Many torrenters aren’t aware of this, but by default µTorrent functions on some very uncharitable out-of-the-box settings. This is to accommodate users who have a slow Internet connection (dialup) or have a small TCP limit. Or perhaps they’re just an evil crew that wants to download faster than you! Whatever the motives, here’s how to get µTorrent running in tip-top shape.
Before we begin, you’ll need the latest stable version of µTorrent. Most private trackers are moving away from allowing any version that is not 1.7.7 or 1.8.x (but be sure to check their FAQ for more info), and most likely beta versions are also banned. Got it? Great!
1. LLVLord TCP/IP Patch
This isn’t a µTorrent tip, but you’ll first need to do this for most of the other tips to work well. Aside from Microsoft.com, this tip can be found everywhere. WinXP limits the number of max. half-open TCP connections to just ten. Use the Llvlord patch to change your limit to 50, perhaps even 100 (but no higher).2. Use a Good Port number
Another tip that’s been done to death (but is ever-so important) is to use a port from the good port range - somewhere between 49152 through 65535. These are dynamic and/or private ports - great for keeping your ISP out of your BitTorrent traffic. Go to Options -> Preferences -> Connection and enter in number from the above range (i.e. 57000). Save your changes.
To test your port number, go to Options -> Speed Guide… and click on the button “Test if port is forwarded properly”. This will launch the µTorrent port checker webpage that will tell you if the port is open or not.
If you get an “OK” message - great - move on to Step 3.
If not, keep reading. If you run into problems with the port test, it could be for a few reasons. For the sake of these tests, we chose port 57000.
2a. Personal Firewall - If you are running firewall software such as ZoneAlarm, Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, CounterSpy, McAfee, etc., then you’ll configure your firewall such that µTorrent has access to port 57000. This is normally accomplished by starting up µTorrent, and the firewall should spring up an access alert. Simply select the option to “Always Allow” the program to access the Internet. If you use Windows Firewall, µTorrent is configured (by default) for it, so there’s little to do.
2b. Home Router - If you are running a router (also called a wireless access point), you may have to configure it to direct all TCP/UDP BitTorrent traffic to port 57000 to be routed to your computer. If so, visit - http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm. Click the router you are using. Click the application, which is µTorrent, and follow the instructions.
3. Proper Upload Speed
Set this to about 80% of your overall upload line capacity. To find this out, visit speedtest.net and conduct the exam. After the test, change the results to show the output in kilobytes (see the ‘Speed Measure’ dropdown box to the right).
Multiply this by 0.8 and you have your magic number. Go to Preferences -> Connection and enter in the new number for the Maximum Upload rate. Leave your download rate at “0″ (maximum).
4. BitTorrent Settings
In Options -> Preferences -> BitTorrent you’ll need to make some recommended modifications. In the first section - “Number of Connections”, change these settings to:
Global Max. number of connections: 800
Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: 125
Number of upload slots per torrent: 80
In the next section, “Additional BitTorrent Features”, put checkmarks in all of these boxes:
Enable DHT network
Enable Local Peer Discovery
Ask Tracker for Scrape Information
Enable Peer Exchange
Lastly, make sure that “Protocol Encryption” is set to Enable, and there’s a tick in “Allow incoming legacy connections”. Here’s what the BitTorrent tab should now look like:
5. Enable Encryption
In Options -> Speed Guide… be sure there’s a tick in the “Enable Encryption” box. This may assist those users whose download speeds are suffering at the hands of ISPs that throttle P2P traffic.
6. Advanced Settings
In Options -> Preferences -> Advanced you’ll need to make a few adjustments, as well. Scroll down to where it says “net.max_halfopen” and change this from 8 to 50. (If you’re on a dialup Internet connection, don’t do this). Now, scroll up to “bt.connect_speed” and change the value from 20 to 50. Last, go to “diskio.flush_files” and be sure this is set to true. Click Apply and OK to save the changes.
