Author Topic: Linkstation LS-CH2 - slow torrent speeds  (Read 3053 times)

omniscian

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Linkstation LS-CH2 - slow torrent speeds
« on: October 19, 2012, 12:58:42 PM »

Hi,

 

I have been using the Linkstation for around 9 months now and never had a problem with it. I was getting download speeds on the bit torrent client of around 700/800kb/s which is close to what I was seeing on my desktop.

 

However, the past few weeks, the speeds have dropped dramatically to maximum 10kb/s. The only thing I have done is upgrade the firmware to 1.61. Apart from that, nothing has changed. The Linkstation is plugged directly into my router, it has DMZ on the router. I have checked the IP address and it hasn't changed.

 

Can anyone help me as to why my speeds have suddenly dropped?

 

Thanks,

 

Ian


omniscian

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Re: Linkstation LS-CH2 - slow torrent speeds
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2012, 01:05:38 PM »

Hi,

 

Thanks for your response. I have restored the device but I'm still maxxing out at around 10kb/s. Should the restore downgrade the firmware to factory defaults as it's still on 1.61?

 

Thanks,

 

Ian


omniscian

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Re: Linkstation LS-CH2 - slow torrent speeds
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2012, 01:22:02 PM »

Ok thanks alot, I'll give it a go.

 

Ian


omniscian

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Re: Linkstation LS-CH2 - slow torrent speeds
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2012, 02:07:46 PM »

Ok I have restored my LinkStation to firmware 1.60. My downloads speeds are still around 10kb/s but my upload speeds have shot up to into the 100's kb/s. 

 

Any other ideas? 


omniscian

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Re: Linkstation LS-CH2 - slow torrent speeds
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2013, 07:16:38 AM »

Bump? I'm still no further forward with this. My speeds are now around 30kb/s and I'm not happy at all with the performance of it. 


pancho018

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Re: Linkstation LS-CH2 - slow torrent speeds
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2013, 10:30:32 AM »

are you getting the same speeds from your desktop?

 

is it possible your ISP has throttled your connection?

mine has a download cap during peak hours, 9am-9pm. so i set the scheduler to only download during this time.


pancho018

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Re: Linkstation LS-CH2 - slow torrent speeds
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2013, 06:38:57 PM »

i just had a similar problem actually.

ran a speed test and it returned a consistent 15Mbitss but torrents were topping out at 10kBs.

heres what i did

 

-copy the files from the _active torrents directory. and the _torrent_files into another folder on the drive.

-go into web admin and disable the bit torrent client.

-click on initialize bittorrent settings,

-re enable bittorrent client.

-move the files back to the _active folder

-re-add the torrents through the web ui.

-make sure they force- recheck.

 

that worked for me.