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Maximizing BitTorrent Speeds with uTorrent (Guide / Tutorial)
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Our top recommended BitTorrent client software, in order of preference is as follows
- µTorrent ( http://www.uTorrent.com/ ) (the number one choice)
- Azureus aka Vuze ( http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ ) (java based, but very popular too)
This guide will focus on the top most client, uTorrent. A quick rundown of its major features and we're talking SPEED here
- Peer Exchange
Obtains more peers for your downloading torrent in addition to trackers. Peer exchangechecks with other peers to see if they know of any other peers. More Peers = More Speed! (provided the peers are seeds and are not choked)
- Protocol Encryption, Half-Open Connections and uTP UDP Packet Protocol
This is the major speed booster if your Internet Service Provider (ISP) throttles BitTorrent traffic, allowing bypassing of ISP throttling. It can do wonders on torrents with high seeds and can give high speeds especially if your peers are using the top 3 clients I mentioned above, as those are the popular ones that support this standard.
A list of commonly known ISPs who throttle BitTorrent can be found here. You can even do an online test to verify if your ISP throttles BitTorrent connections.- Capping Upload Speed
Uploading data to other peers at full throttle will severely limit your download rate. This is one key element we have to adjust for a good download / upload ratio. Unless you are purely seeding and not using your computer for other tasks, limit your upload to 80% of full bandwidth.- Distributed Hash Table (DHT)
Similar to Peer Exchange, it also obtains more peers for you to download from. If the tracker is down, and the torrent is not private, you can depend on DHT to continue downloading!- Local Peer Discovery
Searches for peers with the same Internet Service Provider (ISP) as you. Connecting to a peer in the same network (or ISP) means you can get the maximum speeds from that peer, assuming he is generous with his uploads.
As of October 2009, the latest version is 1.8.4.
Getting to the file:
- Click on this download page - http://www.utorrent.com/downloads
- Click the big green image that says "Download Now".
- A dialog box should pop out. Choose to RUN it.
- If any security dialogs appear, click Run as we know this is a safe file.
The configuration part is where most people mess up. Most of us will just click through the dialogs accepting the default values. This may apply to some of us, but not the majority. The below installation guide uses uTorrent Version 1.8.3. Older versions may have some steps missing.
- Run the program. Ignore the security warning if any appears (Click Run) - we know perfectly well that the file is legitimate.
- You get the welcome screen when it runs:
Welcome screen (note: version number may be different if you have a newer/older version)
Click Next. A scam warning will appear due to many people being tricked into paying for utorrent which is supposed to be free.
Anyway, click Next.- New to utorrent version 1.8.3 - a license agreement! This used to be as a link in the Install location.
License Agreement
Read the mambo jambo. You must click I Agree to continue if not the installation will not continue.- It will give the following dialog:
Choose Install Location
You want the program to be easily accessible, don't you? Click Next > and the shortcut will be created in your desktop, quick launch and start menu, as well as installing it to a permanent location.- uTorrent Setup asks your permission to associate with files:
Configuration
All are fine except for the last one - 'Start utorrent when Windows starts up'. This used to be optional but with version 1.8.3 onwards, utorrent is set by default to start along when Windows starts. This may irk some users, especially if you pay for Internet Access by the megabyte. How? If you close uTorrent after you are done with it without deleting the torrent and restart your computer, utorrent starts in the background and continues leeching and seeding the torrents.
Bottom line? If your Internet Access is unlimited, leave the checkbox checked. Otherwise, uncheck the last box.- The latest releases of uTorrent now come bundled with Ask.Com Toolbar:
Ask Toolbar
This is NOT required, 100% optional and will NOT affect your download/upload speeds. Installing this will insert a Ask.Com Toolbar in Internet Explorer and Firefox (if you have it).
So why is uTorrent including Ask.com Toolbar? Because it gets paid for every installation and is a means of some revenue for the company. So it is entirely up to you whether you want it. If you find that you don't like it later on, you can remove the toolbar from Add/Remove programs later on without affecting uTorrent.
Make your desired checkmarks and click Install- This step only applies for versions older than utorrent v1.8.2. It ensures that utorrent is set to handle all torrent files automatically.
Making uTorrent the default application for torrent files
Click Yes. On current versions of uTorrent, this is done automatically.- And the next dialog box is the most important step
uTorrent Speed Guide
Now the value that we are interested in right now is the Upload Limit in kB/s (also known as 'KBps'). If you have trouble understanding your speed, consider this: Internet Explorer shows download speed as KBps when you download a file.
There is a big difference between 5Kbps and 5KBps. Make sure you got the right values in KBps (not kbps, the cAsE of 'b' matters) . Use Google Calculator if you need help with conversions.- Click the (Current Settings) drop down
Preset Speed Settings on clicking Current Settings
The authors of uTorrent have been very helpful in providing a list of predefined values. Your connection should be near to one of the above categories. "xx/384k" means that your download is unlimited and your upload is limited to 384kbps (which is 48KBps by Google Calculator).
With your results of the speed test you did above, select the closest upload speed from the list. uTorrent immediately adjusts the "Affected Settings" area with recommended values for your upload speed. We're not finished yet.
Note: The default download speed in utorrent is Unlimited. Even if your download is limited in some way, it is always better to leave it at unlimited to get maximum download speeds. However, if you need to limit your download speeds, right-click the utorrent icon on the system tray (bottom right), click Download Limit and set accordingly. You can also set this in the Preferences dialog.
Note: uTorrent randomly generates a port number in Current Port. This guide assumes the port number to be 55641 - but you can substitute it with the number uTorrent shows.- Port forwarding is also important. Click on "Test if port is forwarded properly" to run the test. If you have trouble running the test, it could be due to one or more of the following reasons:
- Home Router
If you are running a router (sometimes called wireless access point) at home, you will have to configure it to route all TCP / UDP BitTorrent traffic to port 55641 to your computer. If so, visit this page for a guide on how to port forward. Click the router you are using and follow instructions. When following the guide and the router asks for a range of ports to forward, simply specify 55641 to 55641 (remember to substitute it with the actual port number you are using).- Personal Firewall
If you are running a firewall software such as Norton Internet Security, Norton 360, Kaspersky, ZoneAlarm, etc, then configure your firewall such that uTorrent has access to port 55641. This is normally accomplished by starting up utorrent. The firewall should spring up an access alert. Simply select the option to "Always Allow" to allow the program to access the Internet. Messages such as "utorrent wants to act as a server" or "utorrent is attempting to listen for connections" must be allowed as well. In fact, if the program in question is utorrent, you should always check "Allow" no matter what request it is.