After making these changes, you’ll need to stop & restart all of your active torrents. Or, just quit µTorrent and fire it back up. There should be a green checkmark at the bottom of the µTorrent window - this means you are reachable (the port is properly forwarded and other settings are optimal). Note that it sometimes takes a few minutes to turn green.
Final Notes
If these modifications didn’t increase your download rates, and you’re still suffering from miserable speeds, it’s completely reasonable to assume that your ISP is blocking or throttling your P2P traffic. An SSH account or a free VPN service may be able to help.
Before we begin, you’ll need the latest stable version of µTorrent. Most private trackers are moving away from allowing any version that is not 1.7.7 or 1.8.x (but be sure to check their FAQ for more info), and most likely beta versions are also banned. Got it? Great!
1. LLVLord TCP/IP Patch
This isn’t a µTorrent tip, but you’ll first need to do this for most of the other tips to work well. Aside from Microsoft.com, this tip can be found everywhere. WinXP limits the number of max. half-open TCP connections to just ten. Use the Llvlord patch to change your limit to 50, perhaps even 100 (but no higher).2. Use a Good Port number
Another tip that’s been done to death (but is ever-so important) is to use a port from the good port range - somewhere between 49152 through 65535. These are dynamic and/or private ports - great for keeping your ISP out of your BitTorrent traffic. Go to Options -> Preferences -> Connection and enter in number from the above range (i.e. 57000). Save your changes.
To test your port number, go to Options -> Speed Guide… and click on the button “Test if port is forwarded properly”. This will launch the µTorrent port checker webpage that will tell you if the port is open or not.
If you get an “OK” message - great - move on to Step 3.
If not, keep reading. If you run into problems with the port test, it could be for a few reasons. For the sake of these tests, we chose port 57000.
2a. Personal Firewall - If you are running firewall software such as ZoneAlarm, Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, CounterSpy, McAfee, etc., then you’ll configure your firewall such that µTorrent has access to port 57000. This is normally accomplished by starting up µTorrent, and the firewall should spring up an access alert. Simply select the option to “Always Allow” the program to access the Internet. If you use Windows Firewall, µTorrent is configured (by default) for it, so there’s little to do.
2b. Home Router - If you are running a router (also called a wireless access point), you may have to configure it to direct all TCP/UDP BitTorrent traffic to port 57000 to be routed to your computer. If so, visit - http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm. Click the router you are using. Click the application, which is µTorrent, and follow the instructions.
3. Proper Upload Speed
Set this to about 80% of your overall upload line capacity. To find this out, visit speedtest.net and conduct the exam. After the test, change the results to show the output in kilobytes (see the ‘Speed Measure’ dropdown box to the right).
Multiply this by 0.8 and you have your magic number. Go to Preferences -> Connection and enter in the new number for the Maximum Upload rate. Leave your download rate at “0″ (maximum).
4. BitTorrent Settings
In Options -> Preferences -> BitTorrent you’ll need to make some recommended modifications. In the first section - “Number of Connections”, change these settings to:
Global Max. number of connections: 800
Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: 125
Number of upload slots per torrent: 80
In the next section, “Additional BitTorrent Features”, put checkmarks in all of these boxes:
Enable DHT network
Enable Local Peer Discovery
Ask Tracker for Scrape Information
Enable Peer Exchange
Lastly, make sure that “Protocol Encryption” is set to Enable, and there’s a tick in “Allow incoming legacy connections”. Here’s what the BitTorrent tab should now look like:
5. Enable Encryption
In Options -> Speed Guide… be sure there’s a tick in the “Enable Encryption” box. This may assist those users whose download speeds are suffering at the hands of ISPs that throttle P2P traffic.
6. Advanced Settings
In Options -> Preferences -> Advanced you’ll need to make a few adjustments, as well. Scroll down to where it says “net.max_halfopen” and change this from 8 to 50. (If you’re on a dialup Internet connection, don’t do this). Now, scroll up to “bt.connect_speed” and change the value from 20 to 50. Last, go to “diskio.flush_files” and be sure this is set to true. Click Apply and OK to save the changes.
