I usually use Utorrent as my primary torrent client to download stuff using the P2P technology. It has become my favorite for few months and let me share you some tricks to boost your bittorrent download speed if you’re using Utorrent as the bittorrent client. I assume that you have already corrected your NAT problem by port-forwarding your modem/router. For port-forwarding guide, go to portforward.com.
The first trick: Increase the max half-open TCP connections
This is the basic thing to do. Since Windows XP with SP2 limit the TCP connections to only 10, a hack needed to be done to increase the value. Torrent technology requires your connection to connect many IP as possible to achieve the best speed. The limitation will seriously hurts your downloading and uploading speed.
How to fix that? Well, we need a TCP/IP patch.
Get the patch here. At the console, choose any number that you want.50 -100 connections should be fine. Then, restart your computer.
Configure Utorrent to allow 50-100 max half-open TCP connections
The next thing to do is to set Utorrent’s setting itself.
1) Open your Utorrent program.
2) Go to Options > Preferences > Advanced options > net.max_halfopen
3) Set the value according the number that you have chosen before. (50-100)
Set the correct upload speed
Another important setting is the upload speed. An advisable speed would be 80% of your upload speed. As example, I got 56kbits/sec upload speed for my connection. Then, the suitable upload speed for my connection is 28KByte/sec. This tweak will help Utorrent to download the data efficiently and avoid bandwidth wasting. For the download speed, set the number to unlimited (:0)
Final trick: Always update Utorrent when update is available.
Most ISP used a technology like traffic-shaping to block your torrent connection. Getting the latest version of Utorrent client might help you to fix slow download speed by bypassing the technology using some hacks like protocol encryption. You need to do a trial and error to determine which version works best for you.
In my opinion, downloading torrent via local torrent tracker is still the best way to get top-notch speed because of the seeding rule that the webmaster usually set.
December 18th, 2006 at 10:40 am
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January 3rd, 2007 at 1:53 pm
how to speed up utorrents
February 10th, 2007 at 9:27 am
nice
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:35 am
thanks guys!
February 27th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
cant get my router to forward the ports..pls get back to me..
February 27th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
what max. speeds can you get with a 256 kbps line…?
March 28th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Great hack. Hope this actually works.
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:55 am
where do i get the patch?
April 21st, 2007 at 9:29 am
get the patch at http://www.lvllord.de/
June 13th, 2007 at 8:21 am
thanks. it acutally worked!
July 31st, 2007 at 2:13 am
µTorrent’s speed depends on amount of the seeders
July 31st, 2007 at 2:17 am
Hey! My Eset Smart Security said that the patch is a virus application! Don’t download this!
July 31st, 2007 at 2:21 am
I recommend you to use Orbit Downloader. It has a TCP/IP patch included in their program. Get the latest version here:
h**p://dl.orbitdownloader.com/dl/OrbitDownloaderSetup.exe
August 1st, 2007 at 2:51 pm
In fact, guides like this are posted throughout the whole net… Same instructions. But, I have to say, it works, like many others. So I give you a thumbs up since it actually works ^^.
Just telling everyone… yes, the download speed can decrease/increase dramatically depending on the amount of seeders. BUT, be aware that the things that change the speed the most is your internet speed (doh, a 512k can get up to around 60 kb/s max) and the port routing.
If ports are closed, a lot LESS seeders (around 95% of them) will not be able to connect to you and share the file. You can check if it’s good by looking at the “check”, “alert” or “x” symbol on the bottom of Utorrent. (Green is good… yellow and red are bad)
Overall, nice job. I have no idea of who you are, but I seem to like your contribution. Keep it up!
August 1st, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Hmm, a heads up, the patch is infected with a keylogger and a virus. The keylogger is meant to steal passwords and it’s NOT DETECTED BY ANTI-VIRUSES, so DON’T DOWNLOAD THAT PATCH.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:14 pm
here is a patch for utorrent
http://rapidshare.com/files/46451564/utorrentbooster.rar
August 6th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
the patch contains bad programs!!…
August 7th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
thank you for the help my dl speed went from 350kbps to 700 and rising fast lol gotta love 10 meg internet
August 8th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
this Article is great it helped me out brilliantly
Thanks to the authur who ever you are
August 11th, 2007 at 5:56 am
i know i shouldn’t have gotten vista, but does the patch work wtih it???!!!
August 26th, 2007 at 10:37 am
nice work man
remember ppl: ALLWAYS san EVERY file u download even if its from a trusted source.
(spysweeper cleans ALL keyloggers as long as it it up-to-date
im on a 2MB line , 50 seeds and i got upto 300KBPS !!!!
@tom backup all your pc download and try the patch coz i dont know
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:00 am
I am on one mb download speed and after doing this my downloads have not reached over 70kb like before any suggestions as to why???My highest download is just over 50kb’s.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
is this patch virus infected?
March 19th, 2008 at 8:00 am
hay guys.im runnin on a 386kps dsl internet connection. but how come my download rate is just 40kbps? is there a problem with my internet connection?
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March 6th, 2009 at 8:43 am
hey, this patch eats up bandwidth – how do I undo it??
March 15th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Remember that your download speed in kbps is kiloBITS per second and utorrent measures in kiloBYTES per second.
A one mbit connection is 128 KB/s max… in reality you’ll get maybe 100 to 110 on adsl, on cable there is less data reduction due to losses over line distance so on cable you might actually get your top speed or on some even more. On my 20 mbit cable (2.5 MB/s) i managed to get 2.7 MB/s frequently.
To get the top speed from utorrent it’s a combination of availability of the file and the amount of connections made (amount of seeders x their connection speed allocated to sharing x amount of connections your pc / connection can handle = download speed).
April 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
guys i cant open the patch.exe wat’s the matter?????