How can I make bittorrent download speed faster?

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Have Roadrunner LITE

Answer 1

I don't know which bittorrent client you have, but this guide for getting better download speeds will help.  If you have one of the featured clients, there are detailed guides linked to:

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Answer 2

The first step is to see if your BitTorrent client is properly configured through the settings - a simple tweak can drastically improve the download speed. Here are some other suggestions to fine-tune your downloading to maximize those torrents:

— Do not ‘Force Start’ your torrents. While doing this seems to ’start’ all torrents when some are waiting in a queue, this in fact spreads out your upload capacity over too many connections thus impacting your download speed. You are better off to change your settings to allow more current simultaneous connections/downloads.

— Do not operate torrents in ‘Super-Seed’ Mode. Super-seed mode is NOT recommended for general use. While it does assist in the wider distribution of rare data, because it limits the selection of pieces a client can download, it also limits the ability of those clients to download data for pieces they have already partially retrieved.

— Enable ‘DHT network’ and ‘UPnP port mapping’ but disable ‘NAT/Firewall configuration’. Also, change the ‘Max Connections per task’ and ‘Max simultaneous half-open TCP connections’.

In BitComet: Go to OPTIONS > Preferences and select the “Connection” tab to the left. If you find BitComet REALLY slow (or not working), make sure that “Enable NAT/Firewall configuration in ICS/ICF” is turned OFF (unchecked) and “Remove port on NAT/Firewall when exiting” is turned off (unchecked). Make sure that “Enable DHT network” is turned ON (checked) and “Enable UPnP port mapping” is turned ON (checked) as well. Now, change your “Maximum connections per task:” number to 100 or higher (you can do this by clicking on the words) and more importantly, change your “Max simultaneous half-open TCP connections” to 100 or higher (see TCP LIMIT below). Click OK to accept these changes, now close and restart BitComet.

— Setting a proper upload limit:

Another thing you can do to optimize your speed with BitComet (or any other BitTorrent client), is to set a proper upload speed. With BitTorrent, you need to upload in order to maximize downloading, but you don’t want to set the Upload settings too high or else now it starts to eat into your download bandwidth. And you don’t want to set it too low, or else the trackers will recognize this and your downloading speed will be reduced. First, set your “Global Max Download Rate” to NO LIMIT. Second, set your upload speed to be about 80% of what your total upload bandwidth is. To determine this, go to www.dslreports.com/tools and click on the ‘Speed Tests’ link there.  MAKE SURE that you stop all Internet and computer activity first or else you will get false results. Choose one that is nearest your city, or experiment with them. What you’re looking for here is consistent “upload” speed results. Run the test a few times until you see a similarity between all results and the upload speed.

For Azureus users, there’s a built-in speed tester right in the program itself. Go to TOOLS > Speed Test… and select either ‘BT Upload’ or ‘BT Download’.

Another thing you should change is the “Max Simultaneous Download Tasks Number”. This is the number of tasks that BitComet can run at the same time - change this to a higher number. Most BitTorrent clients, if not all, allow (and require) an increase in these connections. The default settings are usually set very low to accommodate lower-end PCs and PCs with minimal Internet bandwidth.

Answer 3

try these better ones:

bit comet

u torrent

available for free at www.download.com

The speed of your bittorrent download is very relative. It could depend on the number of seeders that seeds the torrent file and it also depend on the quality of internet connection the aforesaid seeders have. And of course your internet connection also counts so minimize other running programs on your pc and as much as possible, do not simultaneously download stuffs, that really divides and slows your downloads generally.  it is much better if you download one at a time (although it wont hurt to add another,  but not too many)