i was introduced to a website of how to improve speed of utorrent.....but,i follow all the step,except the port forward thing.....i am a numb in these....please kindly help me...thx!!!!!!!!!!!!

Port forwarding is the main thing that will speed up uTorrent if there is a firewall blocking it. To check if you need to forward your port do the following in uTorrent:

1) Go to Options->"Speed Guide"

2) Click "Test if port is forwarded properly"


There's a similar thread:
http://sharetv.org/forum/how/104-how-do-i-make-downloading-faster

what if i had off my firewall?do i still need to port forward?by offing the firewall,will it decrease my download speed?

You do if you have a router blocking the ports. Use the "Test" in uTorrent to check.

If you have a Windows PC and no other firewall outside it, you're infected in about 30 secs after connecting nowadays.

ok,i have forward my port,and the 'test' in utorrent has also said i have succeed in port....but why does the download speed maintain so slow...its bout 0-27kb/s?help me...

I usually get about 100KB/sec, but I've seen as much as 800KB on popular torrents.

1) How many peers does the torrent have?

2) What kind of bandwidth do you have?

3) Try installing the patch from http://sharetv.org/how and remove the limit from uTorrent (http://torrentfreak.com/speed-up-bitcomet-and-µtorrent/).

thx for replying.....well,the peers is actually half the amount of seed....and i am using a 512k speed.....also,i have install the patch thing that u recommend to us.....its says limit the connection...i m now limiting it at 90 connection...is it ok with that?

also,how to remove the limit in utorrent?i am a numb....thx..

itcdr.....please help me...

1) Follow the directions here to set the limit in uTorrent. I've found 50 to be a good setting: http://torrentfreak.com/speed-up-bitcomet-and-µtorrent/

2) The seeders to downloaders ratio is not nearly as important as the number of peers (seeders+downloaders). A seeder is just someone who has the complete file. You still download from other peers who haven't finished yet.

3) So then you only have 512K from dsl/cable? My cable Internet is rated at 5MB although those numbers are way off from what you actually get.

For every one. If you have not done Port Forwarding do so. It should increase you speed. I went from an average of 19-40kb to 70-300kb on most of my DLs.

recently the port forwarding button on my comp doesnt work and when i click on it nothing happens so i cant actually tell if its forwared properly. does anyone no why this is?

@prich09 read "itcdr" comment bellow and follow instructions.

Port forwarding is the main thing that will speed up uTorrent if there is a firewall blocking it. To check if you need to forward your port do the following in uTorrent:

1) Go to Options->"Speed Guide"

2) Click "Test if port is forwarded properly"


There's a similar thread:
sharetv.org/forum/how/104-how-do-i-make-downloading-faster

That should tell you what you need to know.

sorry maybe i didnt explain this rite. ive actually know all about port forwarding but theirs a special button u press on utorrent which take you to a page which tells you if its forwarded properly. however for some reason recently when i click this button nothin happens where normally i new page would open. does anyone no why this is? is it a computer setting i may have changed which is stopping programs from openingg website links?

I would suggest a re-install.

The button on Utorrent you press is the little Green check mark on the bottom center. If it is green to begin with, you don't need to check to see if your port is open because it is. If it is yellow, your port is not open for the time being anyway. If you click it and the window opens (Welcome to the UTORRENT Speed Guide) you have to then press "Test of port is forwarded properly". If you press it and nothing happens or you get a blank browser page, check to make sure you are not blocking the HTTP in PEER GUARDIAN.
If you do this and it doesn't work, I agree you need a re-install.

Also you may want to check your firewall settings and be sure it allows the program to open.

"check to make sure you are not blocking the HTTP in PEER GUARDIAN." sorry but where i can i find this out?

I can now assume you are using Peer Guardian since you asked the question. If you aren't using it, I strongly recommend you get it. The way things are going now, you can't afford to be brave.

Click the little blue PG icon that should be in your windows tray on the right side. When it comes up, check the box on the top right that says either block HTTP or Allow HTTP. To the left of that it will tell you the status. If it says block HTTP then unblock it for now and see if that fixes your problem.

@prich09 - If you get the little green check mark at the bottom center of utorrent screen then all is ok. If not and you're not able to use the check port forward button under options - speed guide...then you need to reinstall utorrent. Same thing happenned to me a while back. I had made some changes and messed up some things, i don't remember what I had changed, but something was wrong.
One suggestion, If at one point you had things working well and you like the way utorrent was running, use the same utorrent. Since you are already familliar with it, no sense trying to get used to an upgrade.

o actually i havent got it jszing im one of the brave ones .............. or stupid ones. what howelljsche says might sort it out but im downloading something now so no point trying yet. ntw the things still green i was just thinking what happens in the future if i have red or whatever. thanks for the help

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@quark
The information is gud. Maybe it will help newcommers.

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@crymisto

If you break rule publicly I have to point it out to you publicly.

Otherwise others may think it is Ok when it is not.

What is that "Please refrain from shouting "

Thanks for the posted info (flags up...white one)

You're welcome.

try portforward.com

easy enuff guides there

does it speed u up well it makes you more conectable to more peers so yup increases your speed

if u have any probs try mma-central.org.uk there staff pretty cool an helpful will talk u through it live on msn

Ok this trick worked for me & my downloads went from 50kbs-80kbs & increased to 250kbs-450kbs.I am using UTorrent & I believe it works on bittorrent & it takes 10 seconds to do it...

open up your torrent(UTorrent in my case)

1/click on options,
2/click on preferences,
3/click on connections,
4/uncheck the maximum upload rate & set it to 0 (your maximum download rate should be set to 0 also)
5/Click apply & ok.

I can download full episodes in 10mins now :-)

also my uploads has gone up to 80kbs from 15kbs