Improve BitTorrent Download Speeds

**moneoa** · April 6th, 2004, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by cjules13

I'm using the ol Experimental client, and I find that my upload for some reason caps at 50k, so therefore my download is capped at 50k... I have both settings set to unlimited... Not that 50k down consistently is terrible, but is there a way or another client that can boost the dl past 50k?

your isp set these caps in place..most of the time to control what they term "bandwidth hogs"
its becoming common with all this copyright garbage and the fact some people actually do download ALOt. *cough, Cough* I have downloaded more than 50 gigs some months and they include the upload and put in in those stats as well so it can add up (not saying you do, just explaining why they would cap it)

**Malicious Intent** · April 7th, 2004, 06:13 AM

Thanks Moneoa - you have just found a major mistake in my guide. The port range is 6881-6889 and the tracker port is 6969.
The tracker port does not need to be forwarded, just make sure that it is open.
Remember that you only need one port for each simultanious download. The 50 odd each you currently have is a bit OTT anyway.
I thought that the latest BitTornado, like Azureus, only needed one port now anyway?

I'm about to upgrade the guide to include some information on ICS. I will correct this mistake while I'm at it.

**pipolis** · June 16th, 2004, 02:46 PM

Bittorent is way not so fast than Kazaa , it sucks all your Memory and other Computer Energies out as fast as Possible , the Time you launch this Prog , your resources are all gone , no more good Internet , even you are high speed before , Progs are going slow , even if Sp1 installed , all going down , me i call Bittorent the Vampire of the P2Prs.

If you have about 5 Films or other Pgrs , everyone sucking on you , so much that the upload is faster than your download , and finaly all upploads are sucking so much that your Line is flatten so much you not even can Surf in normal Speed.

The Best Programm i have for about Years , is Kazaa lite , and it will be until they shut it down .

greetings to all..

:devil2 Bittorent

**Malicious Intent** · June 16th, 2004, 02:55 PM

I'm sorry you feel that way Pipolis.

Enjoy using k-lite.

**homie_da_clownx** · June 20th, 2004, 04:51 PM

I use Azureus have forarded the one required port and my Down speeds still suck, do i need to forward that whole range? 68** - 68** (couldnt remember the exact) or should i just wait and hope? any advice would be helpful pm me whatever thanks.

**Megadeth** · July 14th, 2004, 09:15 AM

alright now i've read a few of these things and i've tried every little thing to optimize speed over 5 kbs, net settings, porting, firewall, updating, icf, every stupid thing and nothing seems to work...some help?
what ip do you type into the ports? i have win xp, azerus, and am at 10.mps (80 kps)

**Malicious Intent** · July 14th, 2004, 09:31 AM

Crap - I haven't been getting e-mail updates for this thread.

Homie - sorry if I missed the boat with you. Hold on another few hours.

Miniver - Thanks man, I'll take a look

Megadeth - You don't type any IPs into any ports! Have the computers on your network got a fixed IP address? The guide aims to forward a port to the fixed IP address. You then need to tell you BT client which port is being forwarded to it.

Can you tell me exactly what stage in the guide you are getting stuck at?

**Megadeth** · July 14th, 2004, 10:05 AM

what? i went into internet settings to add port blah blah 6881-6889 tcp, udp 16 intotal, it won't let me leave the edit port without an address

**Malicious Intent** · July 14th, 2004, 11:58 AM

Internet settings? Where exactly are you? What are you trying to set up? Router? Firewall? The Client? I don't mention internet settings in my guide.

Talk me through what you have done, what you are trying to do, and when and what your computer is bitching about. Assume that I can guess nothing.

If you are setting up the ICF, then the IP address you need to enter is the IP address of the machine that you are on. Alternatively, you can enter the computer name. Right click on "My Computer" and select "Properties". Select the "Computer Name" tab. You computer name can be found by "Full Computer Name:" Type that in instead of an IP address - but remember to remove the full-stop from the end.

**Megadeth** · July 14th, 2004, 06:30 PM

ok i read your whole article and nothing is my problem i did followed everything what could the problem be?

**Cydor** · July 14th, 2004, 07:26 PM

I use Torren Topia, no problems on downloading speeds....it's working great!

**Megadeth** · July 14th, 2004, 07:41 PM

hmm intresting...

**Megadeth** · July 14th, 2004, 07:46 PM

got a link? for TT

**forumslog** · July 14th, 2004, 08:29 PM

This problem is almost driving me crazy. After a fews minutes of downloading with BT software, the computer becomes freeze and lockup, I've tried almost every BT software, and tried all the "solutions" posted on the web, inclusing changing max peer connections, fixing winsock and lsp, disable firewall and antivirus, etc., but the problem still exists. It's strange that BT used to work very well on my old computer. This one is configured with AMD Athlon XP1600+, 256M DDR, WinXP, ZoneAlarm, Norton Antivirus.... I really appreciate someone would give me a solid solution.

**Malicious Intent** · July 15th, 2004, 03:19 AM

Megadeth, TT is not the solution. That is Cydor being a pain in the arse.
You must have a problem somewhere with what I have said. You said that you were in internet settings, but had to put in an IP address. Where exactly are you having this problem?

"what? i went into internet settings to add port blah blah 6881-6889 tcp, udp 16 intotal, it won't let me leave the edit port without an address"

Explain this in painsteaking detail. None of us here are mind readers.

Forumslog - uninstall ZoneAlarm and Norton and see if you still have the problem. I'm not talking switch them off - uninstall them. You can always put them back on if they aren't the problem.