I think everything is ok but still getting slow downloads

[rflook]

Hi,

I am sure that this has been covered many times before but as a newb to hardware id be very grateful for some pointers. I am on Sky Max and as such expected to have lightening fast downloads (though now i know that this isnt necessarily the case). After getting my router stats my minimum knowledge says that i should be getting very quick downloads, but whenever i use any P2P clients (whether it be a torrent one or ed2k one) my downloads are 99% of the time below 70kbps, and oddly my uploads are nearly always quicker than my downloads (usually hovering around 80kbps). My stats are below and id really appreciate any pointers anyone could give me as to why i seem to be experiencing slow downloads.

Many thanks

/usr/sbin/adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime Channel: FAST, Upstream rate = 764 Kbps, Downstream rate = 15323 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: ADSL2+
Channel: Fast
Trellis: ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 14.6 13.5
Attn(dB): 13.5 8.2
Pwr(dBm): 1.3 12.4
Max(Kbps): 20152 864
Rate (Kbps): 15323 764
G.dmt framing
K: 239(0) 24
R: 16 16
S: 1 8
D: 64 8
ADSL2 framing
MSGc: 59 68
B: 238 23
M: 1 8
T: 2 1
R: 16 16
S: 0.4980 7.7037
L: 4096 216
D: 64 8
Counters
SF: 7226026 7226024
SFErr: 23 1
RS: 939383510 61421204
RSCorr: 4615 8
RSUnCorr: 960 0

HEC: 22 0
OCD: 2 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 4227235680 210816012
Data Cells: 116803919 138106802
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

ES: 12 1
SES: 5 0
UAS: 14 17
Total time = 1 days 8 hours 29 min 45 sec
SF = 7226026
CRC = 23
LOS = 5
LOF = 0
ES = 12
Latest 1 day time = 8 hours 29 min 45 sec
SF = 1889522
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Latest 15 minutes time = 14 min 45 sec
SF = 54664
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Previous 15 minutes time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 55590
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Previous 1 day time = 24 hours 0 sec
SF = 5336504
CRC = 23
LOS = 5
LOF = 0
ES = 12
15 minutes interval [-30 min to -15 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 55652
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
15 minutes interval [-45 min to -30 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 55591
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
15 minutes interval [-60 min to -45 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 55590
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0

[dholdi]

Hi your connection looks ok so I suspect its the way your p2p client is set up. Which one do you use ?

[Saturday]

Yep - agree with dholdi. I wonder whether you've set up port forwarding for your p2p client correctly?

[rflook]

Thanks for the replies. Im using Azureus and eMule. I have port forwarding set up on both - or at least im fairly certain i do. Anything else it could be. Maybe there is a better torrent client than the one im using.

[Saturday]

Well I guess it could be several things but port forwarding is probably the most likely. What results do you get with a speedtest site such as this one? If that gives good results then it certainly looks like you have a port/firewall issue.

[TheWhizzz]

bearsharelite don't need port forwarding m8 give that a bash or frostwire oh and try utorrent much better