Windows Firewall Users
uTorrent will automatically configure Windows Firewall for you so there is no action needed from you.- Corporate Firewall
Are you running this software in a corporate network? Bad news - you have to inform the admin that you want the port to be directed to your computer. The good news - you can still go by without port forwarding, but speeds will not be optimal.- Utorrent.Com Port Forward Checking Website has a problem
Yes, especially if you are accessing the Internet through a transparent proxy that your ISP forces you to use. This simply means that the website is checking for open ports at the wrong computer. To verify if this is the case, uTorrent port checker runs an alternative port checker at port 16000, which you can access by using the form below:
Sometimes the utorrent port checker server may be down - you may get 'page cannot be displayed' or a blank page 'unable to connect' if this is so. If this is the case, the only way to check is to run the actual torrent.
Having done all the above, if the website still says that it has problems accessing the port, the ultimate test will be when we do a test file downloading. For now, let's click on Use Selected Settings.
We need to start a simple download, and the one that will be using is a 650MB file of Ubuntu! It is a perfectly legal and free file to download. We will be downloading this file purely for testing and delete it later on (as it is of no use to us)
- Minimize uTorrent for now. Notice that it resides on the system tray (bottom right) automatically.
- Click to http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/.
- Look at the column labeled "complete". Find the row with the largest value. A quick way is to scroll down and scan for a 3 digit figure in that column.
- Now download the torrent - click the link in the 2nd column of that row
- You should get this dialog:
The IE6 "Save As" Box for torrent files
This is the metadata file, it contains information on the file you want to download eventually. That is why the file size is so small. We want uTorrent to automatically start downloading it, so click Open.
NOTE: The "Name and Type" may differ on your system. This is normal, as Ubuntu is frequently updated
NOTE: If the Open button does not appear, save the file in your desktop. Then start utorrent, File > Open torrent and open the torrent you saved. Delete the torrent file in the desktop as uTorrent automatically makes a copy of it.- The file opens with uTorrent which automatically pops up this dialog
Add New Torrent dialog box
All values are automatically filled in for you. Here is also where you select files that you don't want to download - if the download has many files which in this case is not. Remember where the file is stored in "Save As", or save it in a different location that is more convenient for you.
All looking good, click OK.
Click on the Ubuntu torrent (the only item in the list) to view more information on it. You will see all the values at the bottom suddenly burst with activity!
uTorrent with one torrent downloadingLooks like the torrent has a total of 42 seeds and 4 downloaders. 42 seeds is a lot (but some torrents can have 1000+ seeds, depending on popularity) and it means you should get the full file in no time! A seed is a term used to refer to peers who have downloaded and are sharing the complete file.
However, after running for 5 minutes, the speed refuses to go above 20 KB/s, which is not possible for a highly seeded torrent. Could it be our ISP throttling?
uTorrent by default disables protocol encryption. We need to enable this so that the ISP's packet shaping hardware will detect our BitTorrent traffic as normal traffic and hopefully let it pass.
- Click on Options, Preferences.
- Click on BitTorrent.
- You should get a dialog similar to one below
Bittorrent Preferences Dialog Box- The one we are concerned about is Protocol Encryption. Set the Outgoing to Enabled.
- Click on Advanced on the left column.
- If you did NOT patch your TCPIP.sys to allow more concurrent half-open connections above, SKIP this step.
Advanced Settings Dialog Box
Change "net.max_halfopen" value to 50 by selecting the line, modifying the value at the bottom to 50 and clicking Set.
NOTE: It is normal for a asterisk(*) to appear. This is to indicate that the value has been changed from the default value.From uTorrent version 1.8.3 onwards, a new UDP protocol named uTP was introduced which sends UDP packets as well as TCP packets. The main benefit is that it provides a new avenue of bypassing ISP throttling limits resulting in a more efficient torrent swarm.
- At the same Advanced screen, Change "bt.transp_disposition" value to 255 by selecting the line, modifying the value at the bottom to 255 and clicking Set.
- Click OK. Stop all torrents (red stop button on toolbar on top), wait 10 seconds, and Start the torrent (green play button on toolbar). Now let's watch the speeds.
Hopefully, the above changes will improve speeds. Ultimately, it depends on the number of seeders and peers with high upload rate. Remember, you must upload to enjoy good download rates, but not so high that it affects download speed. Experiment.
This part only applies for public torrents. It is useless for private torrents as they specifically prohibit sharing with other trackers.
The tip: Look for more public tracker servers that have the file. However, this tip does not work for torrents that are private i.e. the DHT Status field shows 'not allowed' for the torrent.
Before:
Only one tracker under TrackersAfter getting the same torrent from ISOHunt.com (a site that consolidates multiple trackers into one torrent file)
Many tracker servers!Needless to say, the speed increased tenfold!
How do I find similar torrents?
The easiest way is
- Highlight the row of the torrent by clicking on the torrent name
- Click on the General tab below
- There should be a field labeled Hash near to the bottom with a string of 40 alphanumeric characters. Right-click the value of this and click Copy.
Hash value of a torrent- Go to ISOHunt.com
- Paste the value into the search box. To paste the value, right-click the search box, and click Paste. Click Search.
- There should only be one result. Click that result and download the torrent.
- You should get the box below. If not, you are downloading a wrong or different torrent. The torrent must be exactly the same except for the tracker servers.
uTorrent warns you when you are adding the same torrent. Just click Yes to load the trackers from it
You can also search Google with the torrent hash and download similar torrents.
Optimize your TCP settings. Speedguide.net provides a free utility to make this step as easy as cake. We also have a mirror of the file.
