacy connections. You may also want to use a port not normally used by most bittorrent clients. I have mine set to port 30454.
Some ISP's restrict or limit bandwidth on the typical or normally used ports.
Make sure you have the following boxes checked under the connections tab
Enable UPnP port mapping
Enable NAT-PMP port mapping
Add Windows firewall exception

I have all those set except for the port. I used a random selection by utorrent.

Still no luck.

goodvin · #8 10-28-2009, 12:23 AM

"Enable UPnP port mapping
Enable NAT-PMP port mapping
Add Windows firewall exception"

And open your comp to anyone in the internet. No one should use this microsoft ****.
All you need is to turn on "protocol encryption" and manually configure NON STANDARD port + do manually forwarding. If it won't help - problems with Codetel internet.
What else, utorrent has a statistics of the download/upload speed, make it more detailed. And if you see something looks like "saw" (speed goes up-down up-down) - channel is overloaded.

cobraboy · #9 10-28-2009, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goodvin

"Enable UPnP port mapping
Enable NAT-PMP port mapping
Add Windows firewall exception"

And open your comp to anyone in the internet. No one should use this microsoft ****.
All you need is to turn on "protocol encryption" and manually configure NON STANDARD port + do manually forwarding. If it won't help - problems with Codetel internet.
What else, utorrent has a statistics of the download/upload speed, make it more detailed. And if you see something looks like "saw" (speed goes up-down up-down) - channel is overloaded.

Can you give specific instructions for port forwarding?

I'd be majorly appreciative and I know Peter/belgiank would be also...

AZB · #10 10-28-2009, 11:48 AM

If I am not mistaken, the banda ancha is good for high speed until you reach like 4 gig and then it drops to 128bps for the rest of the month. I think you have used up your first 4 gig rapidly.
AZB