Help with speed settings - its all Bits & Bytes 2 me ?
 

Hi,

I'm looking for help on what I should have my download/upload settings at for optimum speed.

My plan speed is 30Mbps/1000kbps

My actual speedtest is - I think thats around 20Mbps ?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/190606023.png


I was looking at the thread with the BIT/Byte conversion but couldnt work it out.

My Limewire download speeds I'm getting are around 30 KB/s.

Could somebody help me with what my settings should be please

Thanks :xeri_ok1ani:

Edit : I tweaked some of the settings outlined in a post by LeeWare and my d/load speed is now floating around 110 KB/s from 52 hosts. Is that reasonable speed ?

See if this will help explain.


Speed

Thanks for that.

I understand I'm at the mercy of the seeders connection set up.

I wanted to make sure my settings were at optimum for my plan.

I've done some more 'tweaking' and am floating with 84 hosts @ 304KB/s

Your actually downloading from 84 Hosts??? Not sure that was possible. I have Pro and normally get around 14.

I'm not using Pro

I don't know about host limits ?

I sourced the file from elsewhere and am using limewire as the client

Understood. Great speed. :D

Cool :)

So is a download speed in the 3xx KB/s range a reasonable download speed for my plan ?

That is exceptional speed. I think your setup is fine. The only thing that I will say is don't get used to that speed all of the time especially when downloading from Limewire. Thats when the Link I sent you will apply, and there is nothing you can tweek to make it faster.
Now when I was talking about Hosts earlier, I think you can connect to 5 or 8 hosts with Basic and 14 hosts with Pro. Now don't go and buy Pro for the xtra hosts unless you want to. Pro is not that much different or better than Basic so enjoy. :PEACE:

Thanks Remoc, I appreciate your help.

Will take your advice on Pro.

I didnt receive any Link ? (R u talking about the one in your previous post ? )

I'm generally a plug'n'play type of person with a bit of 'basic' knowledge to tweak things - so long as I get 'close' to what I should be achieving on my specs I'm a happy camper :)

I generally source the file elsewhere and use Limewire as the client as I find Limewire the easiest client interface to use.

Reply to DUKE1 re D'load speed problems!
 

Your problem post covers many questions many members have had at one time or another so am going to be lengthy to clear my own head. Firstly, you are paying TELSTRA (ISP) a serious sum for an advertised Plan Rate of 30MegaBits per sec DOWNload and 1MegaBit UPload.
The DL is very fast with the UPload very slow, a whopping big ratio of 30 to 1...highest I had ever seen on the planet before was 15 to 1. Your 'Speed Test' showed 60% of Optimum D'Load (18,808) whilst your UPload was a little above 100% at 1100 (no surprise given the Plan is so low on UP). But bear with me here for most important, which is what are you ACTUALLY getting in usage. REMOC gave some great support, but your DOWNloads are still way below what they should be. Your optimum PLAN D'load speed is 3,700 KILOBYTES per sec; your Speed Test D'load result translates into about 2,300 KILOBYTES per sec; your last info on ACTUAL D'load speed was a mere 304 KILOBYTES per sec (from 84 hosts?)...thats about 13% of your speed test, and 8% of your advertised Plan speed. There is something WRONG with this picture! Now as Remoc said, a max. of 8 D'Load hosts on basic LW is usual...thats what I get, so the 84 hosts you reported is a complete mystery to me. Your initial POST wondered about speed settings (under Tools)...despite your very low Up, your Down is very fast, so suggest trying T3 and see what happens. Remoc mentioned 'shaping', or 'bandwidth throttling' as I call it, by Internet Service Providers...it seems to be almost everywhere now using more sophisticated 'throttle' programs. Many of the people you are DOWNloading from will be 'throttled', but this whole scenario suggests Telstra is throttling Your DOWNloads, which would the major factor in you getting only 13% of your D'load Speed Test. Most ISP's throttle either UP or DOWN; your UP is so low compared to your DOWN, it is likely Telstra would choose to throttle DOWN, if in fact they are throttling, which we don't know. This was lengthy because your situation involves so many of the questions that pop up in DOWN/UPLOAD PROBLEM Posts over and over again. You would do us all a great favour by replying in detail after a bit more tweaking and another Speed Test, whilst including complete details of your system as requested in LimeWire Post rules.
Enjoy OZ and good luck, caseybob