If you are going to use torrent files to send or receive big files, you will need a client, or program, to allow your computer to connect with others in the file-sharing network. Nobody wants to sit and wait forever while a big file downloads, so I’ve put together a tutorial to guide you through steps to increase my download speeds as much as 300 percent. Through trial and error, and often having to revert back to default settings before tweaking them again, I eventually found settings that worked great. I have tried them on multiple computers to make sure the speed is consistent, and ended up getting 1.6 Mb/s on average.In this guide I will be using UTorrent as the torrent client, but these settings can be applied to most clients. If you are using a different torrent client (other than uTorrent) and are not sure of something, simply skip that step.
Note: I do not support illegal downloads, and this is simply a guide on how to speed up your torrent download speeds.
1. Enable Protocol Encryption
Since I am using uTorrent, I will provide steps for uTorrent users first and steps for other client users second.
Protocol Encryption features attempt to enhance privacy and confidentiality. They also make it harder for third parties, including ISPs, to identify traffic. Make sure that these features are enabled to decrease the chances that your ISP will be able to throttle or limit your bandwidth while you are downloading torrents.
- uTorrent Users: Be sure that everything I have checked in the above image is checked on your client. Most of this comes by default. The most important thing here is Protocol Encryption. Be sure this is set to Enabled, and that Allow incoming legacy connections is checked.
- Other Torrent Client Users: In your settings (most likely under Connections) look for something along the lines of Protocol Encryption, Transport Encryption, or Traffic Shaping. Enable these settings and allow incoming legacy connections.
2. Increase Speed by Adjusting Bandwidth
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Adjusting bandwidth settings/preferences, as you can imagine, can dramatically increase download speeds. This is where the fun starts.
- Keep your Max upload rate and Max download rate set to unlimited (in the picture, 0 means unlimited). Your download speed may decrease if you limit these settings.
- Global Max number of connections should be set to 2500.
- Max number of connected peers per torrent should be set to 500.
At this point, you should be seeing a gradual increase in download speeds.
(Note: It is very unlikely, but these can also lead to decreased download speed. If this happens, simply set your settings/preferences back to default, and you will be back where you started.)
3. Go to Advanced Settings
In settings/preferences, click on advanced. You will get a message that says,Warning: Do not modify, but if you follow these steps exactly, your client will be safe. Again, this can be done in any torrent client, but you must understand what your client’s settings mean as they may be worded differently.
You can use the filter (it looks like a search box) to quickly find each of these settings.
- Set "bt.allow_same_ip" to true by clicking on it and setting the value to true(see picture above for example).
- Set "gui.show_notorrents_node" to false (use filter or scroll down in Advanced to find it).
- Set "rss.update_interval" to 20 (make sure to click set after entering 20).
- Apply and close out of Advanced settings.
- Restart uTorrent or other torrent client.
4. Enjoy Your Faster Downloads!
You should notice a very large increase in download speed. Congratulations!
If these steps did not work for you, set your settings/preferences back to default and you will be back where you started.
For more help, leave me a comment below. I would love to answer your questions!
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