WINDOWS VISTA USERS: Windows Vista / Windows 7 is not listed to be compatible with this as of May 2009. However, there are many reports on the net that it works and that it will need to be combined with the Disable Auto Tuning to make the registry changes effective. Personally, I recommend against using this if you are a Windows Vista user.
TCP Optimizer Main WindowSteps to optimize your internet connection.
- First, download and extract the files to any folder.
- Double-click on the TCPOptimizer application in the folder to launch it
- At the bottom of the window, click "Optimal Settings"
- At the top of the window, select your connection speed. If you are not sure, run the speed test. Use the value that you get for the Download field (which is in kb/s) and set the slider to it.
- If you are using ADSL, check with your Internet Service Provider whether it is based on PPPoE or PPPoA. You may also be able to obtain the information via your router's homepage.
- Click 'Apply Changes' at the bottom of the window.
- Ensure that 'Backup' is checked and click OK at the next confirmation box that appears.
- Once the changes are done, reboot your system.
Pointers 3 - 7, 9 and 14 below have the potential to affect your speeds **negatively**. Experiment.
- There should be a green tick at the bottom, not a exclamation mark as below.
Unconnectable situation
If uTorrent keeps showing this even after 5 minutes, check the possible causes.- To get more peers, right-click the entry on the list, and click Update Tracker (disabled, grayed out and throttled in utorrent 1.8 - you need to wait for some time). Do this especially if you are on a private tracker before you exit the application, so that your ratio is maintained.
- Setting a high upload can sometimes slow down a fast torrent. For example, in our ADSL connection, if I do upload at 10KB/s I can get up to 350KB/s. If I upload at 30KB/s, the download speed gets limited to 200KB/s. The total upload available to me is 60KB/s.
This is where you have to experiment by setting a low upload rate (from 10 at Options > Preferences > Bandwidth > Maximum upload rate) and watching if the speeds increase for 5 minutes, especially if the torrent is heavily seeded.
But remember, you must upload in order for peers to share their downloaded data with you. It is possible to set a very low upload, but the chance of peers sending you their data will decrease, pulling down your download speed.- Some people have reported speed increases by setting the peer.lazy_bitfield setting to false in Options > Preferences > Advanced. However, in our case, it lowered the speeds.
- Change the Options > Preferences > Bittorrent > Protocol Encryption to Forced. This will force encryption on all outgoing packets and will not fallback to un-encrypted mode if the peer refuses to co-operate. Good to connect to only encryption-enabled peers. Avoid doing this for torrents with low peers/seeds.
- Remove the check for Options > Preferences > Bittorrent > Protocol Encryption > Allow Incoming Legacy Connections. This will make all your outgoing and incoming packets fully encrypted, except for tracker communications. Peers who are using a torrent software that doesn't support encryption are dropped. Avoid doing this for torrents with low peers/seeds.
- Private trackers, especially those that specifically tell utorrent to disable DHT (effectively disabling Peer Exchange and Local Peer Discovery too), can affect speeds negatively. You can tell if the torrent is private by selecting the torrent and looking at the DHT value. If it says "disabled", it is a private torrent.
That said, the main reason private trackers exist is because they enforce sharing rules that tries to prevent a person from downloading a torrent and running off without uploading back the same amount of data he downloaded.
For new and popular torrents on such trackers, you may be able to get good speeds as everyone will be trying to increase their upload/download ratio. Again, experiment. The key point here is the seeds/leechers ratio and the popularity of them in public and private trackers.- Check the Availability column for the torrent. If it is less than 1, chances are that the torrent is new and the original uploader is still uploading. However, if it remains at a value less than 1 (eg, 0.98) for more than a day, either the torrent does not have seeds or it is fake. (Thanks TTbarDJ)
- Some people have reported speed increases using an older version of utorrent, specifically utorrent version 1.6. You can download it and try it instead.
- Reset your internet connection by switching off and on the modem and router (if applicable).
- Download the latest network driver, uninstall the current one and install back the latest network driver you downloaded by using Device Manager in Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager.
- Make sure you did not set a download limit accidentally! Many people unknowingly set the download limit when they actually intended to set the upload limit in the right-click menu of the tray icon. To check, Options > Preferences > Bandwidth > Maximum download rate > Set to "0" > OK
- Some people use software such as Peer Guardian or Protowall to 'protect' from spy computers. At last check, Peer Guardian blocks about 773,125,915 out of 4,294,967,296 possible IPv4 addresses. That is about 18% of the whole Internet World Wide Web! Which means lesser peers and that means lower speeds! For the protection it claims to offer, speed is a compromise.
- Increase the number of connections in Options > Preferences > Bandwidth > Number of Connections. Experiment by increasing the number of global/max connections in steps of 25.
- Windows Vista users! Disabling TCP/IP Auto Tuning helped improve speeds for some people
- Click Start.
- In the box at the bottom, type CMD and do NOT press Enter. You should see CMD come up on the list as shown below:
CMD shows when you type CMD in the box below- RIGHT-click the icon and click "Run As Administrator"
- A "User Account Control" box should spring up. Click Continue
- Type this into the prompt: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disable
- You should get a "Ok." response.
- Restart your system.
- If you have a proxy server such as a local ISP one, using it has helped many people improve their speeds. Go to Options > Preferences > Connection. Under 'Proxy Server', select the Type as HTTP and specify your proxy and port. Check the box 'Use proxy server for peer-to-peer connections'. Press OK and restart uTorrent.
Good luck! It all boils down to Experimenting.
The following tips were posted in the comments below and found to be useful for some readers. You can try them out too.
- Jen says: If Utorrent is really slow on Vista (on my computer everything was really slow... I.E, Outlook) try disabling IPv6. Go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing Centre. Click on view Status for your connection, then properties and uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) then OK it etc. I didn't need to restart Utorrent or do anything else. The download I was on jumped from 5k right up to 200.
