How To Speed Up Utorrent Download Speed
Imagine being on the autobahn with the accelerator down and then you realize that you are driving a wrecked car. The plight is not so uncommon on the information superhighway too.
Torrent users would attest to the fact that half of our time is spent looking for ‘healthy’ torrents and the other half trying to download (and a bit of upload too) at the maximum speed. The former is mandatory; the latter thankfully is within the realm of tweaking.
Download speed Down speed starts at 1.0MB/s then after 10 minutes or so it drops down to 1kb/s or stops altogether. Downloading from uTorrent is not the same as downloading files in your browser. There is a completely different process and there are many factors involved that may increase or decrease the speed of the download. Best Answer: With bit torrent download speeds depends on your connection and the number of seeders (up-loaders) and the number of leaches (downloaders) in the pool. The next time you download a torrent check to make sure that there are plenty of active seeders. The more seeders there are the faster the transfer will go the more leaches there are the slower it will go. Guys Today We Learn That “How To Boost Utorrent Speed” Just Follow These Steps. 1st Of All You Have Need Utorrent Software Download 1. Go To Preferences From.
Jump to Have you considered changing the download speed? - A menu will pop up. On the menu it will say 'maximum download speed' (or something. Downloading from uTorrent is not the same as downloading files in your browser. There is a completely different process and there are many factors involved that may increase or decrease the speed of the download.
If you are the one who thinks that your torrent download speeds could do with a boost then keep reading. Below, you’ll find a few tips on how to speed up torrent download speed. And if you’re new to Torrenting, don’t forget to check out the official MUO Torrent guide.
Note: MakeUseOf doesn’t condone the illegal use of torrents. Using torrents for illegal purposes is done entirely at your own risk. We assume no responsibility for any legal issues you may encounter.
Your ISP is where it starts
Check the maximum download and upload speeds allowed by your ISP. Most ISP’s have specific bandwidths for both uploads and downloads. Obviously your torrent download speed won’t cross the cap set by the ISP. Go over to Speed.io for broadband speed test and this article by Tina on ways to increase your connection speedIncrease the Speed of Your Internet ConnectionIncrease the Speed of Your Internet ConnectionRead More. There are many other bandwidth testers like DSLReports which is included in the speed test within uTorrent.
Choosing the right BitTorrent client
Use the better clients out there like uTorrent, Vuze or the BitTorrent client itself. Wikipedia lists about 51 of them supporting the BitTorrent protocol. The choice of client used should always be updated to the latest version. The screenshots here depict uTorrent. The settings should be similarly configurable for other clients too. Mac users shuld also check our Transmission vs. uTorrentTransmission vs uTorrent [Mac Only]Transmission vs uTorrent [Mac Only]Read More post
Go for healthy seeds and peers
A peer is any computer participating in the download and upload of a torrent file. A seed (or seeder) is anyone who has one complete copy of the file being shared across the torrent network. A leech (or a leecher) is the person who does not have the complete file yet but has joined the network to download it. A leecher becomes a seeder when he downloads the entire file and then shares it across the network.
For high torrent speeds, the best bet is in numbers. The greater the number of seeders, the healthier the torrent and the better the chance of higher speeds. The rule of thumb says to choose the torrent files with a high number of seeders and preferably lesser number of leechers i.e. a higher seed-leecher ratio.
Get through the firewall
Firewalls can block all incoming BitTorrent connections coming through. To ensure otherwise, a firewall should be manually configured to accept the connections and let it through the client. Windows XP has the Windows Firewall. Configure the firewall installed to accept the connections by checking the BitTorrent client on the allowed list i.e. Options – Preferences – Connection – check Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall. Also, check the Windows Firewall exception (if you keep it enabled) in your client too. Shutting down the firewall is not recommended as it leaves the computer open to attack.
Note: If the home computer is behind a router, it also should be configured through the feature called Port Range Forwarding to enable torrent traffic. The router documentation should have specific information on this.
Limit your upload rate
A peer to peer network is all about sharing alike, but an unlimited upload rate hits the download rate too. Using the speed tests, find out your maximum upload speed and then set your client’s upload rate (Global Upload Rate in uTorrent) to about 80% of your maximum upload speed. You can also try varying your upload speeds – keep it high initially and then gradually bring it down towards the middle of the download.
