Torrent speed issues - uTorrent

[billf1 1]

I am having major speed issues when downloading torrents.  It seems kind of hit or miss, sometimes they run fun, and I am getting acceptable speeds (1.5 Mbps +) and all of my other browsing is normal.  But lately, the last few days, when I have torrents trying to download, I will get speeds only ~ 10kbps, when this happens, I also cannot access anything on the internet - pages just say they failed to load (so I cannot run a speed test wile this is going on.  If I pause ALL torrents, the internet seems to be able to load some simple pages but very slowly, if I STOP the torrents, my internet speeds jump right back up to normal (~13.25 Mbps down 4 Mbps up).

 

When I first start a torrent after having been stopped, I will normally get about 30 seconds of decent download speeds, and this issues re-arises.

 

I have my uTorrent port static and specified as a forwarded port per the other conversations I have seen.  Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

 

I have downloaded other torrents when not connected to AirVPN and I do not see this issue, only when connected to the VPN.

[OpenSourcerer 1442]

We miss your logs in spoiler tags, therefore, we miss all the software info of your setup (OS, client) and all the hints to solve your problem. See my signature for a How-To.

[billf1 1]

[spoiler]I 2016.03.05 07:06:51 - Session starting.

. 2016.03.05 07:06:51 - Shell of 'cmd.exe','/c ipconfig /flushdns' done sync in 47 ms

I 2016.03.05 07:06:51 - IPv6 disabled.

I 2016.03.05 07:06:51 - Checking authorization ...

! 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - Connecting to Enif (Canada, Toronto, Ontario)

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[ui]: stunnel 5.17 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu platform

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[ui]: Compiled/running with OpenSSL 1.0.2a 19 Mar 2015

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[ui]: Threading:WIN32 Sockets:SELECT,IPv6 TLS:ENGINE,OCSP,PSK,SNI

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[ui]: Reading configuration from file C:\Users\Bill\AppData\Local\AirVPN\c995fec69bae3be549182a903c425dd3088e8dcc82f0062890a2621f544600ae.tmp.ssl

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[ui]: UTF-8 byte order mark not detected

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG6[ui]: Initializing service [openvpn]

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[ui]: Configuration successful

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > OpenVPN 2.3.8 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [sSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [iPv6] built on Aug 13 2015

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2d 9 Jul 2015, LZO 2.08

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:3100

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > Control Channel Authentication: tls-auth using INLINE static key file

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[0]: Service [openvpn] accepted connection from 127.0.0.1:15410

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG6[0]: Failover strategy: round-robin

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG6[0]: s_connect: connecting 104.254.90.244:443

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > Socket Buffers: R=[8192->131072] S=[8192->131072]

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:65267 [nonblock]

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > TCP connection established with [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:65267

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > TCPv4_CLIENT link local: [undef]

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:65267

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[0]: s_connect: connected 104.254.90.244:443

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[0]: Service [openvpn] connected remote server from 192.168.1.67:15411

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG6[0]: SNI: sending servername: 104.254.90.244

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG6[0]: CERT: Locally installed certificate matched

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[0]: Certificate accepted at depth=0: C=IT, ST=Italy, L=Perugia, O=AirVPN, OU=stunnel, CN=stunnel.airvpn.org, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG6[0]: SSL connected: new session negotiated

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG6[0]: Negotiated TLSv1.2 ciphersuite ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256-bit encryption)

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - OpenVPN > TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:65267, sid=c9e3b54a c91f3376

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=airvpn.org CA, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > Validating certificate key usage

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > ++ Certificate has key usage  00a0, expects 00a0

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > VERIFY KU OK

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > Validating certificate extended key usage

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > VERIFY EKU OK

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=server, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 4096 bit RSA

. 2016.03.05 07:06:53 - OpenVPN > [server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:65267

. 2016.03.05 07:06:55 - OpenVPN > SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)

. 2016.03.05 07:06:55 - OpenVPN > PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp,dhcp-option DNS 10.50.0.1,comp-lzo no,route-gateway 10.50.0.1,topology subnet,ping 10,ping-restart 60,ifconfig 10.50.4.84 255.255.0.0'

