Why does my torrent speed only work good at night time?

Question

Ok Thank you for anyone who is computer handy that responds... This is really bothering me..
I tried googling this answer so I could find out more but wasn't sure if my situation applied elsewhere so I will give some details

Ok so here goes..

I am connected wirelessly to my neighbors router (next room over from apartment- said I could use free and supposely its cable which i don't know )

During the day when I wake up .. torrent speed for an average torrent is like .01 KB/S - 5 KB/S sometimes with like 20+ seeds too

sometimes it doesn't even connect to the other peers and when it does it stays low.. like i only downloaded 10 MB in the past 8 hours for this one torrent for example

Sometimes if the torrent is very popular the speed will get to like 20 KB/S download and afterawhile I kind of got happy which is sad for it being so slow
And my upload speed is even slower

But at night time.. Approx 1 AM on the 9 out of 10 nights The Download Speed went to 100-350 KB/S per torrent which suprised me .. the 1 night it didn't the internet was down
Then maybe around 8-9 AM it goes slower like 50 KB/S until like 10-11 AM it's back to mad slow throughout the day and then back to normal at night

My torrent knowledge is very low so would appreciate some help or advice?
I do not have access to the router or anything since i am connected wirelessly.. is there anything I can do?

Thank you

Answer 1

well first off 0.1 kbps to 5 kbps - thats just ridiculous slow. some torrents are like this because the peers (aka leechers) out number the seeds by far. in case you dont know what each is... a seed is a machine with a full copy of what you want... a peer (leech) are people with a partial copy. peers can still share - but they dont have a full copy. when their partial content is added together - a lot of times you can complete a download with only peers and no seeds - a lot of times you cannot. either case the speed will be slow.



when you choose torrents, looks for ones that have lots of seeds. hopefully the seeds will be higher than the number of peers for fast torrents.



another point to mention is that bandwidth is used a lot more during the daytime hours. unfortunately, its shared and there is a maximum amount of data that can be sent to your neighborhood (per say). you can go to speedtest.net during the day and hopefully it will, by far, exceed 5kbps.



i bet it will, and your speed issues are probably more related to the seed to peer ratio and whos computer is online at that time. so to sum up... look for torrents with a lot more seeds than peers. most torrent sites let you sort by upload date, seeds, ratings etc.



wish you luck with your no zoom & cheers



@frostfirst: using the neighbors wifi with permission is not theft. i share mine with neighbors and its no trouble at all. torrents, for the most part, are also not theft. they are used for MANY reasons other than piracy. apparently you dont like to share and didnt go to kindergarten but dont call people thieves when you dont know what youre talking about douche.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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RE:

Why does my torrent speed only work good at night time?

Ok Thank you for anyone who is computer handy that responds... This is really bothering me..

I tried googling this answer so I could find out more but wasn't sure if my situation applied elsewhere so I will give some details



Ok so here goes..



I am connected wirelessly to my neighbors...

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Answer 5

LOOOL!! Downloading torrents on your neighbors internet. Good one. Check the TCP and UDP ports that your using to download thru and set them to be open on the router. Type in the address bar 192.168.0.1 log in as user/admin. Then ports or gateway section and create a new port trigger. If thats not the problem then your neighbor knows your sapping all of his internet and has his computers as first priority to yours.

Answer 6

Its probably your neighbor who uses the internet during the day to download with an Ethernet cable which would slow down the WiFi for you, and doesn't use it at night.

Get your own router or run a cable from the neighbors modem, (but I'm not sure hes that happy if your downloading on his internet)

Answer 7

Torrent speed is dependable on the internet speed, the more users using, the more it will become slow.

Answer 8

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Your problem is likely related to your wireless connection to your router, a bandwidth limitation that can be resolved by shutting down or putting to sleep any other computers or devices that use the same router or by hardwiring your computer to the router.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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