- Jen says: Another one and it's really simple! I spent many an evening trying like hell to get my torrents to run faster and wasn't getting anywhere. a couple of weeks ago my ex was trying to download at 8pm and he was getting DL speeds like a 512 connection trouble is he's on an 8mb line. We couldn't figure it out and quite randomly whilst trying to figure it I checked the TOC for his ISP it turned out they restrict bandwidth at certain times, in his case 6pm to 9pm. Obviously I checked my ISP and mine is set 7pm to 10pm.
- Geeman says: I noticed drastic increased speed by increasing the disk cache size (Options > Preferences > Advanced > Disk Cache > Override automatic cache size > (set to higher number)
- Masterkio says: Change the following in the Advanced tab of uTorrent preferences peer. disconnect_inactive_interval from 300 to 600. You should be able to get a little bit more speed by doing this.
- ColdBurn says: Download only a single torrent at one time. At uTorrent > Options > Preferences > Bandwidth, set 'Global maximum number of connections' and 'Maximum number of connected peers per torrent' to 375.
1) What are the good/best ports to open for uTorrent?
There's no "best port" or good ports . All ports are suitable for use with uTorrent, unless you are running a program that is using the port.
However, feel free to change the default port of it by going to Options > Preferences > Connection and adjusting the "Port used for incoming connections" as necessary. Remember to re-adjust your port forwarding settings in your firewall and router too.2) I have tried all the above and my speeds are still slow! In fact, it got worse! What can I do?
Try downloading a different torrent. A high ratio of seeds to leechers (Eg 2000 seeds to 10 leechers) will make a big difference in speeds. Make sure there is a green light at the bottom or check the possible causes.
Verify your speed by running a speed test from different locations to ensure your connection is fast to the major locations in the world. For example, if you are downloading Chinese torrents, you should select a download location from China (or somewhere nearby) in the speed test.
Finally, try enabling Forced encryption and performing the extra things outlined here. If speeds still do not improve, we are also not aware of the cause. Perhaps your ISP has managed to break encryption in BitTorrent traffic and is limiting bittorrent connections (e.g. Comcast), especially if they are in this list of Bad ISPs. Or your ISP is limiting your connection speeds (Try a speed test to a local server to verify this). Do let us know in the comments if you have found a way to solve your problems even with the suggestions above.One more thing - it has been reported that reinstalling the network driver has made speed differences for many people. To reinstall, go to Control Panel, Network Connections and locate your network connection - most of the time it should be "Local Area Connection 1". Right-click the icon, Properties and note down the name under "Connect Using". There are two ways to update drivers:
AUTOMATICALLY: Click Configure > Driver > Update Driver. Allow the system to connect to Microsoft Online to check for drivers. Only manufacturers who send their drivers for WHQL certification can be updated using this method.
MANUALLY: Locate the latest driver for this device by going to the official site and downloading and installing it. Blizzard also has a nice guide here. WARNING: Installing an incorrect driver can cut off your internet! If unsure, call the technical helpdesk (e.g. Dell / HP / Acer ) and request for assistance on updating network card drivers.
3) How do I reset utorrent settings?
Note that this will delete all saved torrents and settings. Go to your C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data folder and delete the utorrent folder. To reset the max half open connections, run the lvllord utility again (for XP) or run the undopatch.bat (for yaronmaor Vista patcher) or run the half-open software and click "Restore original file" (for Vista half-open patcher). For enabling auto tuning back, the command is: netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal4) Does this guide apply for the BitTorrent application as well?
Yes - the application has just a name change so it is safe to use this guide. If you compare utorrent vs BitTorrent, both are almost the same in features with the differences being the naming, branding, icons and some additional links. There may be additional 'features', but all features from utorrent are there.5) I am unable to surf the Internet or my Internet gets cut off when uTorrent is downloading?
First, try reducing the upload speed. Next, reduce the number of connections in Options > Preferences > > Global maximum number of connections in steps of 25 and see if it helps. Finally, impose a download speed limit at Options > Preferences > Connection.6) Do I still need to port forward if I am on a wired connection to the router? Wireless?
Yes. You do need to configure port forward if you are connected to a router via wired or wireless. But if you are connected directly to a modem (and not a router), you don't need to port forward as the modem automatically forwards all packets to one computer.7) How do I undo the TCP Optimizer changes?
Open TCP Optimizer > File > Restore Backup Settings.8) Is there any way of finding an open port in my system besides port forwarding?
If your system is behind a router, absolutely no port will be forwarded to you unless your router supports UPnP or the router is configured to port forward.
However, if you are connected to an ISP that blocks incoming connections, you can try GRC's Shield's UP (thanks Sonic_fanrs) to find open ports that your ISP allows. Click 'Proceed' and then 'Common Ports'. This requires to disable your firewall and enable DMZ mode if you are using a router, which can be very *very* risky and I would not recommend this especially if your system is not updated with the latest patches.9) My internet got cut out / restarted / disconnected, and when it was restored, why did the speed get so slow?
First, restart utorrent. Right-click the tray icon on the bottom right and click Exit. Start uTorrent again.Everytime you restart utorrent, it reconnects to the DHT network and obtains a new set of peers from the tracker and DHT. Although utorrent caches the peer list in your computer, there is a possibility that it may drop good speed peers. There's a way around this.
When you are experiencing good download speeds with a torrent, locate the good upload peer by clicking the torrent row, and clicking on the Peer tab. You will now see a list of peers that you are connected to. Look for the row whose Down speed is extremely high that the majority. Right-click that row and click 'Copy selected hosts'. Paste this good peer in some notepad file.
When utorrent needs to restore, click the torrent row again, click on the Peers tab, right-click any row and click "Add Peer..." and paste your good peer here. uTorrent will then attempt to establish connection to that good peer provided it has free upload slots (not choked).
10) My port forwarding still does not work! uTorrent still shows a yellow/red icon at the bottom. Help!
For users from Singapore, I can help you configure port forwarding. See our computer service site. For international users, you can contact me through e-mail, letting me know your Skype account and time range you are available. Rate will be US$30.
