Speed may be limited

alphonzo_evans · 08-23-2009, 07:23 PM

I recently switch to att dsl last month because it was more cost efficient. Everything seemed perfectly fine the first couple of weeks but ive notice as the month ended that my connection speed has taken a ridiculous dip. When i go to play counterstrike ping is in the 100s. What has made this most worry me is a classmate and I work with 3Ds Max and Maya. When we do our projects we tend to use a bittorrent to transfer the data cause we find it to be the fastest way to transfer our files because there so huge. a Usual scene is about 300mb. Once i receive them, I combine his scenes with my own and render them. What usually is a 1 to 2 day process has turned into a entire week which almost cost us a grade. Ive noticed that when i torrent it will start off fast, shooting to 130kb or more, then plummeting back down to about 10 kb. Is there anything i can do to fix this issue, port forwarding, switching routers, switching services, please let me know, this is getting ridiculous.

Suncoast · 08-26-2009, 05:34 PM

Bittorrent would not be my first choice for collaborating project files. I assume you don't see each other often enough to just put your projects on some USB thumb drives? Have you thought about one of the free file hosting sites all over the web? Or what about setting up one of your PC's as an FTP server? Some ISP's offer FTP file storage, you might want to check with them also.

08-23-2009, 07:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
alphonzo_evans Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 39 OS: Xp	Speed may be limited I recently switch to att dsl last month because it was more cost efficient. Everything seemed perfectly fine the first couple of weeks but ive notice as the month ended that my connection speed has taken a ridiculous dip. When i go to play counterstrike ping is in the 100s. What has made this most worry me is a classmate and I work with 3Ds Max and Maya. When we do our projects we tend to use a bittorrent to transfer the data cause we find it to be the fastest way to transfer our files because there so huge. a Usual scene is about 300mb. Once i receive them, I combine his scenes with my own and render them. What usually is a 1 to 2 day process has turned into a entire week which almost cost us a grade. Ive noticed that when i torrent it will start off fast, shooting to 130kb or more, then plummeting back down to about 10 kb. Is there anything i can do to fix this issue, port forwarding, switching routers, switching services, please let me know, this is getting ridiculous. __________________ CPU: AMD anthlon 64 X2 Dual 6000+ Motherboard: Infinity NF ULTRAII-M2 Ram: 3.00 GB Video Card: NVIDIA 8800 GTS

08-26-2009, 05:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Suncoast Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Largo, FL, USA Posts: 389 OS: XPP, Linux, 2003, Cisco	Re: Speed may be limited Bittorrent would not be my first choice for collaborating project files. I assume you don't see each other often enough to just put your projects on some USB thumb drives? Have you thought about one of the free file hosting sites all over the web? Or what about setting up one of your PC's as an FTP server? Some ISP's offer FTP file storage, you might want to check with them also. Last edited by Suncoast; 08-26-2009 at 05:35 PM.