uTorrent vs Other clients (Read before

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I was playing around with some settings in uTorrent, a very popular and well known
torrent client, and I eventually ended up increasing my download speeds by about 3 as
much as it previously was! I went through trial and error in the settings, often having to
revert back to default settings before altering them again" #t some points, my speed
decreased, but eventually I found some settings that worked great and increased my
speeds dramatically" I tried these settings on multiple computers to verify if it was
consistent" It was" I ended up getting $"% mb&s on average!
'ere(s a guide on how to possibly increase your torrent speeds by a significant amount" I
will be using uTorrent as the torrent client, but these settings can be applied to most
clients if you have an understanding of how they work"
If you are using a different torrent client (other than uTorrent) and are not sure of
something, simply skip it"
I do not support illegal downloads and this is simply a guide on how to speed up your
torrent download speeds"
)rotocol *ncryption
+ince I am using uTorrent, I will describe this in separate steps for both uTorrent users
and other client users" )rotocol *ncryption makes it to where your I+) can not identify
torrent traffic, which decreases the chance of them throttling, or limiting your bandwidth
while downloading torrents"
uTorrent ,sers- .e sure that everything I have checked is checked on your client" /ost
of this comes by default" The most important thing here is 0)rotocol *ncryption"0 .e sure
this is set to *nabled, and that 0#llow incoming legacy connections0 is checked"
Other Torrent 1lients- In your settings (most likely under connections), there will be
something along the lines of 0)rotocol *ncryption, Transport *ncryption, or Traffic
+haping"0 *nable these settings and allow incoming legacy connections"
.andwidth
It(s these settings&preferences that usually result in a dramatic increase in download
speeds" (2ote- This can possibly, but very unlikely cause a decrease in speeds") This is
where the fun starts"
3eep your 0/a upload rate,0 and 0/a download rate0 at unlimited" (In the picture, 4
means unlimited") Often times your download speed will decrease if you limit these
settings"
2umber of 1onnections- 5our 06lobal /a number of connections0 should be set to
7844" 05our 0/a number of connected peers per torrent0 should be set to 844"
#t this point, you should be seeing a gradual increase in download speeds"
To top it all off"""
2ow it(s time to change some 0#dvanced0 settings" In settings&preferences, click on
advanced" It says 09arning- :o not modify0 but if you follow eactly what I do, your client
will be safe" #gain this can be done in any Torrent 1lient, but you have to understand
what the settings mean as they may be worded differently"
uTorrent- 5ou can use the filter (search bo looking thing) to ;uickly find certain settings"
+et 0bt"allow<same<ip0 to (True( by clicking on it and setting the value to true" (see
picture for eample")
+et 0gui"show<notorrents<node0 to (=alse( (,se filter or scroll down in #dvanced to find
it")
+et 0rss"update<interval0 to (74( (/ake sure you click on (+et( after you type in 74)
#pply and close out of #dvanced settings" Restart uTorrent or torrent client"
*n>oy your faster download speeds!
5ou should now notice a very large increase in download speed" 1ongratulations if it
worked!
If this did not work for you, or made your speeds slower, simply set your
settings&preferences back to default and you will be back where you started before this
guide"