If you download files( documents, music, videos etc.) by torrents then here I discuss two ways of increasing your down load speed upto 2x faster.
TIP 1: I will take example utorrent but you can do this with any torrent downloader.
Open utorrent application and click on Options.
Click preferences. Go to advanced ( at the last).
Among the many things u see there, look for net.max_halfopen.
Its default value will be 8. Set it to 50.
You're done . This should definitely increase your download speed.
TIP 2 :
The blue or green network cable coming out of your
computer/modem/router is actually a busy highway comprised of 65,536
tiny electronic lanes (yes, over sixty-five thousand little lanes
for your electrons). Each lane is called a "port", and each port is
designed to allow only specific types of information through. Many
ports are assigned in a semi-standardized way. Here are some example
port assignments:
2) Bit torrents, by default, first look for port 6881 to enter/exit your computer.
If port 6881 is closed for whatever reason, torrents then go to port
6882, then 6883, and so on, until it eventually tries port 6999 before
giving up.
3) Every ISP, and every home router, can optionally block any of these ports with the intention of preventing hackers and controlling the network.
4) If you tell your own personal router and firewall at home to open (aka "forward") port 6881 and port 6882, then your bit torrents will find their way into your computer that much faster. Sometimes up to 5x faster.
TIP 1: I will take example utorrent but you can do this with any torrent downloader.
Open utorrent application and click on Options.
Click preferences. Go to advanced ( at the last).
Among the many things u see there, look for net.max_halfopen.
Its default value will be 8. Set it to 50.
You're done . This should definitely increase your download speed.
TIP 2 :
The blue or green network cable coming out of your
computer/modem/router is actually a busy highway comprised of 65,536
tiny electronic lanes (yes, over sixty-five thousand little lanes
for your electrons). Each lane is called a "port", and each port is
designed to allow only specific types of information through. Many
ports are assigned in a semi-standardized way. Here are some example
port assignments:
- HTML pages: port 80
- FTP file transferring: port 21
- World of Warcraft: port 3724
- POP3 email: port 110
- MSN Messenger: port 6901 and ports 6891-6900
- Everquest: port 1024
- Bit Torrents: port 6881
2) Bit torrents, by default, first look for port 6881 to enter/exit your computer.
If port 6881 is closed for whatever reason, torrents then go to port
6882, then 6883, and so on, until it eventually tries port 6999 before
giving up.
3) Every ISP, and every home router, can optionally block any of these ports with the intention of preventing hackers and controlling the network.
4) If you tell your own personal router and firewall at home to open (aka "forward") port 6881 and port 6882, then your bit torrents will find their way into your computer that much faster. Sometimes up to 5x faster.
2 comments:
I use Bittornado and don't have the same options. there is no net.max_halfopen.
There is:
Default Max Download Rate (kB/s)
Minimum Number of peers: 20
Allocation rate (MiM/s): 2
Max files open: 50
My port range is between 40000 and 60000.
Do you have any advice?
I use ZoneAlarm as well.
i can't say anything about bittornado in particular but this article might help.
thanx for commenting.
http://www.johntp.com/2006/04/19/how-to-increase-download-speeds-of-utorrent/
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