Note: Mind the speed units – it may be given in kilobits per second (kb/sec) or kilobytes per second (kB/sec). 1 kilobyte = 8 kilobit
Go to a different port
The default port for the BitTorrent protocol is any between port numbers 6881-6999. ISPs throttle traffic on these ports as BitTorrent sharing involves high bandwidth usage. It’s easy to configure a different port in your torrent client. Use some number above 10000 to get around ISPs and also avoid problems with other applications. By default, the uTorrent port is randomized each time it starts. Set a specific port by not enabling the Randomize Port setting.
Increase the number of Max Half Open TCP connections
This figure specifies how many connections a torrent client should attempt to establish simultaneously at any given time. Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or newer, limits this to a default of 10 as a barrier against virus multiplication. But that’s a bummer for torrent speeds as torrents too need a large number of simultaneous connections.
A patch has been available for a while from LvlLord which modifies the TCPIP.sys file in Windows to allow a higher number of TCP connections.
After running the patch, you have to set the number of connections in your torrent client. For example, in uTorrent go to Options – Preferences – Advanced – net.max_halfopen. Set any number from 50 to 100. But see that net.max_halfopen is set lower than the value set in TCPIP.SYS. Always check if it is still patched because Windows updates sometimes overwrite it.
Experiment with Protocol Encryption
Some ISPs love to act like Big Brothers and constrict bandwidth for P2P protocols. Protocol Encryption in most of the torrent clients helps to override this bandwidth shaping. Enable outgoing protocol encryption and put a checkmark on Allow Incoming Legacy Connections.
With protocol encryption, ISPs find it difficult if not impossible to detect that the traffic is coming from BitTorrent. Experiment with enabled, disabled and forced options because you could be getting better speeds with encryption disabled. Non-encryption makes a torrent connection compatible with someone who is not using encryption but as a minus it makes the torrent detectable to an ISP with a bandwidth restricting policy.
Bandwidth and connections
Your BitTorrent client’s settings options will let you enter figures for ““
Global maximum number of connections gives the maximum number of connections that a BitTorrent client can make for any P2P exchange. Setting this too high does NOT mean higher speeds. Setting it too high would take up useless bandwidth and too low a figure would miss out on peers. For my 256kbps connection, I have a setting of 130.
Maximum number of connected peers per torrent gives the maximum number of peers that a BitTorrent client can connect to for any P2P exchange. Experiment by setting this number close to the available peers for a particular torrent. For my 256kbps connection, I have a default setting of 70.
Number of upload slots per torrent gives the maximum number of peers that a BitTorrent client will upload to for any P2P exchange. A low setting may affect downloads. For my 256kbps connection, I have a setting of 3.
uTorrent has a Speed Guide which handily calculates the figures for a particular connection.
Some common sense
Most BitTorrent clients allow us to view the individual files in a download. You can selectively disable the download of files you don’t think necessary.
https://Rogers-Anyplace-Tv-App-For-Mac.peatix.com/. Familiarize yourself with the customization settings of your particular client available in the Help files or at the website FAQs.
How To Speed Up Utorrent Download Speed Pc
Some useful resources:
BitTorrent User Guide
uTorrent FAQ
Vuze FAQ
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Is there a limit to this? What I mean is if I have a 15 mbp/s internet connection, then I am currently getting a 1.2-1.6 mbp/s downloading speed, does it get any higher? When I test my internet speed test in speedtest.com, I get around 11.7 mbp/s, it means if I divide it by 8, my maximum downloading speed will be around 1.5 mbp/s. I did the steps you've written above and I can't see any difference in speed.
helped me get from 0.5 mb/s to 2.5mb/s
thanks a lot
lol decreased my speed from 60 kB to 10KB
Thanks for your time but to be honest i got nothing out of it, I'm still no better off cheers
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is the upload speed should maximum..???
to complete the download fasterWTF!!!This didn't increase my download speed but instead decreased it from 95 kbps to 1 kbps
Thanks for the tips..it was well written and it really helped me to increase my torrent speed..
thanks a lot for the tips. I really don't like the second half of the tips. so plz make them user friendly.
damn works!
Better way is to use trackers to increase torrent speed . just add them to the existing torrents . here is how to
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enjoy .
Terrible guide.
i had 1.5 mb/s download speed but suddenly dropt to 1.0 kb/s, and is not increasing. :(
great guy .thnxs so much
Its really good,thaks
Thanks man, great guide. Enabling outgoing encyption instantly brought me from less than 120kb/s to a constantly 280!
