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…
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!
