Improve BitTorrent Download Speeds

[kozyavka]

thanks for pretty guid

[dashy111]

very nice guide :)

[p4paji]

now i have great speeds

[shivwhorra]

Thanks! This helped a lot!

[TheoC]

nice guide. very usefull

[ghostat2005]

Thanks u for this info

[cjtech]

Thanks for the info, this has given me some ideas i will try on my router.

[vasekli]

excellent info here. thanks

[menxtina]

I need help
i used to download throught Bitcomet for ages and there was no problem.

All of a sudden i cannot download any more, its always 0kbs , sometimes it goes to 10 kbs and then back down to zero, i tried other bittorrent clients but there were no help.

i think its a problem to do with my port. i tried the U-torrent port tester and i got this

"OK! Port 39918 is open and accepting connections.". YET still my bitcomet aint working and neither is u-torrent

Iv read some of this thread, but i cant seem to fix this problem.


Im not a computer wiz, so excuse my "slowness".

Please help me


if its easier, do it through email : [email protected]

[menxtina]

please reply, its been 4 days and still the same problem

[ourthing2]

Sounds like your isp might be blocking your bitorrent connections. I assume you have encryption on?

[menxtina]

Not sure what you mean by encryption?

[ourthing2]

In utorrent, go to Options - Preferences - Bitorrent and you will see "Protocol Encryption" Make sure it's enabled. Many ISP's limit or "Shape" bitorrent traffic, this sometimes helps.

Also try checking the "connection" tab and see if you are using a random port, might help as well.

[menxtina]

thank you, i followed your instruction, theres a slight improvement, the speed went from 0kbs to 5-15 kbs, (when i have 8 mb broadband). is there anything else i can do (either with u-torrent or bitcomet).?

[menxtina]

also i dont think the problem is from bitcomet/u-torrent, i think its something to do with the ports. Because i cant download off limewire too.

[ourthing2]

Other than trying random ports I can't think of much else. Have you tried any of the speed tests on you connection? It really sound like to me that you ISP is up to no good.

[menxtina]

when i download something off the internet (through, for example, rapidshare)its VERY fast, 400kbs+.


so whats the problem now?

[lazyme]

nice guide man thanks

[ourthing2]

If you can D/L that fast on Rapidshare, more power to you. Most people hate it.

Should have asked if you use a router, that too can be an issue for bitorrent.

[menxtina]

lol, i hate rapidshare too, but right now i dont have the privilage to chose :(.

I have an ADSL modem, dont think i have a router

[npaixao33]

thanks for the info...

[ramyrakan]

oh wonderful post

thanx dude

[menxtina]

any one? please

[corey93]

hpled out my utorrent speeds alot thx man! :D

[dagon]

speed test tells me i have 10 mb/s dl on my line (which is what im paying for from my isp) but i get a maximum of 1 mb/s off torrent sites no matter how many torrents I add. I have played around with my utorrent settings including changing my port and using an encyption but nothing helps.

anyone know how to get my utorrent to go over 1mb/s?

[menxtina]

i think im havin the same problem as u, but my kbs on bitcomet is 15kbs, at best!

SOMEone please help!

[dabundan01]

sweet thanks

[achilleskun]

awesome post

to get better speeds (my isp nurfed my connection to only get 190 kbs) i called them and said i was sending buisness portfolios and engineering drawings to colleagues in the us (which is partially true) and was wondering why the speeds were so bad. they said there was nothing they could do, even though they advertise 2mbs, so i said that ok ill just call my firms lawyer, and VOILA! my connection is faster!

[orange123]

Very very good! Thank you!

[fitzy5814]

Thanks man!

[moneoa]

Thanks man!I really resent your 20 post shit spree of nothing

[reloco10]

thanks great info

[zaider]

hpled out my utorrent speeds alot thx man! :D

[donmega]

www.portforward.com is a good website to use if ya wanna sort out ur NAT firewall wireless network problems.

