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HowtoSpeedupTorrents
Torrentfilesaredownloadedbyconnectingtoothercomputersthatare
sharingthefile.Thefileisdownloadedinsmallchunksfrommultiplesources
atonce,andthecombinedtotalofallthesedownloadsmakesupyouroverall
downloadspeed.Thereareavarietyoffactorswithyourcomputerand
networkconfigurationthatcanaffectyouroveralltransferspeed.
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Steps

Installalightweighttorrentclient.SomeofthemorepopularBitTorrentclients
havebecomebloatedwithextrafeaturesandads.Installingalightweightclientthat

justfocusesondownloadingtorrentsmayhelpspeedupyourtransfers.
OneofthemostpopularfreetorrentclientsisqBittorrent.Thisisaverylight
torrentclientthatisnotadsupported,andcanbedownloadedfrom
qbittorrent.org.
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EnableUPnPforyourtorrentclient.Thiswillenablethetorrentclientto
automaticallyopentheportsnecessarytomakeconnectionstootherusers.Most

modernrouterssupportUPnP.
OpentheOptionsorPreferencesmenuinyourtorrentclient.
Selectthe"Connection"options.
Checkthe"UseUPnP"boxandclick Apply .
YoumayneedtoenableUPnPforyourrouterifithasbeendisabled.Open
yourrouter'sconfigurationpageandopentheAdvancedsection.Youshouldbe
abletocheckaboxtotoggleUPnPon.

Capyouruploadrate.Torrentssurviveonusersuploading,soyoudon'twantto
turnuploadingoffcompletely,butyoudon'twanttomaxoutyourconnection.

Cappingyouruploadratewillkeepyouruploadconnectionfrommaxingout,whichcan
dragdownallofyourotherinternettraffic.Setyourmaximumuploadspeedto80%of
youruploadratetopreventitfromchokingyourconnection.
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OpentheOptionsorPreferencesmenuforyourtorrentclient.
Clickthe"Speed"or"Bandwidth"option.
Setyouruploadratelimittoabout80%ofyourmaximumuploadrate.For
example,ifyouhavea1Mb/s(125kB/s)uploadspeed,setyouruploadspeedto
100kB/s.
Whileyou'reinthissection,makesurethatyourDownloadrateissetto"0"
(unlimited)orthatthedownloadratelimitisdisabled.

DownloadaTCPpatch(WindowsXPonly).WindowsXPincludessecurity
patchesdesignedtoreducethespreadofviruses.Unfortunately,thispatchalso

limitsthenumberofconnectionyoucanhaveatonce,whichcanhaveamassiveimpact
onyourtorrentdownloadspeed.DownloadandinstallaTCPpatchtofixtheproblem.
NotethatthisproblemisnolongerpresentinnewerversionsofWindows.[1]
Downloadthepatchfromhere.Notethatsomeantivirusprogramswillreport
thisasavirus,butthisisafalsepositivesinceitemployssomeofthesame
techniquesaviruswouldtomodifyyournetworksettings.
Doubleclickthedownloadedfolderanddragtheother.zipfiletoyourdesktop.
Doubleclickthenew.zipfileandenter ab c asthepassword.Dragthefiles
insidetoyourdesktop.
RuntheEvID4226Patchprogramandtype Y atthecommandprompt.This
willincreasethenumberofopenconnectionsfrom10to50.
OpentheAdvancedsectionofyourtorrentclient'sSettingsorPreferences
menu.Setthe"Maximumnumberofhalfopenconnections"or
"net.max_halfopen"to"50".

Changethenumberofallowedconnections.Youcansethowmanyuserscan
beconnectedtoyou.Limitingthenumberofusersthatcanconnecttoyouwillhelp

preventyourconnectionfrombeingoverloaded.Youmayhavetoexperimentwiththese
settings,astheywillhavedifferenteffectsfordifferentusers.
OpentheConnectionssectionoftheOptionsorPreferencesmenu.
Setyour"Globalmaximumconnections"to150.
Setthe"Maximumconnectionspertorrent"to100.
Setthe"Uploadslotspertorrent"to35.Thiswilllimitthenumberofpeoplethat
canconnecttoyou,butstillkeepyouingoodsharingstanding.

AddanexceptiontoWindowsFirewallforyourtorrentclient.Windows
Firewallmaybeblockingyourtorrentclient,whichcanpreventyoufrom

connectingtootherusers.
OpentheStartmenuandtype wi n d o ws f ir e wa l l .Select"Windows
Firewall"fromthelistofresults.
Clickthe"AllowanapporfeaturethroughWindowsFirewall"link.Thiscanbe
foundontheleftsideofthewindow.Ifyou'reusingWindowsXP,clickthe
"Exceptions"tab.
Clickthe Change settings buttonatthetopofthelist,thenscrolldowntofind
yourtorrentclient.
ChecktheboxesforPrivateandPublic,thenclick OK .

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Enableprotocolencryption.Manyinternetserviceproviders(ISPs)willthrottle
BitTorrenttraffic,becausetheyviewitasastrainontheirnetworkandpotentially

illegal.MostBitTorrentclientsallowyouenableprotocolencryption,whichmasksthe
traffictoyourISP.Thiscanhelppreventthemfromthrottlingyourconnections.[2]
Youcanfindtheencryptionsettingsinthe"BitTorrent"sectionoftheBitTorrent
client'sOptionsorPreferencesmenu.
Whenyouforceencryptedconnections,you'llonlybeabletoconnectwithother
encryptedusers.Ifthetorrentdoesn'thavemanyseeds,thiscouldactuallyslow
youtransfersdown.
Encryptionwillnotprotectyoufromthepotentiallegalrepercussionsof
downloadingillegalcontent.Inordertodownloadanonymously,you'llneedto
useaVPN.Thismayslowdownyourtransfers.

Downloadtorrentswithlotsofseeders.Seedersareuserswhoaresharingpart
orallofthetorrent.Themoreseedersatorrenthas,themoreusersthatyoucan

connecttotodownloadthefile.Thedownloadspeedyougetisdependentonthe
combineduploadspeedofalltheusersyouareconnectedto.
AlltorrenttrackersiteslistthenumberofSeedersandLeechers/Peersthat
eachtorrenthas.Leechers/peersareusersthataredownloadingwithout
sharingtheentirefile.Ifthenumberofleechersorpeersiswayhigherthanthe
numberofseeders,you'lllikelyexperienceslowerspeedssincetherearen't
enoughconnectionstogoaround.
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SourcesandCitations
1. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10waystospeeduptorrent
downloads/
2. http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/optimizingtorrent
speed.htm

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