[TUTORIAL]Speed up your uTorrent downloads

[Anorion]

Right click on the torrent, go to Bandwidth allocation, and select "High", the default is "normal" +2 kB/s jump. The patch file does work... didn't use it before, was happy with the speed jump. This is great. Feeling stupid for using utorrent for so long without doing all this.

 

[dheeraj_kumar]

^^ Fails. Bandwidth allocation doesnt work on leeching, it only takes effect while seeding. uTorrent FAQ says that. So whatever the priority is, it is not considered while downloading.

 

[Anorion]

oh...k thanks. Have to read the FAQ now. Ever since I put the patch file, the speed has been fluctuating wildly. I am using a legit torrent.

 

[tech_creeds]

tried it but never increased speed, i have a 500c plan(256/2).
i dint patched tcp/ip because i thing it only for windows xp with sp2. pls help. should i patch this one , will it crash my system.
the link below tells that the patch is only meant for xp with service pack 2

*www.johntp.com/2006/04/19/how-to-increase-download-speeds-of-utorrent/.

other one referred by one of u member for vista that directed to softpedia and the user review says, they cant reboot their system after patching.

so pls give a valid and stable answer that doesnt affect the system.......anyways u ppl r professionals. pls verify what u recommened.

 

[xtremegforce]

thanks a lot for the tutorial

 

[izzikio_rage]

same prob here...getting a download speed of 2-3kbps....tried the above tweaks ....but on checking the port forwarding site it gives an error that the port "does not appear to be open" I am using a BSNL 256 wireless connection

 

[pr.itdude]

after searching a lot and not getting the required answer i am asking u ppl for help.........
Iam actually looking 4 port forwarding so that increase my download speed in utorrent..!!
I am using MTNL (delhi) and my router is UTStarcom UT-300R2U.
And i am not getting the settings right for this particular router.

I have already checked the portforward.com site (*portforward.com/english/route...U/Utorrent.htm) .
But the problem is the interface of the router has been changed.
the first image is of the interface provided by portforward.com.....

*preview.shareapic.net/preview4/013134367.jpg

But now when i logged in at *192.168.1.1/ there is something else.
So cant able to find all those options for setting static ip address and for port forwarding...
the image below is the interface i came to see with my router...

*preview.shareapic.net/preview4/013134368.jpg

guys plz help me......
iam always getting the error in port forward in utorrent..............

 

[vipul_87]

Help me Guys !!!

i use MTNL 256kbps unlimited plan.. ADSL router DSL 502T... i am new to torrent downloading... i read an article on a blog and it drastically improved my speeds to 150 (Quantum of Solace gave me a surprising 210)...

But now the problem is due to some reasons I formatted my PC... nd now my utorrent is giving me very depressing speeds of 10..... utorrent is showing me this error

Not connectable
A firewall/router is limiting your network traffic. You need to open up a port so that others can connect to u

I am using the same techniques to open up ports as used earlier before formatting...

Should i switch to a different client like BitTorrent or Azeureus or any other ?

Earlier i used to connect my router through USB... bt now i am connecting through Ethernet... Is that posing problems ??

Plz help me out guys.. i am stuck since many days...

 

[Cool Joe]

Connecting through ethernet is not likely to be the cause of the problem. When you start uTorrent, it automatically adds itself to the list of firewall exceptions. Try this anyway-
Open the firewall, and uncheck "Don't allow exceptions". And under the exceptions tab, check if uTorrent is added as an exception. Also, click on "Add port". Type any name and enter the port used by uTorrent. To find out the port used by uT, open uTorrent, go to "Options> Preferences> Connection" and note the port used there. Add that port as an exception in the windows firewall. And use a good port number upwards of 57000 as mentioned in the first post.
Also, check if the files which you're downloading have sufficient number of peers. Try downloading a Ubuntu distro or a movie and check if you get good speeds with those.

 

[pr.itdude]

hey u can also remove the utorrent from windows firewall list by utorrent too....
option > preferences > connection > uncheck "add utorrent to windows firewall exception"
apply and ok....

 

[iNFiNiTE]

Tried all the steps in the tutorial, now I have to see whether there is any improvement but gotta wait till tomorrow morn (2am )

BTW, one of my friends suggest downloading multiple torrents simultaneously, so whenever I download from a slow torrent (less seeders) then I add other torrents too which have better seeders. And I normally get downloads in excess of 3.5GB. There have been multiple days when I have clocked downloads of 4.2-4.3GB

 

[Cool Joe]

Tried all the steps in the tutorial, now I have to see whether there is any improvement but gotta wait till tomorrow morn (2am )

BTW, one of my friends suggest downloading multiple torrents simultaneously, so whenever I download from a slow torrent (less seeders) then I add other torrents too which have better seeders. And I normally get downloads in excess of 3.5GB. There have been multiple days when I have clocked downloads of 4.2-4.3GB

It's better not to download more than one torrent at once, so that the one download gets as much bandwidth as possible.

 

[vipul_87]

Add that port as an exception in the windows firewall. And use a good port number upwards of 57000 as mentioned in the first post.

Thanks beta testing for a quick reponse.... i had read somewhere on net to use port no.80...i used it and now that uT error has gone....bt i am still getting low speeds ~25... nd i m downloading latest stuff only.... wich have excellent seeding..... still low speeds

 

[iNFiNiTE]

It's better not to download more than one torrent at once, so that the one download gets as much bandwidth as possible.

I'm talking abt the case where the max speed I get for a torrent is abt 40-50kBps. The reason is usually less no of seeders (usually ~30-40) while the no of leechers is very high (500-1000).

If this is the case, then I know that there is no way I'm gonna get any high speed, so the rest of the bandwidth can be utilized by adding some other torrents. So the bandwidth gets utilized to the max.

NOTE: This won't work if all the torrents have good no of seeders (eg. any linux distro or tv show) and u get speeds in excess of 150kBps for each individual torrent,using mulitple torrents would then result in the bandwidth being divided into all the torrents and you would be getting abt 60-70kBps for each torrent. In such cases it is better if you download from a single torrent at a time.

Hope this explains what I'm trying to say.

cheers.

 

[ampd5]

stuff!!!!!!!!!

 

[Psychosocial]

Tried all the steps in the tutorial, now I have to see whether there is any improvement but gotta wait till tomorrow morn (2am )

BTW, one of my friends suggest downloading multiple torrents simultaneously, so whenever I download from a slow torrent (less seeders) then I add other torrents too which have better seeders. And I normally get downloads in excess of 3.5GB. There have been multiple days when I have clocked downloads of 4.2-4.3GB

+1

And what you can do is, add multiple torrents with good seeder/leecher ratio and small size (<700MB) and goto Options-->Queing-->And set the 'Max Number of torrents downloading simultaneously' to 1... that way, it will finish downloading one and start the other automatically .

 

[dheeraj_kumar]

^^ nope. If you get low speed with the currently downloading torrent, keeping in mind that torrent speeds are highly unstable, then you waste your 2-8 downloading time. I wont tell you what to use for that setting, just that you should be intuitive and play with it to get the max speed and efficiency.

 

[hsr]

Guys no need for all these mods just download the 1.8 version and port forward it correctly and assign upload speeds. u'll get 200-210 in a 2mbps connection

 

[dheeraj_kumar]

This is for optimizing the connection. For people who want more than the 200-210

 

[hsr]

how can you get morethan 220 in a 2mbps connection?