Probably a little late to start a change log, but better late than never
- August 2009: Added ColdBurn's tips, Added proxy tips
- July 2009: Added utorrent UTP UDP packet optimization tips. Added Bittorrent test tool link
Errors? Omissions? Need Help? Know something? Post your queries in the comments below. If the guide has helped you, consider donating (left column). No amount is too small.
This document is Copyright(©) 2006-2009 by G.Ganesh. COPYING: This guide is *FREQUENTLY* updated! So if possible, simply link to this web page - http://www.bootstrike.com/Articles/BitTorrentGuide/ - rather than copying everything..
However, if you must copy, please LINK to the original guide somewhere so that people can view the latest version. And don't charge for it - you got it free in the first place, and I am not charging you for it.
Related: Creating [Private] Torrents using uTorrent
Please do not post unsuccessful incidents in the Comments below. If it does not work, I am sorry, I tried my best. I have provided the instructions to undo everything above (in FAQ #3). If you found out how to workaround it, let us know below and I will include it in the guide crediting you as well.
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http://btreannouncer.net/
It allows you to upload any torrent file (up to 250kb) and find all trackers with the hash.
I hope readers of this will gain a lot of insight into how it all works
My question is probably silly, but in utorrent I want to say download 6 episodes of a show so I add them to utorrent no problem but I only want it to download 1 show at a time rather than utorrent trying to download all 6 at one time. So I want it to download the first show in the list to completion and only then move onto the second and third and so on.
Does that make sense? How do I do that?
Thanks in advance
" If Utorrent is really slow on Vista (on my computer everything was really slow... I.E, Outlook) try disabling IPv6. Go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing Centre. Click on view Status for your connection, then properties and uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) then OK it etc. I didn't need to restart Utorrent or do anything else. The download I was on jumped from 5k right up to 200."
Once I did that. I went from 100kbs to 1 MB per sec. THANKS JEN!
A file I was downloading took 70% in 48 hrs. I got the rest 30% in less than 30 minutes!!! Again wow!
Thanks!
My connection is 18145kbps/1250kbps. Silly to have only 10% upload compare to the download. Anyways it's a nice line compare to old fashion 56KB modem. :D :P
I download from 0kb 1200kb depending on seeds/peers.
Right now I got one with 90+ seeds and 3400+ peers. My download is between 30kb and 150kb.
I only get connected to 2 of 90 seeds. Wonder how I connect to the remaining 88? I guess the seeders got a lot to do with all those peers downloading. :D
Thanks again for the information.
Last edited by Wooper95 2 weeks ago.
but now it went back to 15KB/s, what gives? the settings are still the same..
I get really good speed (over 1MB/s) on the ubuntu test torrent suggested in the guide so I figure my settings are ok, but most of my other torrents hover around 20-30kb/s even when there are over 100 seeders. Has anyone encountered this before? Is it fixable or does it just happen with certain torrents? Thanks.
in this chapter.
i'm confused from point 8 till 10.
im using internet 512kbps. my result from speedtest.net
0.43Mps
0.25Mbs
How i gonna setup this section? help please...
ratio of sseds and peers was never a big issue but seems to be now i have a much better download speed.i may as well have download at 100 instead of 300 kBps and at least get my upload out of the way a bit sooner. i always seed 1 to 1... its tempting to stop my upload so i can get on downloading. sorry for the bitch but it seems i am at stalemate.
2) i am using UTStarcom (UT-300R2U ) USB modem & there is no such thing called " Virtual Server menu" in my router's web interface, how should i proceed further..
3) Do we need to set up port forwarding technique everytime computer restarts.
4) Does port forwarding softwares work accurately ..
If any,then please mention the best one.
2) you do not need to port forward in your USB modem, if you are using only a modem and no router, no forwarding is needed
3) No
4) never tried it, but from what you say so far, you seem to only have a modem, no port forwarding is needed
I AM REGISTERED TO 512Kbps AND I AM GETTING 30Kbps.
AND IF I USE A ROUTER WITH A SINGLE FROM IT .THEN IT CAN BE PORT FORWARDED RITE.
Can I choose which specific peers I upload to? I am often uploading heavily to people who are giving me nothing, and giving nothing to people who are uploading to me. I just want to make it more fair.
Thumbs up!
(which is pretty bad considering i only have 25kbs to begin with)
I am running Windows 7 (installed yesterday) and i was really trying to make uTorrent work like in Win MCE. It didn't. Started good, and after few minutes goes down to 15-20kB/s. ( My dl is around 6000 kbps, technically i signed for 8000.. Up is 512)
while using Win MCE I was so proud to say I was downloading between 200 and 400. Now... guess what?? 700 (seven hundred) in the first 10 seconds. 5 minutes after no change!
THANK YOU so very much!
P.S. Will you marry me? hehe!
After a tried the bonus tip 2 & reduced the upload speed, my download increased from 5kB/s to 118kB/s
Man! This is awesome. Thanks!
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Thanks!
pd. my english is crapy to XD
Gone from 50kB to 400~500 KB/s on a single torrent. Keep reading.
TCP/IP Auto Tuning, Bonus Tip 2 didn't helped. I reverted them.
The uTP tip helped a lot.
Done the tcpip patch to 100 and utorrent to 50.
peer.disconnect_inactive_interval user tip got inconclusive results.
Findings of some things that i red in the several pages of this forum:
Nº 1 - Number of torrents downloading
It's better to have only one torrent at a given time because the connections won't be divided by all torrents that you have.
Does uTorrent have the capacity to start a torrent (in a queue style) when a single torrent finishes downloading?
Nº2 - Connections
I played a bit with the connections limit and i got a soft spot that works for me:
global connections: 375
max connections per torrent: 375
I know it's kinda odd setting this parameters equally and some may find them rather low (me too, by the way), but downloading a single torrent it works really well because you get a very high number of seeds and peers.
Nº 3 - Tcpip
There is also a registry setting to guarantee that the tcpip limit is disabled for Vista/Win7.
See this link:
http://deepxw.blogspot.com/2009/05/say- ... tions.html
I applied the patch anyway and got better.
Cold_Burn
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Thanks for the reply.
