Under the General tab, you will find the trackers list.
To add new trackers, first right click on the torrent you are downloading and then select Properties. While pasting the new tracker, make sure that you are not erasing the existing ones (and do not worry about duplication). The method of adding trackers to your torrent is not so complicated as you only have to add these links to your existing trackers. Adding new and faster trackers to your existing torrents can increase the download speed by adding new seeds and peers to your connection. Trackers are a good way to optimize the torrent download speed. Navigate to properties> Bandwidth, then set Global maximum number of connections to 150 and maximum number of connected peer per torrentto 100. But, for those who aren’t very much sure, I can suggest you some rough numbers which might increase torrent downloading speed.
Although, if you do hit and trial with the settings you might get a better result. Once you’ve set the upload/download rate, you can now change the number of connections to avoid any overload. To configure these options navigate to Proprties> Bandwidth, then set the Global Upload Rate Limit as 80% your max upload. Whereas, you can keep the download rate 0, as it is considered as maximum. Setting upload rate to about 70-80% of your maximum upload speed would be a great option. But, at the same time, you don’t want your upload rate to set it as maximum (‘0’ stands for unlimited) as it can choke down your own connection. So, turning it completely off, or setting it as 1kB/s, would not be a wise option. But, first you should understand the fact that torrents breathes the uploading done by users. You can also speed up your torrent downloading by limiting the upload and download rate. Limit Your Global Upload and Download Rate Usually, the third option is already checked but if it’s not, check that too.
!ud to incomplete files and Pre-allocate all files. To find these options, navigate to Options> Preferences> General then check Append. To increase the speed of your torrent, make sure all the three option that are shown in the figure below are checked.
Warning: Do not shut down Windows Firewall permanently as it leaves your PC open to attack.Ĭhange General Settings to Optimize uTorrent (Check Enable UPnP port mapping in case it’s unchecked). First navigate to Options> Preferences> Connections, now check Add Windows Firewall exceptionand then click Apply. So, adding an exception to Windows firewall will be a good option to boost torrent downloading speed. Windows firewall can block your torrent client or you can say your incoming BitTorrent connections. So, while choosing a torrent, make sure that the seeder-leecher ratio is high. The more is number of seeders, the healthier your torrent will be. Once a leecher downloads the file completely, he/she will become a seeder.įor a high torrent download speed, the number of seeders should be higher than the number of leechers. A seeder is one who has the complete copy of the file shared across the network which you intend to download, however, a leecher is one who does not have the complete copy of file and has joined the network to download the file. These two terms always confuse the new torrent enthusiast, so, here I will try to clear your doubts in simple language.
uTorret and qBittorrent are available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.įor choosing a healthy torrent, first you need to understand the concept of seeder and leecher. The reason for using a lightweight torrent client is that it only focuses on downloading torrents and speeds up the transfer rate.
You can also install qBittorrent since it’s another lightweight torrent client. So, I prefer uTorrent most for a hassle-free and faster torrent downloading. Although, BitTorrent is one of the most popular torrent clients around, but it comes with lots of bloated apps and other features. To increase the torrent downloading speed, the very first step you need to follow is to install a lightweight torrent client.