[superman7018]

thank you man!

[SiccSoulja]

thanks for the guide this really helped out

[citizenvin]

great info man..

[enjoinick]

thanks a lot this help tonss

[icotitanik]

thanks a lot

[r00kie]

extremely helpful!

[sethhandler]

nice, thanks!

[kimo_amk]

thank you so much

[mahir69]

enable unpnp and make sure your incoming and outgoing ports are forwarded correctly. if you are using azureus, go to www.azureuswiki.com

[SpicyGuy]

good guide! thanx alot

[rebecca.kat]

nice job. great

[tenis69]

This is great.

[HelenaP]

... There is a patch you can run, its in dos. Its on the internet. I may find it and post it up here. IT releases the max connections on windows xp from 10, to 50. May have to reboot afterwards. You be suprised how many more peers you connect to.

Not sure if this is what you were talking about, (http://forum.torrentfreak.com/discussion/13/how-to-fix-utorrent-speed-problem-in-9-steps/#Item_1) shawners, but it does work.
If one has forwarded their ports, configured firewall, so on and so forth, just click on that link ^up there^ and go to step five. It will open...


... the max connections on windows xp from 10, to 50. May have to reboot afterwards. You be suprised how many more peers you connect to.

[rfbgb]

very good indeed

[IWGP]

I didn't look in this thread before, but I thought there was a way to do this by putting your IP address in your browser. Anybody know about this?

[adhdkid]

Awesome guide. thank you.


ADHD Forever

[HelenaP]

I didn't look in this thread before, but I thought there was a way to do this by putting your IP address in your browser. Anybody know about this?

Here ya go (borrowed the tut from a friend)-

"How to Port Forward?

It's not too horribly difficult, but the procedure varies greatly depending on the router. But there are some things that should remain the same.

What you need:
1. Your internal IP address.
2. Access to router configuration page.
3. The port you are using in your torrent program.
4. Patience http://forums.torrentportal.com/Smileys/classic/smile.gif

Where to find these things?
1. Internal IP.
My favorite way is as follows:
a) Press start>run
b) Type "cmd" (without quotes) into the box and hit enter.
c) Into this window type "ipconfig" (without quotes) and hit enter.

2. Access router configuration page.
a) You first need the router's address. You can find this in the output above, under "Default Gateway."
b) Open your web browser (firefox, internet explorer), and put that address into the address bar (the area that says www.google.com (http://www.google.com/) when you are at www.google.com (http://www.google.com/)).
c) This should bring you to your router configuration page. If it doesn't... Consult the documentation that comes with your router.
d) Now you will probably be at a screen or prompt asking for a username and password to access the router. If you don't have one, just press ok. If you do have one, then hopefully you know it, or we're not going to be getting any farther http://forums.torrentportal.com/Smileys/classic/smile.gif

3. The correct port.
Where to find this varies a lot by what program you use. in utorrent you access:
options>preferences>connection, and look where it says "listening port"
In bitcomet:
options>preferences, look under "listening port"
In azureus:
tools>options>connection, and look at the listen ports.

Now this port should ideally be in the range of 50000-60000. If your router doesn't like to go that high, then go here:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
And pick a port from one of the higher ranges listed as "unassigned"

Put this number into your client, and remember it.

4. Patience is up to you http://forums.torrentportal.com/Smileys/classic/smile.gif

Next Step:
Now comes the part where the patience you have will be tested. The way to do the next part varies between every router. You need to explore your router till you find somewhere that it mentions forwarding, or something. There will be places to create "rules." You will be able to specify an IP address (your internal one), a port, and tcp or udp (you may have to make 2 rules to forward both kinds.).

If you still can't get it, try http://portforward.com/
I think they have images and instructions for various router models. If yours isn't listed it still may help to take a look at the images to see what you're supposed to be looking for."

[foxstepper]

Informative post HelenaP , thanks for sharing... is it necessary to keep the port range between 50000-60000 ? Does port range you specified has any affect on the download speeds ?