Does uTorrent have the capacity to start a torrent (in a queue style) when a single torrent finishes downloading? yes, set the maximum number of torrents to 1 in Prefs under queueing section
Nº2 - Connections
Already mentioned in #14
Nº 3 - Tcpip
to make the guide short, I prefer to conver a general way that covers all major operating systems. but thanks for sharing
The tip i refer joins the best of three worlds for good torrents and goes beyond #14:
1- Single torrent download, to assure that seeds/peers wont be divided by several torrents,hence getting more seed/peers and greater download rates.
2- uTP tip active to avoid traffic shaping.
3- global connections: 375
max connections per torrent: 375
From my tests this connections definition maximize download rates performance.
from 20 to 450 in 30 seconds!
Wow dude thanks!
Thanks for the reply.
u r suggestions work rightly for us
its name is "sterlite sam300 ax adsl2 "
can u pls tell me what shoud i do
type ur username and apssword (admin in both cases)
the go to advanced setups,
sub tab NAT
the click on virtual server
then enter
Utorrent as the application
and your port as the are in preferences>connections
say ur port is 12345 then you can set the next value as 12348 etc...
try this.. will help
IT WORKS - AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THE STEPS AND ALSO "Bonus Tip 2" MY download increased from
9kb/s to 30kb/s
Note that this will delete all saved torrents and settings. Go to your C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data folder and delete the utorrent folder.
dont delete the one that says resume.dat and your info will stay but alll settings reset.......XP
by increasing the seed limit and peer limit, the treshold increases also (might) so, invites some extra seeders..
by right clicking a file->bandwidth allocation->High,
it seems to give some extra KB 2.
last,
it seems at rush hours (depends on location ofcourse..), download speed decreases drastically so mind u'r selfs that.
also, stoping a download at its midst adopt the same affect.
play with it a little,
every computer/connection,
might have its own configuration.
G luck.
actually, playing with the bandwidth allocation is confusing due to dynamic feature of torrents.
so,
don't count on it, it might just be giving an extended privilege to the modified one (while downloading more than one application).
I have found on my system using DSL that certain ports seem to work better than others. I swapped from one that was running at about 40kB/sec to another that absolutely crawled at under 20kB/sec. Another change and I was up in the 80kB/sec range with spikes at over 100, which is close to my maximum capacity.
There are still a few tweaks for me to try.
Thanks again.
dats great..
it really works on me..
Gr. Tinus.
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If you click this link you will go to utorrent.com.
"Go to this site - http://half-open.com/download_en.htm."
done tweaks here and there with your one-off-compilation and I'm getting improvement.. keep this up !
Typical response to increasing a limit is that your computer will race over the threshold but within about 30 seconds or so, your I.S.P. will rein it in and keep it well below the threshold for the rest of the download. During this time you are running at a maximum allowed speed and no increase is allowed for any reason. If you set a limit just under the threshold, you are allowed to exceed it up to the 30 second time limit (or whatever the time limit is). In this mode other programs on your computer will work.
Setting a downloading limit is a little harder to do because a lot of torrents won't get you to your I.S.P. limit unless you have a high speed connection. Then you may have to find some movie torrents with 2000 to 3000 seeds that can rev up u-torrent fast enough to trigger them.
http://www.google.com.sg/search?hl=en&a ... ps+to+KBps
it's works. It increse my download speed.
thanks
Thank you!
I have vista 32 SP1
Thanks again ;-)
and about the trackers, can't I just download a trackers's list and add 'em with the other torrent's tracker?
yes, you can add a pre-defined list of public trackers to all torrents but this way, you will be hitting trackers which may not have the original torrent registered in it (means no additional seeders).
My download speed increased a little but it would probably increase even more if I could follow all your instructions.. I have a Xavi router model x7868r+ and I'm not being able to configure the 'port forward'. Can you help me on that? Thank's a lot!
if you still have problems, contact me through the contact us form
Thanks for putting this together.
Thankss !!
Why not record this as a video and post it on YouTube - something needs to be done about all the nonsense being posted on that site with regard to uTorrent speed......
good thing i found this link....
thanks man....
you should get a award for thisO:)
thank you
And another question if i use Half open patch ..then i need to use TCPIP patch optimizer too or only need half open patch
So I downloaded the Germany which I dont know the language but desperate for the Patch to work, I just kept pressing Yes, and enter a number of 100.....A Message (taste druecken um zu beenden) appear and just stop there. And I press enter the msdos screen disappear...So tell me now is this good or bad.
Alternatively, use the half-open version of the patch.
any further query pls post in the Forums.
Thanks.
Most of them were either outdated or didnt make sense
Dramastically increased my download speeds
Nice one =]
Cheers guys
Thanks again =D
<3
I am an avid torrent digger. Like most of us I am also on the search path of how to improve my torrent speed download. My PC setup was in a LAN environment at my office and a wireless ISP environment in my home.
I tried the suggestions above all of them. Although they improved my download speed a little bit but thats not what I expected. I even tried using older utorrent like version 1.6 which to my amazement works fast but still what I have in mind.
There are geeks in the inet who boast that they can dl files about 700 mb in 10 mins. tops. Now that would be a lot of object of envy ain't it?.
So I tried some experimentation like hell. And by unforseen circumstances the i-net god smiled at me and eventually granted what I wished for. That is a download speed about 250++ kb/s. Just imagined what perverted intentions would that bring to everyone. lol
Here's what I did...tada... after trying all of the above I reset my utorrent advance preferences back to its default and original values just hit the reset buttons. And then I tinker with this one line bt.no_connect_to_services_list in the advance preferences tab, it has a value of 25,110 actually I just hit the reset button and surprisingly the value became 25,110,6666,6667 thats all.
I am using utorrent version 1.8 the latest one. Speed is very good 250++kb/s I am very happy now. If it works for me why cant this work for anybody. My pc is P4 winxp service pack 2. Thats all folks. You can email me if this one works for you just let me know. Email is unifiedtheoryofworlddomination@gmail.com
)...dude thnx alot....
if i could i would treat u lunch lol!
CHEERZ!
