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Raekwon · 02-28-2009, 06:34 PM

Rath, I know you are anti torrent and you have valid reasons but this has nothing to do with bandwidth. Check the ventrillo forums this isn't an isolated case. Its only the upload speeds that have problems hence my voice comes across to other users oftens minutes later. After running tests I found that they have que'd my upload traffic on that port casuing the delay after I get a new IP address its fixed however if I switch mac address back it will happen again. Can you explain that?

Is TCP traffic on a well-known BitTorrent port (6881) throttled?

There's no indication that your ISP rate limits all downloads at port 6881. In our test, a TCP download on a BitTorrent port achieved at least 1500 Kbps while a TCP download on a non-BitTorrent port achieved at least 1639 Kbps. You can find details here.

Your ISP possibly rate limits all uploads at port 6881. In our test, a TCP upload on a BitTorrent port achieved at least 74 Kbps while a TCP upload on a non-BitTorrent port achieved at least 839 Kbps. You can find details here.

02-28-2009, 06:34 PM	#10
Raekwon First Line Centre Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Airdrie, Alberta Exp:	Rath, I know you are anti torrent and you have valid reasons but this has nothing to do with bandwidth. Check the ventrillo forums this isn't an isolated case. Its only the upload speeds that have problems hence my voice comes across to other users oftens minutes later. After running tests I found that they have que'd my upload traffic on that port casuing the delay after I get a new IP address its fixed however if I switch mac address back it will happen again. Can you explain that? Is TCP traffic on a well-known BitTorrent port (6881) throttled? There's no indication that your ISP rate limits all downloads at port 6881. In our test, a TCP download on a BitTorrent port achieved at least 1500 Kbps while a TCP download on a non-BitTorrent port achieved at least 1639 Kbps. You can find details here. Your ISP possibly rate limits all uploads at port 6881. In our test, a TCP upload on a BitTorrent port achieved at least 74 Kbps while a TCP upload on a non-BitTorrent port achieved at least 839 Kbps. You can find details here. Last edited by Raekwon; 02-28-2009 at 06:46 PM.