Tips to speed up bittorrent download

Tips to tweak the torrent client to speed up the torrent download rate.

The new file sharing protocol bittorrent has changed everything when it comes to file sharing. It is a great platform for downloading large files. Sharing of files is so simple and file types are not restricted which include movies, iso images and MP3. Even illegal file sharing is getting popular because of this.

The Bittorrent system can be slow at times so let us tweak bittorrent sharing program a little bit.

There are a bunch of different bittorrent clients that you can download. I personally prefer BitCommet and uTorrent.

Here I’ll explain how to speed up uTorrent Client. Similar can be implemented on any other torrent clients of you’re favorite.

Step 1: (For Windows XP only)

You need to increase the number of TCP connections that are allowed at max.Windows XP Service Pack 2 came with the number of allowed open connections to 10. This is to stop any piece of spyware(inour case bittorent client even) from totally taking over your internet connection. TCP connection allowed should be 50 for optimal performance. The best way to increase the maximum number of connections is to apply patch that is available at www.lvllord.de. This step has to be redone whenever new service pack is installed to your computer.

Step 2:

The little tweak to the torrent client works great in certain times. If you’re using uTorrent go to Options menu then Preferences. In the Preferences go the Advanced Options. In the advanced options change the net.max_halfopen connections to 80. In the same section change the max half open tcp connections to 80. Once your done click on OK and you are all set. This tweak will let the maximum TCP connection available for the bittorrent client. Now start downloading you’ll realize a little difference in the download speed.

You can also use port forwarding technique which is more effective that this.

31 thoughts on “Tips to speed up bittorrent download”

  1. I will agree with you. That makes a big difference between Demonoid and other torrent tracker sites. Port forwarding too will have a big impact on the DL speed

  2. what did u mean by “max half open TCP”, i’d be really thankful if u help me out
    (reply on my mail plz)

  3. Joe R – You will find the setting for max half open TCP here as max_halfopen_tcp. This value has to be set as 80. Did you try the complete tips? BTW, did you check out about portforwarding?

  4. yeah i did all that actually, but the download is still very limited,
    only sometimes it reaches 8 or10 kb/s maximum
    but usually it’s maximum 2 kb/s

  5. I was also wondering about the “max_halfopen_tcp” part.. I can’t find it anywhere in the same section as I found “net.max_halfopen”! Please help!

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  7. torrents are frequently not finding peers!! (with utorrent)
    i mean all of the torrents i'm downloading open at maximum 3 peers for a few minutes and then they disappear
    could it be because of a router that's blocking me or is it only because of the torrent and it's availability

  8. @ Joe:

    To determine if all is indeed working well with uTorrent download a very popular torrent (the latest Prison Break) for example.

    Such files are HOT and are guaranteed to have thousands of seeds and peers. Start your download and check what happens. If peers start dropping like flies it could indicate a problem with your setup. If your download speed starts to increase and eventually average out to anywhere near your maximum DL speed then your setup is fine.

    Also, uTorrent has a neat little indicator at the bottom of the screen, left of your Download speed that tells you if all is well. What you want to see is a white tick in a green circle. If you see that then all is well with your torrent setup!

    cyberst0rm's tech blog
    http://cyberst0rm.blogspot.com

  9. i'm downloading prison break episode 4 from season 3. i got only one seed and no peers!!!!
    shouldn't that be a clue about something wrong??
    and if yes how to deal with it?

  10. i did what u asked!!
    i'm downloading an episode  of season 3
    i donno if that's new, actually i'm not a fan of the show,
    but anyway
    only one seed and no peers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    that's not okay, right?
    please help

  11. i tried to download an episode of prison break….. no seeds  and no peers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    S.O.S!?!?!?!

  12. well the title says "bittorrent"

    now in the tutorial, it gives me tips on uTorrent, maybe you can help me out with bit torrent 6.0

  13. sorry i found it but its nota tick its a yellow thing! dusnt dat mean somethings wrong? please let me know how 2 fix it! thanks!

  14. any tips on how to prevent my ISP from slowing down or in most cases cutting off my internet connection when using bittorrent?

  15. Man your toturial not helping me at all,Ive done everything but still my download rate is below 5 kbps……can someone tell me more detail about this…….?

  16. Oh my god, I’m trying to download a game called LOTDRTFG and it’s SO SLOW!! It’s downloading 0.1 KB/s AT BEST!! Please help me, I’m using BitTorrent Client and have satelite internet known as Hughesnet (Wich really sucks)

  17. ive had my download speed working at 150kB/s sometimes and it keeps crashing down to about 30kB/s every miniute or so. Is it possibele that it slows down due to the fact that I have not up loaded enough infomation?

  18. it wll mess ur whole system ,,,,,plzzzzzz buddy dnt dwnld it,,,,,, aftr a few mints it harm maah sound device ,,,,,,,

  19. Hi, I’m trying to download a movie for past a week. The download speed is 0.2 to 0.8kb/s oonl & sometimes it increase to 3 or 4 kb/s. I’m using HUAWEI BSNL WLL net connection.
    I cnt download anything in tat speed, so pls help me increase the speed …
    Thanks in advance

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