Many people usually suffer from slow downloads through the torrent network and many of them do not know that there are ways to enhance the speed of your downloads.
Here are some of the tweaks to boost your download speed:
1) Reduce your upload speed:
Bittorrents are usually programmed to perform efficiently when all users upload to their maximum, but the truth is that this only slows your download. For an efficient download, you should keep your upload speeds about 75-80% of the maximum.
In order to do that you can use one from the many speed test sites available like Speakeasy Speed Test.
2) Remove the TCP connection limit:
You must have noted that the download speeds have reduced after you have upgraded to Windows XP SP2. This is because Microsoft has limited the amount of TCP connections to 10. This was done in order to limit the spread of worms and Trojans. To boost up your download speed you will have to override the limit by using Event ID4226 patch. After the installation of the patch set the number of TCP connections to be anywhere between 50-100 connections.
3) Unblock Ports in your Router:
Torrents commonly use ports ranging from 6881~6889 for high speed downloading. If you know which port to use for the fastest download then find out the manufacturer of your router and the specific model. Then go to Portforward.com and begin choosing the model of your Router.
4) Disable Windows Firewall:
Windows Firewall has been designed to limit the traffic in and out of your computer, but this also reduces the bandwidth used by the torrent downloads. So a better option will be to turn the firewall off and use torrent friendly applications like zone alarm.
5) Choose the best torrent:
Choose Torrents that have the best seed to peer ratio. For example, a file having 100 seeds and 100 peers is much better than a file with 100 seeds and 200 peers.
Via: techaddi