After making these changes, you’ll need to stop & restart all of your active torrents. Or, just quit µTorrent and fire it back up. There should be a green checkmark at the bottom of the µTorrent window - this means you are reachable (the port is properly forwarded and other settings are optimal). Note that it sometimes takes a few minutes to turn green.
Final Notes
If these modifications didn’t increase your download rates, and you’re still suffering from miserable speeds, it’s completely reasonable to assume that your ISP is blocking or throttling your P2P traffic. An SSH account or a free VPN service may be able to help.
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BitTorrent has already proved itself a capable technology for distributing large files to the masses, and at least one company is hoping it will prove equally adept at delivering streaming content. Backed with $22 million in funding from the EU and partners, the P2P-Next research group has come up with a zero-server solution for delivering streaming content, and has begun testing the breakthrough technology with its SwarmPlayer software.After installing the SwarmPlayer application, a user can start watching streaming content by clicking on a "live" .tstream file that connects them to whatever broadcast the file is associated with. The player then downloads and buffers a minute's worth of data, which is then traded with other people in the stream.
If the trial run proves successful, it could open the door to a deluge of broadcasts from anyone with an internet connection without concern for gobbling up oodles of bandwidth. Instead, the onus gets passed back to the ISPs in the long run, so it will be interesting to see what kind of opposition emerges should the new technology build up a head of steam. And it's not all peaches and cream for end users, either. If you think YouTube is bad, just imagine what YouStream would be like.
If the trial run proves successful, it could open the door to a deluge of broadcasts from anyone with an internet connection without concern for gobbling up oodles of bandwidth. Instead, the onus gets passed back to the ISPs in the long run, so it will be interesting to see what kind of opposition emerges should the new technology build up a head of steam. And it's not all peaches and cream for end users, either. If you think YouTube is bad, just imagine what YouStream would be like.
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DownloadThemAll
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FAVC 1.02
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Free Flv to AVI Converter 1.5
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GX::Transcoder
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Magicdisc for Making cd/dvd images
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Super Invoice 1.02
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General PC Info Tool - PC Wizard 2005
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Ultimate Boot CD for Windows V3.05
Unlock files DIRECT LINK
UWin Installer
WinDirStat
XP SySpad
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Alt-Tab Thingy
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Fomine LAN Chat
Free Devnagari Language tool DIRECT LINK
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MagicDisc
MojoPac Freedom
Recover data from corrupt CD's and DVD's
RoamDrive 1.0.18
ShutDownPro 1.138
Snippy
TaskSwitch Pro
TeraCopy 1.22
TypeMe Fast Typing Tutor v1.0
UltraExplorer v1.4.3
Universal Extract
Volumouse 1.51
Website Puller v1.1
Winsnap - Take snapshots of ur screen DIRECT LINK
WordWeb
Clicking on the links will lead u to description page @ thinkdigit where download link is provided
ANTIVIRUS/SECURITY
Cyberhawk
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.29
Security Process Explorer 1.5
STINGER
DRIVERS
Audio & Multimedia, BIOS, Printer Drivers, etc.
GAMES
GAMES - 100's of Freewares n Arcade Games
Mini Golf Maniacs 1.0
Q Tracker
IMAGING
Image Analyzer 1.28
Paint.Net
Photobie 4.0
Photo Story 3
FastStone Image Viewer
FastStone Photo Resizer 2.2
PDF Watermark Creator v1.0
Picasa 2.7.0.37.36
INTERNET
Ares Galaxy Turbo Accelerator
BitMeter 2
BitTorrent 6.0 Beta
Bluto XT
CrunzhMail
Deepnet Explorer v1.5.3 Beta 2
DownloadThemAll
Firefox extensions
Firetune
GMail Drive Extension
GoogleGrab
ICQ 6.0 Build 5400
Kazaa Scanner v1.0
Maxthon 1.6.1.50
Mouse Gesture
MSN/Yahoo Message Archive Decoder/Viewer
MSN Messenger Live!