Awesome guide ! After changing some options which you stated my DL jumped from 15kbs to 190kbs ! ! My 3gig DL isnt gonna take 2 weeks anymore. <3
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Hay nice post keep it up man :)
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nice post. i'll try this too =)
i am a little new to torrents but i am running utorrent and bit torrent i use the same torrent download on both programs and split the files for both. this seems to help the files out.
Interesting tips.
For movies, I'd recommend using VideoLan to watch the a partially downloaded file, so you can check what is really coming down to you hard disk.
I remember this one time when an allegedly piece of software turned out to be a XXX movie. (Which I erased immediately, of course).
Not really a speed-up tip itself, but can save your time and bandwith for other downloads.
By the way.. What is it with all this CSI fever about which text is hiding in the blurred image?
DM
Thanks..I follow the tip you mentioned..though I preferably do not download split and rar-ed files.
y'all should try Deluge. it's an underappreciated but kickass torrent client. fast, lightweight core functionality with extensibility via optional plugins. its claim to fame is being notably resistant to Comcast's torrent throttling.
number three shows some blurred out text. It's not blurred out good enough. The movie is Seven Pounds and the one with the highest seeds reads 'Seven Pounds[2008]DvDrip-aXXo'
Not that it's a surprise that the highest seeds of a dvdrip belong to aXXo. Point is blur a little more guys
Biggest help for torrent downloading behind a router, open the port you're using in step #6 on your router. This can mean the difference between 60 and 600KBps easily.
The item number 7, Increase the number of Max Half Open TCP connections, is only for windows XP.
For vista see the following:
aadhu.com/2008/01/09/increase-vista-tcpip-max-connections/
mydigitallife.info/2008/12/31/tcp-z-free-download-half-open-tcpip-memory-patcher-for-x86-and-x64-windows-7-vista-and-xp/
Good work! But does anyone have tips about how to tweak Vuze under Leopard?
I found Vuze to be much faster than any other client i use on Mac, but i don't know why.
It's funny, you have a section at the end called 'some common sense' but haven't used any when making your guide. Specifically point 7.
But that’s a bummer for torrent speeds as torrents too need a large number of simultaneous connections.
is the bas assumption
It does, yes, but 8 connections being established at any one time is PLENTY. At best, you'll gain by this 5-8 seconds over the ENTIRE torrent, all in the first 60 seconds. On the other hand, the amount of people that need help with their system, because they've applied this 'patch' (needlessly) and its screwed up their TCP stack, means theres often quite a few every day that come to the µTorrent IRC channel, looking for help.This 'patch' doesn't help, and isn't needed, unless your connection is over 50Mbit upload, where it MIGHT be needed.
Go ahead giving bad advice though, because what does it matter to you? Its people like me, and the utorrent support staff that end up cleaning up your mess.
Something to note, though most modern torrent clients allow 'selective downloading' of files (I.E. pick what you want only) - this hurts the torrent life as a whole..for example, if everyone is just loading up the latest 'Boy Band torrent, and selecting to download only 'That Hit Song They Heard on MTV'...
Use the new utorrent 1.9 beta. with UTP.. Very Fast!.
Protocol encryption won't help. The nature of the traffic itself identifies the protocol. It's a bit like having a stealth fighter with a radar signal the size of a seagull, but how many seagulls travel at over mach one?
rtorrent
Teehee DSL Reports. it hasn't been called that for years! It's BroadbandReports.com now, and has been for a good 3-4 years :P
If you are using Utorrent set your upload speed to 6kbps, setting it to 5 will limit your download speed but 6kbps won't.
I hope you turn the UL speed back to 'unlimited' or whatever after the download is finished otherwise it's not a very nice tip ;)
For point #1, you might make use of the recently made public M-Lab tools. You can test your ISP for speed and protocol limiting.
404techsupport.com/2009/01/29/m-lab-isps-finally-with-metrics
Another great post by the team. Thanks guys! :D
I used Tip #9 and it inmediately boosted my download speed from 26kbps to 32kbps.
Thanks!
is this a joke? A patch from LvlLord is a freaking virus.
awesomeThat's what is called a false positive according to the site and many forums too.This is what the site itself says -
Some AntiVir Software vendors added the patcher into their virus-definitions. The patcher is often detected as 'Tool/EvID'. But as a first info:
The patcher ist NO VIRUS.