[HelenaP]

As stated above, I borrowed the tut from a friend, but "yes." It's important to keep the port range between 50000 and 60000.
Your download speed depends on your connection, your computer, how many processes you have running, etc....

[foxstepper]

Alrighty.... Could proxy servers be used to improve download speeds ? Sorry if i am asking too much.. just a beginner :)

[HelenaP]

Alrighty.... Could proxy servers be used to improve download speeds ? Sorry if i am asking too much.. just a beginner :)

I am not absolutely sure, but I think they can be. I only use proxies to check sites open for registration (if I am already a member).
Someone else should be able to help in a bit.
Saturday and all... rough nights for some, still night for others.
Good luck!

[foxstepper]

I am not absolutely sure, but I think they can be. I only use proxies to check sites open for registration (if I am already a member).
Someone else should be able to help in a bit.
Saturday and all... rough nights for some, still night for others.
Good luck!

Thanks HelenaP, i agree with that.. tried to get in Demonoid but damn their registeration window is just too short even if its a weekend... Rough for sure though i am trying not to give up :(

[HelenaP]

um..methinks Demonoid is gone. Probably forever...

"The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.

We have brought online a forum in order to help the community stay together. This forum is not file sharing related in any way, it's just a mean to help the community stay together - please read the forum rules before posting.

You can visit the forum by clicking here (http://www.subdemon.com/forum/index.php?topic=7.msg16#new)"

[foxstepper]

it was the largest portal but oh well cant wait to get my hands on bitme, time to stop my spam posts :icon_pira i have read the rules, i am happy i joined the right place :icon_salu

[Pyromaniaque]

This actually helped me so much. Utorrent is the best.
Thank you.

[Zombieman123]

Might be a dumb question but.. Are there any recommended settings in Azureus for a 512/2048 connection? Currently I'm using 103/176 for max connections per torrent/globally

Because my internet seems to time out and I can't browse any sites, but I can still download.

[dbs1231]

why we need to open ports ?

[dbs1231]

ohh i understand never mind

[dbs1231]

what is the best clinet?

[Smashd]

I'm with bell sympatico, since 2 or 3 weeks it looks like im peeked out at 25kbs to 30kbs !?!?!??! Am i the only one ? Is there a work arround ? I've read a couples of similar frustrating stories on goolges. Only P2P seem afected. Speedtest are fine 5Mbps download from my 360s are fine and my i dont have any port error, i did try evrything in that guide ??? anyway Just tell me if im not the onlyone I try the online chat of bell.ca but they are so dumb... and looks like they wont admit that easily that they block you and i dont want them to block me if there not !!! ok Thanks !

[Smashd]

I'm under DMZ no fire wall... damn THEY ARE LIMITING me 4 sure !!!

so 30 kbs download 20kbs upload!!!

Post your speed with sympatico .... since november 2007

[kidonadler]

Thanks so much.

[mallipeddi]

tanx good tutorial

[shadoh6]

Hello all,

I've been using this guide for over a year now to set up various connections to work with Bittorrent, but I recently ran into a wall with my new apartment.

I've followed each of the steps listed in the guide (opened the firewall ports, forwarded the router ports <I think... more on this later>) but I am still getting yellow faces on my Azureus downloads. Here are my details

Azureus 3.0.5.2
Win XP SP2
Network cable to Alpha (brand) router: so here's where the problem may be because I couldn't find a guide to walk me through it, so instead I've had to use a combination of translation software to navigate through the menu and perform what I believe to be the opening of ports, since it has the standard port number, comment, UDP/TCP options. If anybody knows anything specific about this router, then that would be fantastic!

[CCSDUDE]

Hello all,

I've been using this guide for over a year now to set up various connections to work with Bittorrent, but I recently ran into a wall with my new apartment.