MSN Messenger Plugin for Winamp
Net Meter 1.1.2
Net Transport
ooVoo 1.1.0.2 Beta
SpoofStick for Firefox
Team Talk
TheWorld Browser for Windows XP 2.0.4.6
Watch HDTV
WinMX Turbo Accelerator
Yahoo Mail Notifier 0.9.9
MULTIMEDIA
Any Video Converter Free 2.06
Avi Screen Classic
Burn4Free CD & DVD 2.3
CD BurnerXP
CDCheck 3
Cole2k Media Advanced Codec Pack
DP CD DVD Burner 1.1 Beta 8
DVDFab HD Decrypter 3.1.3.5 Beta
Exact Audio Copy
FAVC 1.02
FLV Extract
Free Flv to AVI Converter 1.5
GermaniX Transcoder 4.0.0.32
GX::Transcoder
K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool 2.1.0
Magicdisc for Making cd/dvd images
MIS Info Video 2.7.0
MP3Gain
Streamripper for Winamp 2/5 1.62.2
Switch v1.22
TV v2.0
VideoInspector 1.11.0.109
Wavosaur 1.0.0.9000
Tara - Winamp Plugin for more formats DIRECT LINK
OFFICE UTILITIES/WORDPADS/PIM/ETC.
Abiword
ASAP Utilities
BullZipPDFPrinter
Commercial Invoice 1.0
Create pdf from excel, word, etc. DIRECT LINK
FloatingNotes 1.2
Invocator 1.0
Keynote
Rainlendar Lite 2.2
Rename Master - Rename many files at one go DIRECT LINK
Stickies 6.0c
Super Invoice 1.02
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SERVER APPS
XAMPP
SYSTEM
Autoruns
Cute Partition Manager v0.9.8
Freefile - unlock protected files and folders DIRECT LINK
Everest Home v2.20.466
FreeWare Registry Defragmentor/Compacter
General PC Info Tool - PC Wizard 2005
HDD Low-Level Format Tool 2.36.1181
Microsoft Process Monitor 1.23
Partition Find and Mount 2.2.1
Ranish Partition Manager 2.44
Recuva 1.03.100 Final
Shutdowner v2.0
SS Registry Fixer 2.0
Startup Control Panel
System Vault
TestDisk 6.8 Beta
Ultimate Boot CD for Windows V3.05
Unlock files DIRECT LINK
UWin Installer
WinDirStat
XP SySpad
UTILITIES
AcronymGenie
Adobe Reader SpeedUp
Alt-Tab Thingy
Beamfile
BGEye
CD Recovery Toolbox Free 1.1.7
CONVERBER
DeskTask
Eraser v5.85
File Recover 4
Fomine LAN Chat
Free Devnagari Language tool DIRECT LINK
Lingoes Translator 1.51.0007 Beta
MagicDisc
MojoPac Freedom
Recover data from corrupt CD's and DVD's
RoamDrive 1.0.18
ShutDownPro 1.138
Snippy
TaskSwitch Pro
TeraCopy 1.22
TypeMe Fast Typing Tutor v1.0
UltraExplorer v1.4.3
Universal Extract
Volumouse 1.51
Website Puller v1.1
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WordWeb
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The increase in the rate of downloads of free multimedia content from the internet like movies videos etc and the vast download of available music on the internet some ISPs are now putting a stop on the free flowing transfer of bandwidth. Comcast is one of the leading isps that have started to target the bandwidth sucking applications like Bit torrent by limiting the amount of bandwidth available to these applications.Comcast justifies that this is necessary to ensure that a handful of customers do not gobble more that their bandwidth allocated quota and consequently slow down the speed for the other users. Bit torrent and other torrent companies are obviously not happy by the way the ISP’s are singling out their applications and restricting the bandwidth as his is potentially threatening the growth and use of their models. Bit torrent in particular has many deals with Hollywood with the right to distribute the tv shows and movies using it peer to peer
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