. 2016.03.05 07:06:55 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified

. 2016.03.05 07:06:55 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: LZO parms modified

. 2016.03.05 07:06:55 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified

. 2016.03.05 07:06:55 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified

. 2016.03.05 07:06:55 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified

. 2016.03.05 07:06:55 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified

. 2016.03.05 07:06:55 - OpenVPN > do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0

. 2016.03.05 07:06:55 - OpenVPN > open_tun, tt->ipv6=0

. 2016.03.05 07:06:56 - OpenVPN > TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection 2] opened: \\.\Global\{79732CB0-DABF-4791-8E02-C8A6376FE812}.tap

. 2016.03.05 07:06:56 - OpenVPN > TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.21

. 2016.03.05 07:06:56 - OpenVPN > Set TAP-Windows TUN subnet mode network/local/netmask = 10.50.0.0/10.50.4.84/255.255.0.0 [sUCCEEDED]

. 2016.03.05 07:06:56 - OpenVPN > Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.50.4.84/255.255.0.0 on interface {79732CB0-DABF-4791-8E02-C8A6376FE812} [DHCP-serv: 10.50.255.254, lease-time: 31536000]

. 2016.03.05 07:06:56 - OpenVPN > Successful ARP Flush on interface [15] {79732CB0-DABF-4791-8E02-C8A6376FE812}

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > TEST ROUTES: 2/2 succeeded len=1 ret=1 a=0 u/d=up

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 127.0.0.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=25 and dwForwardType=4

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 192.168.1.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1 IF 14

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=25 and dwForwardType=4

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.50.0.1

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=20 and dwForwardType=4

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 128.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.50.0.1

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=20 and dwForwardType=4

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 104.254.90.244 MASK 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: The object already exists.   [status=5010 if_index=14]

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > Route addition fallback to route.exe

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - Starting Management Interface

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - OpenVPN > Initialization Sequence Completed

I 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - DNS of a network adapter forced (TP-LINK 300Mbps Wireless N Adapter)

I 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - DNS of a network adapter forced (TAP-Windows Adapter V9)

I 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - Flushing DNS

. 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - Shell of 'cmd.exe','/c ipconfig /flushdns' done sync in 31 ms

I 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - Checking route

I 2016.03.05 07:07:01 - Checking DNS

! 2016.03.05 07:07:02 - Connected.

. 2016.03.05 07:07:02 - OpenVPN > MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:3100

. 2016.03.05 07:07:02 - OpenVpn Management > >INFO:OpenVPN Management Interface Version 1 -- type 'help' for more info[/spoiler]

[zhang888 1066]

if I STOP the torrents, my internet speeds jump right back up to normal

 

Just a sign that you might want to switch to a sane BT client, such as qBittorrent.

[OpenSourcerer 1442]

Your spoilers don't work. Try upgrading your browser. Helped one user in the past.

. 2016.03.05 07:06:52 - SSL > 2016.03.05 07:06:52 LOG5[ui]: stunnel 5.17 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu platform

In Eddie, go to Settings > Protocols and select Protocol UDP, port 443. SSL can impact performance of OpenVPN.

If the issue still persists:

. 2016.03.05 07:06:56 - OpenVPN > TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.21

There are many users reporting performance issues with TAP 9.21 on Windows, especially with torrent clients. You could try a downgrade, How-To is, as always, in my signature.

[billf1 1]

It is early yet, but the TAP downgrade seems to have worked.  I tried the UDP 443 switch first, that did not do the trick (it did seem to take a little bit longer for my connection speed to crash, but it did still crash eventually).  This seems to be doing the trick.  I am now limited by the peers.

 

Thank you for the help.  I had not seen TAP mentioned on the other threads, and I would have not figured that out on my own for sure.

[OpenSourcerer 1442]

the TAP downgrade seems to have worked

 

Aaaaand one more report. Welcome to the club. Enjoy!