Hi,

I am finding my internet is slow, I open utorrent or vuse or a torrent program that uses bandwidth and I lose all internet browsing, msn messenger but skype stays online and the torrents download at a slower rate but still download.... as soon as i close any bandwidth sucking program the internet comes back but still a slower speed. i have adsl2+ so speed shouldnt be an issue

Anyone seen a issue like this?? I thought it may have been my network card so I bought another one but still same issue...

i have vista, 4gb ram and core2duo

cheers

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are you on the network with other people or just your PC?

Check the instructions on using your torrent software and configuring networking settings. You may need to configure port forwarding, or at least throttle down the internet download (or upload) bandwidth. I've used torrent software and it'd suck up all the internet in my house :\

Some things you can check:
netstat -abn in command prompt - this shows all connections, shows their executable, and does not resolve IP to domain name (faster output) Here you can get an idea of what connections you have established.

Task manager - look under the task manager's networking tab and under view, you can set the graph to display down/upload separately (yellow/red graphs) instead of the green one if you wish to see details. But either way, you can monitor your bandwidth there too.

Additionally, you can go to perfmon.msc and configure network utilization graphs, but that's a bit more advanced and i'd say google instructions on how to do this.

I'd say start with looking at netstat -abn and your task manager to get an idea of what's going on (so maybe you can compare later), then read the instructions on how to configure your torrent software so they don't hog your entire network. Your task is to try to identify the bottleneck in your network (which i'm sure is the bittorrent program)

p.s.
hint:
if you wish to save the output of netsat for later comparison, use this command:
netstat -abn > c:\networktest.txt

Nothing will appear on the screen as the output will be written to the text file you specify. Ofcourse if this file exists, it will be overwritten so the next time you do it use networktest2.txt and so on

hi, yeah all is ok..nothing wrong with torrent software, been using it for years but suddenly it plays up

let me try network cables...i recently changed that..what ya reckon?

I've had a situation with a bad cable... Internet would just be wacky... sometimes work, sometimes not...

Check the network jacks too for debris and make sure that all the connectors are sprung up - i've had one of them stuck down one time which took me forever to figure out and it is why i now have less hair

i changed network cable..no different

any chance your isp is throttling?

ok I have put it to the fact it is not utorrent...as you can see below my general internet browsing is slow and I think u torrent and vuse just chew up whatever bandwidth is left... its downloading webpages at 26kbps..dismal....it just suddenly slowed...dont know if it had somthing to do with my netgear modem/router but it happened not long after i installed it


here is my speed test

what's your advertised connection speed and are you above the d/l limits?

up to 24mpbs, im connecting at 16mbps but no where near thatfast.

I did a modem reset to default but no difference.

is there any waytp clear all if any tweaks on the PC? I got a feeling there may be a tweak that is screwing with it

try this tweak test.
http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks

tried it..no luck.

I also tried a different modem today..no difference in speed so I think there may be a tweak gone bad or a virus...done all the searches in the world but no result.

I think I may have to format.

before you format, do 1 more test - a linux live CD. Knoppix is a popular download for troubleshooting so download it and burn a CD, boot from it and see what results you get. This way you can eliminate if its your OS having the problem, or your hardware (network, busted NIC, bad cable, crappy provider...)

Very rarely does a reformat fix a problem like this. Your problem is not that you can't access, but that it is not as fast as you would expect. Sounds like ISP choking to me, better check with them first and explain your problem. See what they say.

yeah i called them, asked, suddenly it was fast again after i did a cashe clear..but 3 days later terrible again! IM ALMOST GIVEN UP

It's your ISP, man, trust me.

YEAH IM STARTING TO GET THAT FEELING!