[Vobomei]

So I use torrents to download things.....

anyways, my question is:

Why is it if I have 1.5Mbps upload and my torrent is using 10k up, why does my internet seem to crawl when I surf the net??

[KacypeJeope]

how many connections do you have open? if you have many, your router may have trouble keeping up, depending on how cheap it is.

[Ornamiviant]

Are your uploads set to maximum? If your uploads are maxed out or near maxed out, I know that with at least Comcast it can slow downloads. So with torrents, I have my uploads set to 75% upload capacity just to keep my downloads wide open, and my internet surfing wide open as well.

If I increase my upload speed anymore, it really starts to put a stop on my download speeds.

[illiderob]

Either the connections issue, which is most likely, or your ISP reminding you that it doesn't like the whole idea of peer-to-peer file sharing and that you're a very bad boy.

Try limiting your global maximum number of connections.

[Vobomei]

i have my torrent set at 10k max uploads.
and ill usually do 2 downloads at the most

[nakeseireo]

I had to drop my max connections down to 50 before this verizon direct from china piece of crap modem would stop imploding every couple of minutes

[KacypeJeope]

i have my torrent set at 10k max uploads.
and ill usually do 2 downloads at the most

look for something like "maximum global connections" in your torrent client. try setting that at a lower value (ie if its at 100, try changing it to 50)

[Lhiistyssdds]

It's because file sharing clients cause multiple simultanous connections. Whereas a website is just a single connection.

Think of it as trying to open 500 or more (small but different) websites at the same time & your computer / router have to process each connection, one at a time.

It's the main reason ISPs don't like file sharing... it's the simultaneous connections that cause the network slow down, not the speed of file transfers.