# Slow ass DL speeds **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 1, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753 "2009-12-01T09:41:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/1 "2009-12-01T09:41:59Z")
So im using OSX 10.5 with Transmission. My UL speeds are limited to 5kb, and i have forwarded the port for Transmission. All said and done im LUCKY to see 250 kb/s DL on a well seeded torrent. I feel like this is quite a bit slower than it should be. Router is a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54, Modem is TW supplied Motorola. Anyone have any input ??? -Ian ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/2 "2009-12-01T09:45:58Z")
Try it with out the Buffalo router? ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/3 "2009-12-01T09:48:32Z")
Like use a different one ? I dont have another one to try. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/4 "2009-12-01T09:51:55Z")
Plug directly into the cable modem with your PC and try again… ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/5 "2009-12-01T10:09:18Z")
OK. Macbook is hardwired directly to the modem. Its def faster, but nothing crazy. Only what i would have expected from being wired. Still seems pretty slow. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/6 "2009-12-01T17:08:00Z")
You can’t really base speeds off of how fast a torrent is downloaded, even a well seeded torrent. For example, earlier today I was pulling 14MB/s down on a torrent with 1 seeder, and after that finished I downloaded one with 135 seeders (or more after I started) and was seeing maybe 1MB/s. Had nothing to do with my download speed as we have a constant 300+meg pipe from where I was downloading, but it just has to do with the people you are downloading from. If you open your application folder, and go to utilities and open network utility go to the traceroute tab and do a tracert to something like [google.com](http://google.com). You should be able to get an idea of your connection health there. Or you can do a speedtest but I always find those to be inaccurate most the time. ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/7 "2009-12-01T17:28:12Z")
Ok well i i did a traceroute speed test, sadly im a noob and i couldn’t understand any of it haha ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/8 "2009-12-01T17:38:24Z")
Copy and paste my good friend. ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/9 "2009-12-02T09:40:24Z")
😉 Traceroute has started … traceroute: Warning: [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) has multiple addresses; using 64.233.169.147 traceroute to [www.l.google.com](http://www.l.google.com) (64.233.169.147), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 buffalo.setup (192.168.11.1) 1.422 ms 0.899 ms 1.214 ms 2 74.77.96.1 (74.77.96.1) 9.982 ms 9.253 ms 9.796 ms 3 [gig2-2-6.buffnyktn-pe01.nyroc.rr.com](http://gig2-2-6.buffnyktn-pe01.nyroc.rr.com) (98.0.2.125) 10.180 ms 9.512 ms 9.072 ms 4 [ten9-1-1.buffnylkw-pe03.nyroc.rr.com](http://ten9-1-1.buffnylkw-pe03.nyroc.rr.com) (98.0.1.161) 10.972 ms 9.223 ms 8.831 ms 5 [ten2-2-1.buffnylkw-pe01.nyroc.rr.com](http://ten2-2-1.buffnylkw-pe01.nyroc.rr.com) (98.0.1.173) 9.945 ms 9.057 ms 9.678 ms 6 [ge-0-1-0.albynywav-rtr03.nyroc.rr.com](http://ge-0-1-0.albynywav-rtr03.nyroc.rr.com) (24.24.7.229) 18.372 ms 18.659 ms 19.676 ms 7 [ae-5-0.cr0.nyc30.tbone.rr.com](http://ae-5-0.cr0.nyc30.tbone.rr.com) (66.109.6.74) 23.036 ms 22.009 ms 22.327 ms 8 [ae-4-0.cr0.dca20.tbone.rr.com](http://ae-4-0.cr0.dca20.tbone.rr.com) (66.109.6.28) 27.576 ms 28.323 ms 28.784 ms 9 [ae-1-0.pr0.dca10.tbone.rr.com](http://ae-1-0.pr0.dca10.tbone.rr.com) (66.109.6.165) 29.151 ms 28.873 ms 28.582 ms 10 66.109.9.66 (66.109.9.66) 28.560 ms 28.617 ms 28.745 ms 11 216.239.48.112 (216.239.48.112) 28.389 ms 31.700 ms 216.239.48.108 (216.239.48.108) 29.242 ms 12 64.233.175.111 (64.233.175.111) 28.706 ms 72.14.236.200 (72.14.236.200) 30.786 ms 64.233.175.219 (64.233.175.219) 28.697 ms 13 216.239.49.145 (216.239.49.145) 34.542 ms 35.773 ms 216.239.49.149 (216.239.49.149) 29.609 ms 14 [yo-in-f147.1e100.net](http://yo-in-f147.1e100.net) (64.233.169.147) 30.925 ms 28.980 ms 28.640 ms ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/10 "2009-12-02T11:03:11Z")
that tells us nothing > **[Speedtest by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test](http://www.speedtest.net/)** > > Test your Internet connection bandwidth to locations around the world with this interactive broadband speed test from Ookla ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/11 "2009-12-02T11:09:39Z")
LOL told me nothing either, thats what ryan had me do haha wow 18mbps DL. Im usually lucky to peak 15 on speedtest: ![http://www.speedtest.net/result/640409765.png](http://www.speedtest.net/result/640409765.png) ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/12 "2009-12-02T11:16:22Z")
ok, so at 18.67 megabits, you should be doing almost 2.5 megabytes/second MAXIMUM. you’re saying that you are only doing 250 kilobytes (I am assuming you meant KB and not Kb in the OP) seems that your connection speed is fine, just slow torrents ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/13 "2009-12-02T11:22:32Z")
Hmmm Alright thanks. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-ass-dl-speeds/76753/14 "2009-12-02T14:48:38Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > that tells us nothing > > [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net) I trust a trace route over a flash based website that are weighted by ISP’s to show a faster speed than is actually being delivered… lol. Connection is fine, it’s the seeders that you are downloading off of that suck.