Some virus and trojanwriter uses the same technique to increase the limit. After that its easier for them to spread to other computers in the internet. This runs without knowledge of the user. So he is not informed about what's going on.
With the patcher here, every user can decide on his own if he wants to change the file and if yes how high the limit should be. Also the user will be warned if he chooses to high limits, as already infected machines will spread existent viruses and trojans easier to the net. So everybody can choose on its own and is not forced to. The patcher itself does not contain malware.
The virus-notification therefore should be seen as an information that this program contains the functionality to increase the limit. If that program is not known or has not been installed you can delete it.
The torrents in your screenshot are for Seven Pounds with Will Smith. Next time try solid blocks of color to obscure text.
is this james bond? how did you decipher such a complex code
no one cares
Thanks for posting those tips. I have been looking for such tip from quite some time. It would be helpful if post similar article on viewing Youtube videos faster also.
That's an idea. Thanks Vansy..will work on that.
This is a great guide, should help out the newbies definitely!
Some torrent users commonly experience slow download speeds, and a number of factors could contribute to that problem. One possibly overlooked reason has to do with the ports on which the P2P traffic is operating.
Since a particular BitTorrent port has to be open on both the router and the firewall to facilitate incoming as well as outgoing traffic, users who have both of these might not be using the correct settings to get the most out of their downloads.
The issue is having a firewall that's blocking incoming BitTorrent connections that are needed to share files. Given the load-balancing and swarming nature of BitTorrent, clients unable to take incoming requests for uploads are usually allowed less bandwidth for downloads.
How To Speed Up Utorrent Download Speeds
What Is the Best Port for Torrenting?
A torrent client sets up a network resource called a port that allows other BitTorrent clients to connect to it. Each port possesses a unique number called the TCP port number. The client normally associates the 6881 port.
However, if this port is busy for some reason, it will instead try successively higher ports (6882, 6883, and so on, up to 6999). In order for outside BitTorrent clients to reach the client, they have to be able to traverse your network through the port that the client is using.
The router and the firewall both determine whether or not this action is possible since both can be set to open and block ports. For instance, if the client has assigned port 6883 for uploading data but the firewall or router, or both, is blocking that port, traffic can't move through it in order to share torrent data.
How to Speed Up BitTorrent Clients
Most firewall programs let you choose which ports can be open and closed. Similarly, you can set up port forwarding on a router so that it will accept the traffic through the designated port and then forward those requests to the computer that's running the torrent client.
For BitTorrent, many home users set up port forwarding on the TCP range 6881–6889. These ports must be directed to the computer running the BitTorrent client. If more than one computer on the network might run BitTorrent, a different range like 6890–6899 or 6990–6999 can be used for each. Remember that BitTorrent uses ports in the 6881–6999 range only.
The router, firewall software, and torrent client all have to agree on the port that's used for BitTorrent traffic. In other words, even if the router and client software are configured to use the same port, the firewall could still be blocking it and preventing traffic.
Other Factors That Slow Down Torrenting
Some ISPs throttle or even completely block P2P traffic. If your ISP does this, you might consider using an online torrent client like Put.io so that the traffic is seen as regular HTTP traffic, not BitTorrent.
Another way to stop your ISP from blocking P2P traffic is to access the internet through a VPN service that supports torrents.
Your physical or wireless connection might be the problem. If you're downloading torrents from a wireless computer, consider using a wired connection or sitting in a room just next to the wireless router to mitigate any signal degradation.
Low available bandwidth on the network is another possible reason for torrents to upload or download slowly. A limited amount of data can be uploaded and downloaded at any given time, and when the limit is reached, every device using the network experiences slow speeds. The only way around this problem is for other devices to stop using the network, or for the network to be upgraded to support more bandwidth.
Along those same lines, another tip to download torrents faster is to download only one torrent at a time. When you run several torrent downloads simultaneously, each torrent effectively downloads more slowly than if they were running individually.
Prioritizing torrents is one way to keep all your downloads running but keep one at the top of the list so that the client reserves enough computer power to download that one first. Most torrent programs support this feature.
If the torrent you're downloading has too little a number of seeders, then there aren't enough sources from which to download the file. Look for the torrent elsewhere with more seeders, or wait for more users to upload the file so that you can download it.
A computer that's slow overall, and therefore also slow at downloading torrents, might be infected with malware or might need some of its running programs shut down to free up system resources.