The latest file sharing protocol bittorrent has modified
everything when it comes to file
sharing. It is a nice platform for
downloading large files. Sharing of
files include movies, iso images and
MP3 songs. Bittorent is mainly famous for illegal file sharing .
The Bittorrent system can be slow at
times due to heavy traffic. so let us
tweak bittorrent sharing program a
little bit.
There are a lot of different bittorrent clients that you can download. I think
the best are BitCommet and uTorrent.
Here is a few tips to speed up uTorrent
Client. Similar can be implemented on
any other torrent clients ,which you
are using. Step 1: Increase TCP connections 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(in our 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. A nice
way to fix this is to download this
patch .
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. Port forwarding technique is more effective
than this.
A third point of
interest is that some “windows
updates” revert your tweaked tcp
connections back to 10. So it’s wise to check this every now and then. You
can check this by going to (in
windows xp)
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer >
System… Look for event 4226 (sort by
event). If there are a lot of daily occurrences
it’s likely that the max amount of half-
open tcp connections was set back to
10. Or you’re infected with some nasty
spy ware…
everything when it comes to file
sharing. It is a nice platform for
downloading large files. Sharing of
files include movies, iso images and
MP3 songs. Bittorent is mainly famous for illegal file sharing .
The Bittorrent system can be slow at
times due to heavy traffic. so let us
tweak bittorrent sharing program a
little bit.
There are a lot of different bittorrent clients that you can download. I think
the best are BitCommet and uTorrent.
Here is a few tips to speed up uTorrent
Client. Similar can be implemented on
any other torrent clients ,which you
are using. Step 1: Increase TCP connections 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(in our 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. A nice
way to fix this is to download this
patch .
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. Port forwarding technique is more effective
than this.
A third point of
interest is that some “windows
updates” revert your tweaked tcp
connections back to 10. So it’s wise to check this every now and then. You
can check this by going to (in
windows xp)
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer >
System… Look for event 4226 (sort by
event). If there are a lot of daily occurrences
it’s likely that the max amount of half-
open tcp connections was set back to
10. Or you’re infected with some nasty
spy ware…
Step 2:Torrent Client Configuration In order to apply these tips you must
know your maximum up- and
download speed. You can test your
bandwidth over here (stop all
download activity while testing).
Settings 1-4 can be found in the options, settings or preference tab of
most torrent clients.
1. Maximum upload speed
Probably the most important setting
there is. Your connection is (sort of)
like a pipeline, if you use you maximum upload speed there’s not
enough space left for the files you are
downloading. So you have to cap your
upload speed.
Use the following formula to
determine your optimal upload speed…
80% of your maximum upload speed
so if your maximum upload speed is
40 kB/s, the optimal upload rate is
32kB/s But keep seeding!
know your maximum up- and
download speed. You can test your
bandwidth over here (stop all
download activity while testing).
Settings 1-4 can be found in the options, settings or preference tab of
most torrent clients.
1. Maximum upload speed
Probably the most important setting
there is. Your connection is (sort of)
like a pipeline, if you use you maximum upload speed there’s not
enough space left for the files you are
downloading. So you have to cap your
upload speed.
Use the following formula to
determine your optimal upload speed…
80% of your maximum upload speed
so if your maximum upload speed is
40 kB/s, the optimal upload rate is
32kB/s But keep seeding!
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