I've followed each of the steps listed in the guide (opened the firewall ports, forwarded the router ports <I think... more on this later>) but I am still getting yellow faces on my Azureus downloads. Here are my details

Azureus 3.0.5.2
Win XP SP2
Network cable to Alpha (brand) router: so here's where the problem may be because I couldn't find a guide to walk me through it, so instead I've had to use a combination of translation software to navigate through the menu and perform what I believe to be the opening of ports, since it has the standard port number, comment, UDP/TCP options. If anybody knows anything specific about this router, then that would be fantastic!

try 'bittornado' seems for most the way it handles hard (router/lone/linux based old pc) or soft (zonealarm/tiny/ect) firewalls allows for better connection rates

install it load a torrent go to advanced 'n click manual announce if the torrent has more than one tracker 'n see what ya get

[nasaneso]

excellent topic thanks for guiding

[crazyfinx]

good guide - very informative

[mdp123]

what i did was use free webhosting e.g. x10hosting and put torrentflux on it and it worked as good as a dime.(Advice for a free seedbox but at a certain limited bandwidth)

[mothra10]

Fantastic tutorial, very comprehensive.

[jonatasmz]

i will try this
thank you

[alexgurin]

Nice done... i use 51000 port

[Roadhog285]

Thanks much.

[Pseudoku]

Thanks for the tutorial.

[dorland]

Greatings to everybody from john,NZ

[mebaali]

Thanks for the tips

[serbitar]

Wow my speed went WAY UP! thanks man!

[kre8again]

great tutorial, thanks.

[kre8again]

great tutorial, thanks.

thanks, but i am not the author. yes, it is a good tutorial!

[vineethar]

thank you it's a good post

[naksar]

thanks......

[ppatel08]

thank you really good post. I will try it thank you.

[DesertSpider]

I have a stupid question, is the guide on the first page of this thread updated / current (10/22/08) ?

[mobbed1]

well, even i've stupid question, so am sorry to ask you this...
well is this tutorial gonna help for the incresing the speed of U torrent 1.8.1? am puzzled, hope u gonna make it clear..
coz i tried one of the trick of changing the port number.. but my assigned port is something else here.. which is more than wat u've described in here...
KINDLY HELP, I'LL LOOK FWD FOR THAT...

[walkerofdoom]

I already knew how it worked, there were a lot of words there though so I'm sure it's very thorough, but is there any way to increase the upload speed past what the limit is for your service? or do you just have to buy a faster service?

[shinichi]

I'm using sb which is much way faster.. :p

[rqdsb250]

Now that is a lot of brass air fittings... SPAM

[YWD67]

You got some brass balls posting plumbing shit here asshole. Your asking for an anal Rotorooter job pal.

[maison09]

Wow! that's excellent writing. Thank you so much:wink::loser:


maison de credit (http://maisondecredit.com)

[33vedman]

I have 256kbps broadband, ADSL +2 adapter,windows xp sp2 firewall disabled, added the port as u guided.. but its still slow though upload is equal or higher to the dwnload most of the time.
I have both utorrent and bittorrent installed and downloading 3 torrent in both. I checked my speed in speakeasy.net, at times its higher than 256 but in average its 180 t 220 kbps(dwnld).

I am using as admin and hav other 1 runnin too, n i switch time to time, As admin Im downloadin in both utorrnt(3) n bittornt(3). n in other only bittorent(1), altogether im downloading 7 torrents at a time with differnt port assign. is that the reason m getting slow?
All have diffrent setting accordin to differnt gurus i find in tweaking..
help me ..n please tell a appropriate setting (conn,banwidth etc) for all

[YWD67]

First, why do you need to run two different download programs?
What is your max connect to set at?
Next what are the specs of the sysytem you are running?

Last your speed really depends on the site you are connected to, how many people are connected to you and what speed they are uploading at.
You can be connected to 60 people and have a download speed of just 60 kbps.
Or you could just have 2 connected and be at your max speed.

