Transmission speed throttling in OSMC

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Hi there!

I finished setting up my Rpi 3 B+ with OSMC. I got everything working great except transmission. I’ve tried with multiple torrents varying in size from different trackers. The same thing happens. It connects to peers, speed jumps to 2-3 MB/s, stays there for a few seconds, then it throttles down to speeds in the kB/s range, sometimes to 0. Stays there a few seconds, jumps back up to 3 MB/s. It makes downloading anything a hassle.

I’ve checked my transmission settings, the speed is not limited, no maximum speed, no nothing. I tried wired connection&wireless, does the same thing. I tried operating it on a single port(no random port) and opened that port on my router. Did not influence it one bit. Nothing changes. I am downloading to a USB Kingston DataTraveler DT106/64GB stick that was formatted to Ext4.

My internet connection is really good, I have no limitations from my ISP and any torrent downoalds without any issues on my PC.

Any ideas? Thank you for your attention.

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Hi,

Are you using a vpn?

Thanks Tom.

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Hi. No VPN whatsoever.

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Hi,

Wired or wifi.

is the DataTraveler DT106 connected to a usb powered hub? If it isn’t this would be the next I would try.

Thanks Tom.

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Wired right now, tried wi-fi also and the same issue occurs. The stick is directly connected to the Raspberry’s USB port. Wouldn’t using a hub slow things down even more? Directly seems like the better choice, no? Thanks

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No, a good powered hub will not slow things down. Directly can be a problem as the stick may be drawing to much power.

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Ah, ok. Hadn’t thought about the power draw… But wouldn’t the hub be connected to the Rpi and in the end draw the same amount of power? I’m sorry if this is a stupid question

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Not a powered hub. It has a separate power supply.

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Oh, ok, I see. Didn’t even know those were a thing. Ok, might try one of those. I just tried downloading directly to the OS SD card. The same thing happens…

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You can test the speed of the stick like this:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/stick/test.file count=10M status=progress

That will simulate copying a 5GB file to the drive. Don’t forget to remove test.file when you are done.

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Will give that test a go. I also tried with a separate Sandisk 16gb stick. Same thing…

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Yeah, it’s definitely a power problem. Tried transferring files through SAMBA from my PC. The same thing happens with the speed. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction!

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Did you try the dd test that I suggested? That will help narrow down the problem. The test you did via SMB still could be another problem, like networking.

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Hi,

Please confirm are you using an official pi powersupply?

Also it may have developed a fault, it may worth trying another one.

Thanks Tom.

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Will be trying this today, for now I am locked out of OSMC while trying to set up UFW and now I can’t SSH. Can’t even access the console locally with a keyboard. I tried Exit - Wait for splashscreen - Hit Esc. But no splashscreen appears, it just boots directly into OSMC after showing a black screen for 30 sec. So think I’ll have to format and reinstall…

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Yep, I am using an offical pi power supply. I will be buying a new raspberry soon so I’ll see if the problem persists with that one also.

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Hi again. I’m sorry for the delay, but I finally did the test. It started at 50MB/s and went down to about 12-13 MB/s. Here are my results:

5368709120 bytes (5.4 GB, 5.0 GiB) copied, 404.577 s, 13.3 MB/s

What do you think?