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Author Topic: Bittorrent starts fast then slows  (Read 4668 times)

telram

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Bittorrent starts fast then slows
« on: October 30, 2010, 06:30:38 AM »
Hi,

I installed the D-link bittorrent add-on. When I add torrents for download, the initial download speed is decent (200+ kb/s). When I come back and check in on the download I see that soon after the download speed drops to the 20kb/s range. Availability is high for the torrents I'm downloading and I'm on a 7MB/s internet connection. I don't think it is a port forwarding issue as the initial download speed suggests otherwise.

I'm running a Linksys gigabit router no port forwarding enabled.

Any thoughts what the problem might be?
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jamieburchell

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Re: Bittorrent starts fast then slows
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2010, 10:57:29 AM »
Maybe your ISP is detecting and throttling P2P traffic?
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Re: Bittorrent starts fast then slows
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2010, 12:22:22 PM »
Definitely sounds like ISP throttling.
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Re: Bittorrent starts fast then slows
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2010, 03:11:32 PM »
Can be prevented by encrypting the traffic if that's an option
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telram

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Re: Bittorrent starts fast then slows
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2010, 11:25:59 PM »
Good suggestion, but not the case. On my laptop no speed issues what so ever, and I know for a fact my isp doesn't throttle. Any other ideas?

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jamieburchell

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Re: Bittorrent starts fast then slows
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2010, 03:14:36 AM »
Perhaps the version running in the NAS is different to the one you're running on your laptop. I don't know how BT encryption works, but perhaps the version on the NAS doesn't have the facility. Or it's simply not as good?
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