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I think utorrent has been consuming lots of bandwidth and my connection is not that fast. How do I set it so that it consumes the less possible bandwidth? I've tried setting its download and upload limit to 1kbps. Together with the download bandwidth allocation set to low. I even exited utorrent but it seems that it is still consuming lots of bandwidth. How do I solve this one?
Wern Ancheta
Posted 2010-03-11T08:42:38.537
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Don't forget that closing uTorrent via the [x] at the top right doesn't actually exit the program. It closes the UI but keeps the process running - there should be an icon in the system tray.
To completely close uTorrent you have to select File > Exit.
ChrisF
Posted 2010-03-11T08:42:38.537
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Try to limit the number of max connections. A lot of routers/modems have a limited number of connections they support (Windows does too by the way).
uTorrent can make lots and lots of connections, resulting in a slow network no matter if you actually download/upload at all.
S.Hoekstra
Posted 2010-03-11T08:42:38.537
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I also tried that and I put a value of 1. But connection is still suffering. – Wern Ancheta – 2010-03-11T08:57:26.197
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I've tried setting its download and upload limit to 1kbps.
I believe that affects only the actual torrent data exchange. You might also want to turn off DHT.
geek
Posted 2010-03-11T08:42:38.537
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Devices like home routers usually have problems when it comes to high number of simultaneous connections. Having many open connections is way more of a problem than bandwidth. Limit the number of open connection to 80 from your .torrent client. It should be enough to up/down and not overkill anything in the process.
When you don'y use it, exit it (by right click and exit), as said by ChrisF.
Overmind
Posted 2010-03-11T08:42:38.537
Reputation: 8 562
You might want to look at http://superuser.com/questions/48036/utorrent-stops-internet-traffic which may help. Not really a duplicate, but it might help.
– Kez – 2010-03-11T08:53:46.0171Why are you bothering to use uTorrent at all, then? At 1kb/s it'll take 17 minutes to download 1 MB! – Phoshi – 2010-03-11T09:03:19.727