Streamyx slowdown

Jeremy · 24th Feb 2006, 01:21 AM

Recently I've noticed my internet connection slowing down despite micro-managing my torrent client which was still acceptable, however in the past few days itself, the connection has slowed to a crawl and because of this, I've lost a few chunks of hair. Anyway moving on, I've scanned my workstation for viruses and adwares but none turned up or at least what turned up couldn't have been the cause of the slow down. Next, apparently there are packets being exchanged between the workstation and the router despite not having any network related applications running or for the sake of troubleshooting, nothing was running but yet data packets are being exchanged.

Any similar encounters or suggestions?

Windows XP/SP2
Aztech 600E (Router Mode) - DHCP Server: Off

Dashken · 24th Feb 2006, 09:12 AM

What about your direct download speed and your torrent speed? My torrent speed has gone down to a crawl, as in under 5KB/s overall but I can still direct download stuffs at about 40-50KB/s. I'm wondering whether it's Streamyx or what. I did restart my pc, etc. and even my modem and router. Same too... The weird thing is, my Bitcomet is showing upload and download speed of about 5KB/s but in the download list, nothing is downloading.

My colleague has reported a slowdown too.

Dashken · 24th Feb 2006, 10:58 AM

Seems like many people are complaining of the slowdown too...

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?sh...=253074&st=120

PowerSlide · 24th Feb 2006, 11:06 AM

ahhh..stimx is capping BT downloads

since last week download a file even with hundreds of seeders only manage max 20kb

fyire · 24th Feb 2006, 03:15 PM

changing the default ports used by the BT client helps a lot from what I find.

Jeremy · 24th Feb 2006, 03:53 PM

My problem is not limited to my torrent client but my connection speed in general. Frankly speaking, downloading my daily pod-cast material is driving me up the wall.

Fyire: Bitcomet uses a wide range of ports but then again, if it's a blanket "cap" on all torrent data chunks, we're pretty much screwed.

peaz · 24th Feb 2006, 04:05 PM

Streamyx has been crappy recently. Reporting slow connection speeds here too!

fyire · 24th Feb 2006, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy

Fyire: Bitcomet uses a wide range of ports but then again, if it's a blanket "cap" on all torrent data chunks, we're pretty much screwed.

That's gonna be one hell of a blanket system for TM to implement. Packet filtering by content/type tends to be more towards one of those 'black magic' areas of IT. So far, I've yet to see a solution that implements that properly.

Adrian Wong · 24th Feb 2006, 11:12 PM

Hmm.. So, are they limiting the standard BT port? Is that even possible?

In any case, I can only confirm that yeah, super slow BT downloads over here too.

AAY · 25th Feb 2006, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy

Recently I've noticed my internet connection slowing down despite micro-managing my torrent client which was still acceptable, however in the past few days itself, the connection has slowed to a crawl and because of this, I've lost a few chunks of hair. Anyway moving on, I've scanned my workstation for viruses and adwares but none turned up or at least what turned up couldn't have been the cause of the slow down. Next, apparently there are packets being exchanged between the workstation and the router despite not having any network related applications running or for the sake of troubleshooting, nothing was running but yet data packets are being exchanged.

Any similar encounters or suggestions?

Windows XP/SP2
Aztech 600E (Router Mode) - DHCP Server: Off

Did you make any configuration or hardware changes before this? Moved a phone line around, maybe?

Have you checked the sync speed of your line?

If you have other computers on your local network are internal network transfers slow as well?

24th Feb 2006, 01:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
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24th Feb 2006, 09:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,821 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	What about your direct download speed and your torrent speed? My torrent speed has gone down to a crawl, as in under 5KB/s overall but I can still direct download stuffs at about 40-50KB/s. I'm wondering whether it's Streamyx or what. I did restart my pc, etc. and even my modem and router. Same too... The weird thing is, my Bitcomet is showing upload and download speed of about 5KB/s but in the download list, nothing is downloading. My colleague has reported a slowdown too. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

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Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,821 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Seems like many people are complaining of the slowdown too... http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?sh...=253074&st=120 __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

24th Feb 2006, 03:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jeremy Black Sheep Join Date: 7 Oct 2002 Posts: 2,296 Reputation: 729 Rep Power: 16	My problem is not limited to my torrent client but my connection speed in general. Frankly speaking, downloading my daily pod-cast material is driving me up the wall. Fyire: Bitcomet uses a wide range of ports but then again, if it's a blanket "cap" on all torrent data chunks, we're pretty much screwed. __________________ Jeremy Tan (Contributor) http://www.techarp.com/

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PowerSlide Super Active Join Date: 28 Aug 2004 Location: Penang, Malaysia Posts: 1,402 Reputation: 871 Rep Power: 14	ahhh..stimx is capping BT downloads since last week download a file even with hundreds of seeders only manage max 20kb

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fyire I'm a regular Join Date: 15 Jan 2004 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 350 Reputation: 15 Rep Power: 5	changing the default ports used by the BT client helps a lot from what I find.

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