My internet service provider is Comcast who monitors my upload and download speeds and clamps my steady state up-load speed to 120 kb/s. I can increase the upload speed for a few seconds, maybe 5 or 10 seconds, and then it drops back to 120. This is way below what I get by doing a quick free speed test offered on many different web sites. When I am operating at this clamped up-load maximum, my u-torrent download speed drops way down and I lose my Internet Explorer connectivity, because I also lose the short term allowed increase in upload speed that maintains my computer communications.
It is suggested that not all ISPs monitor or limit bandwith, but from the many complaints from u-torrent users, I suspect that many ISPs are doing the same as Comcast..
This is how to tune in u-torrent. On the u-torrent screen, select the speed button to see a graph while you are downloading. There are two red lines and a green line. The green line is download speed. One red line is your u-torrent selected upload maximum allowed speed (Options/Preferences/Bandwith) and the other red line is your actual upload speed. If your u-torrent maximum allowed upload speed is low enough, there will only be one line visible as they will both be on top of each other.
To tune u-torrent first start a torrent with as many seeds and peers as youI can find, or start multiple downloads to get your upload speed as high as you can. Then set the u-torremt maximum allowed upload speed high enough so that you can see the two red lines. If the upload speed goes very high but after a time, drops down and holds at a lower lever, you have a limit on your upload speed. This is the clamped speed that is allowed for a steady state condition. Running at this rate will slow everything else down as the computer can no longer communicate.
When I sellect a maximum allowed upload speed to just under this clamped speed, Immediately my download speed rises up to a high level and everything else works fine. While the torrent is downloading and the limited upload speed is a straight line, u-torrent is actually limiting my upload speed. If there are still two lines, the top line is the limit and the lower line is the actual upload speed.
It is important to challenge your program with a high upload speed so that you can see this limiting occur. Otherwise, you will be operating under your isp imposed limit and you cannot find out what it is. When u-torrent is limiting the upload, the red line will be a straight horizontal line. Also if your ISP is clamping your upload speed your upload speed will show up as a relatively straight horizontal line. If the upload speed line is not straight, the speed is determined by the connected computers, and neither your ISP or u-torrent is limiting the upload speed.
In my case, after I have set my maximum allowed upload speed (u-torrent) to just under my Comcast limited speed, I can raise my u-torrent upload maximum value and immediately for a short time, my upload speed will also increase. This tells me that I will still have good communications for using Internet Explorer etc. so I can set my limit close to the maximum allowed by Comcast. I am running with an upload limit of 115 kb/s and with a good torrent I can get 850 kb/s download speed. It is not a steady rate but if I average 700 kb/s I can download a 900 mb movie in a half hour. After the download, I still have to keep u-torrent running to do my seeding though. It is better to do the seeding before doing another download as u-torrent will divide up the allowed upload speed total between your torrents and the lower upload speed will slow down your download. If your seeding torrent is not asking for uploading (very low upload speed) then go ahead with another download. Hope this helps some of you.
KEEP UP GOOD WORK :D
Speed up from 4-15 kBps to 30-55 kBps on DSL 256 BSNL.
thats my face from now looks (it vertical horizontally for noobs)
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
& Also 1 thing
:)
helped in boosting my speed
but i have a 1mbps connection and i get crappy speeds lit 10kbps
even after this tip my speeds are only upto 20 kbps
but my download speed can't be more than 50 kbps.. WHY
Now, if you could just do rar files.
Speed after following your advice: 1.2MB/s.
Awesome! Thank you very much!
I'm just a litte bit sad because I only found this tutorial today, five years later I started to download torrents.
Thanks!
if you have more questions, please post in the forums and i will be glad to assist you
thx
Options>Preferences>Advanced> net.max_halfopen. (change the number to a higher number like 100 or 200 and your downloads should increase surprisingly a lot) Change the value of peer.disconnect_inactive_interval to 900
Use 32 as your max upload rate in the global bandwidth limiting in the connection panel in the preferences. Change Global max number of connections to 200, Max number of connected peers per torrent to 100, & Number of upload slots per torrent to 10.
These additional tweaks work for me, Good luck!
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
If it doesn't work, go to www.grc.com and search for "Shields up"
This will tell you what ports are open. Then plug the number of an open port into your speed settings and ur ready to go. (I think)
im on 1mbps connection and get this kinda speed !! its awesome
http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... ifene7.jpg
Options>Preferences>Advanced> net.max_halfopen. (change the number to a higher number like 200 or 500 and your downloads should increase surprisingly a lot)
nice effort.
Thank YOU ALOT!!!
cheers
was getting 10KBps - 20 KBps.. though speedtest.net showed 4200kbps. And now after following your guide I get 500KBps(4000kbps)!! Thanks!!
Thanks a lot my friend. May all good things happen for you.
so would any1 help me out in findin it.........
Allow Incoming Legacy Connections
Can't wait to see what happens when there are HIIIIIGH seeds!! Thanks man!! Truly Thanks!!
I couldn't find anything i can do in µTorrent after this guide.
Thanks Ganesh,
we really appreciate that.
(1/2)
Anyway, i have a tip, but i don't sure you all already know it or not.
To add all the trackers available for a Certain torrent. copy/paste the Info hash into your search engine e.g. Google,
that will show you all the sites(engines) that host the torrent.
1-Associate with .btsearch files ▬▬▬ (pressed/or not)
2-Install IPv6/Teredo ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ (pressed/or not)
3-Pre-allocate all files ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ (tick/or untick)
4-Append .!ut to incomplete files ▬▬ (tick/or untick)
5-Allow incoming legacy connictionsâ–¬ (tick/or untick)
What should we use above, because those settings are the only differences between your guide and any other guide.
Thanks.
When µTorrent reaches the seeding goal.
â–¬ Limit the upload rate to (KB/S): [0: stop]
Check the box and type (-1)
1-Associate with .btsearch files ▬▬▬ (leave it at default)
2-Install IPv6/Teredo ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ (leave it at default)
3-Pre-allocate all files ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ (leave it at default)
4-Append .!ut to incomplete files ▬▬ (suggested to TICK)
5-Allow incoming legacy connictionsâ–¬ (Yes)
one tested advice, i have always used 22 as my max upload rate in the global bandwidth limiting in the connection panel in the preferences. it's the best working number for me ever since. which i got from other torrent speedguide links.
