uTorrent Help

[blake]

I am torrenting perfectly legal files by the way before anyone tries to accuse me of something...

I'm having some kind of problems. My download goes out to something like 80kB/s and stays there for a bit... then a bit later it goes back down to 0 and doesn't move at all. If I stop the torrent and then start it again, half a second later, it goes back up to 80kB/s for a while... then goes back down to 0.1 or something.

Why is this happening?

 

[Abhas]

Are you using the Beta by any chance?

Abhas added 5 Minutes and 5 Seconds later...

If you are using Beta, uninstall it and install the stable version.

Make sure your ports are open..

PortForward.com - Port Forwarding for Utorrent
Select your router, and follow the instructions to open the ports if not already.

The connection icon needs to be green with a tick. (it's on the bottom bar, left to where the speeds are displayed). If it is yellow or red, your ports are blocking the connection.

 

[Chewie]

Using the beta shouldn't really affect it...

 

[blake]

It's green with a tick, plus I used the 'Setup Guide' thing and it told me all my ports were open and working fine..

Doesn't say beta anywhere, it's uTorrent version 2.0.2.

 

[Chewie]

Your ISP throttling bittorrent ports? ummmm dunno what else

 

[Abhas]

It shouldn't, but it does. I've experienced similar issues when using the Beta.
Try downloading Open-office. It has a good number of seeds.

Abhas added 1 Minutes and 12 Seconds later...

Disable firewall and try?

 

[blake]

I finished downloading, but I'll let you know how I go next time I need to download a torrent.