[33vedman]

Hello YWD67!!

i'v formated everythin,after adware attacks\diagnos by NOD32 antiv\.
Now m using,n as u asked all about my sys config:

OS : winxp sp3 new pirated edition
Intel CoreDuo 1gb ram,Intel 82945 chipset

bittorent setting:
ax no connection :200
max connected peers/torrent: 16
upload slots/torrent: 4
max upld rate[automatic checked
i'v disabled my NOD32 personal firewall n everthin, as guided.

i;v 256kbps broadband, m getting 220 to 500+Dw,n 90-110 upld sometimes etc(reported by speakeasy.net)

but for torrnt dwld, im getin less than .04 to 24kbpsat max
error: blocked by router or modem, no connnctn
though im still conectd
please help me.
im using orbit and Dap for non torrent too,dwnld which is pulling 21 upto 32kbps dL rate most of times. is it has to be like this or m i havin a problem?

[RACKnRAIL]

Portforward.com (http://portforward.com/) may be of help.

There is always the possibility that your ISP is throttling your bittorrent bandwidth.

Another thing you could do is test your overall speed. Boot into safemode with networking and do a speed test (http://www.speedtest.net/). Let us know what kind of speed you get.

[1cooldude]

Rack he's in India and i would think it's all his ISP>

[33vedman]

yes im in india.Im using BSNL 256kbps home scheme.. so u r saying that i cant gain speed in my torrnt dwnload?
but when ever i check in speakeasy.net (speed tester) its above 200 most of the time.
WHy i am not getting good speed in downloading? is there any way to tweak it ?? 25kbps at max is not fair.
Why its 210kbps n m getting only 0.4 to 25kbps dwd in my bittorent?
please xplain
please help

[RACKnRAIL]

You could try this test to see if you are being throttled by your ISP. I haven't tried it, so you're on your own. There are also lists that you can Google to see if your ISP is on for throttling bittorrent.

Go HERE (http://broadband.mpi-sws.org/transparency/bttest.php?)

[33vedman]

thanx for the reply ,now what do i do?
wen i start checkin wit the link u've given, at first 2mins it was workin the way it should be.
but after some minutes i got error. I'm using bitcomet,utorrent and bittorent/
and downloading 1,3,3 torrents respectively:

1.BITCOMET's signal is yellow/ blocked,statistics:-

Overall Tasks: Total:1 / Running: 1

TCP Connections: Established: 5 [MAX:Unlimited] / Half-Open: 0 [MAX:200]
LAN IP:
WAN IP: 117.194.34.151
Listen Port of TCP: 65535
Listen Port of UDP: 65535
Windows Firewall: Added
NAT port mapping: wating for query IP address
Overall Download Rate: 2 kB/s Max Connection Limits: 50 per task
Overall Upload Rate: 0 kB/s, including LT seeding: 0 kB/s Upload slots: 0
Free Phys Mem: 437.39 MB (Min to keep: 50 MB)
Disk Cache Size: 0 B (Min: 6 MB, Max: 50 MB)
Disk Read Statistics: Request: 0 (freq: 0.0/s), Actual Disk Read: 0 (freq: 0.0/s), Hit Ratio: 0.0%
Disk Write Statistics: Request: 0 (freq: 0.0/s), Actual Disk Write: 0 (freq: 0.0/s), Hit Ratio: 0.0%

Total Downloaded: 13 MB Total Uploaded: 202.05 KB



2.in BITTORRENT,port: 16550 :d :3.2kb/s T:1.8mb 15.2kbps/ t:1.5mb
A YEllow triangle,(not connected)
,{never greened}


3.uTORRENT port48389 :2.2kb/s t:30.7mb U: 1.8/ t:25mb
its red circle
help me wot "preferences" setting sud i make,and in "windows firewall exception" and
network connction setting,--obtain IP address automatically, is there any need for
makin it static, how do i do it? one more thing:
router :196.168.1.1, ((i can log in as admin as password as it is.
Tell me wot changes i can make to gain a good speed.))