THANKYOU!!!
it was incredible, thanks sooooooo much
First. If your country ISP sold a link to your regional "ISP" and then you get your connection from this regional "ISP".
You have no REAL IP. You are behind a proxy. You have no access to a router or port forwarding. When you type http://192.168.1.1 you will access nothing.
All your ports will be closed. There is nothing you can do besides phone calling your regional "ISP" and ask him to open/portforward the ports for you.
But if you live in Europe or North America this situation will hardly occur. Unless you live in a little city far from the big ISPs.
This guide is well written, but it miss what I said.
Some people will have problems and they should know why and what to do.
allso if you have a cable modem it Will not work for you luckly for me i do so i dont have to mess about with all this crap when i wanna open a port
I give an instance; a movie torrent of 700MB, with 40 Seeds and 10 Peers, under a 1MB (optimally 400K) connection, using port 12630; Green sign for network configuration in uTorrent, using LinkSyS ADSL Router WAG200G, forwarded port (both UCP & TCP) 12630; NO firewall installed, neither the router or windows XP, Encrypted indeed; it just has 11K download speed at most(!!!) and 4K upload. None any other programs or files are using the internet while the uTorrent is working.
Please let me know for any probable solution.
By the way, I’m in Malaysia using TMNET (main internet service provider in Malaysia), even can’t download from Malaysian peers for more than 4KB!!! Do you think of any decryption by the ISP? Could it be this much powerful?
Thanks
Thanks !
am i right?..
but anyway SUPER Guide!!:) Great Job!
Remember you must inform utorrent if you change the number via the Preferences > Advanced
Really you are an idiot. You doesnt know the basics of Internet Protocol and Networking. It was the problem of your computer but not the problem of Vista or IP 6.
Please dont mislead the people if you are not confident.
Regards,
Max Payne.
Keep up the good work.
it helpd alot..but
does anybody kow how 2 open ports?
Thankyou so much.
After 2 weeks of slowly going through your step by step tutorial, I have managed to finally get this set up correctly after several trys. (due to my own computer ignorance not following proper steps in port forwarding to my router)
Advice to others take it slow and be sure to do each step (you can't skip any) My d-load speeds have went from 1.5 kb/s on a single d-load up to as high as 195 kb/s down to 25 kb/s doing 5 d-loads at once.
Thanks again my new God !!!
Peace
thanks a lot for this awesome information, it has been almost 7 months i was not able to exceed more than 15kbps and to day because of u i am able to get 300kbps that my maximum limit.i am so much excited and happy you are great man thanks.
hip hip hurray to u.
zab
Thank you from saudi arabia
I'm now getting 50kbps download speeds and before I was getting 5. You guys are the greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS WORKS +100%! KEEP IT UP!
U R THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!
works 100%
this guide rocks
Great Guide...now having max of my bandwidth
Thanks.
ps:finaly green coluor at the bottom :))
thank you man! My download went from 40kb/s to 460 kb/s this is the best helping for utorrent ever!
i've got 223kB/s for the ubuntu torrent
Excellent work keep it up.
Thank you for the effort and time to make my life better.
tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gud......
i wonder how wer u able to explain it in depth....hats off man...very nice....but still as u say it all ultimately depends upon the seeding.....a torrent file with merely no seeding wud not allow ur precious techniques to work out....but wen there is a handful of seeders ur guide really rox...
thanx dude
thanks
R3D
Ganpati Bappa Morrya !!!!!!!!!
I went from avg 10kB/s to avg 250kB/s, depending on the torrent....Amazing!!
My downloads are flying woo hoo!!
*Enabling Protocol Encryption and Increasing Max Half Open Connections and
*Further Things You Can Try For Optimum Speed
2. To get more peers, right-click the entry on the list, and click Update Tracker
I also ticked the 'randomize port each time utorrent starts'
I think that the isp's also throttle the speed by your IP. So I used a program that hides your ip. Not all the proxies are good. Just change until you find a good one. For Australia I found the Malaysia Ip to be good. Now I am getting speeds which vary (every second) from 1.0 - 4.3kbps. Try it. It might work for you too.
Sry bout the caps, this guide rocks, really nice! I send and DL alot of model pictures and before it was so sloooooooow but not ts great, omg thank you so much, i would BEEP BEEP BEEP if i was near you! Thank you!
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keep up the awesome work.. the links provided were genuine and reliable..
thanks again..
I guess you Are From india...
Apka Dhanyawad!!!!...great work man
Two thumbs, 10 Toes, and 8 fingers up :D
two thumbs up !!
my DL speed is now averaging 2 to 3 mbps
Thanks
I'm From Chile, Tnxs!!!!!
I Have Awesome speed in my utorrent downloads !!!
Tnxs!
Easy to understand. :)
was meant to say good GUIDE!! grrr typo ^^
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Quadrupled my speeds from a demonoid download.
thanks
keep on sharing
regards
esourabh
Cheers
Increased my speeds....Thank you
used it just now.
good one
iam getting like 150
when i was only getting 24 skiping highest of 45 lol
crazy stuff man crzy.
thanks! :)
TCPIP.sys patch i get an error message from my AV
NOD32 virus found ?? for the rest great stuff !
Borat- "Nice, Nice! I like'a you!"
Good luck
Are you running this software in a corporate network? Bad news - you have to inform the admin that you want the port to be directed to your computer. The good news - you can still go by without port forwarding, but speeds will not be optimal.
How do I do this then, hmm? ^_^;
i read the following some where.
change the following in the advanced tap of uTorrent
peer. disconnect_inactive_interval
from 300 to 600.
you should be able to get a little bit more speed by doing this
although i would like to hear other peoples comments one this one
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=188214
now i am getting max speed for my 512k adsl. (need to upgrade )
Thank You!
Good guide, you also should make a guide in other languages.
Thank You!
^^ And you should learn to speak english
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