What it does is that it allows bittorrent client to automatically open ports of your router when required. If not then you can enable port forwarding in two ways:Īutomatic( UPnP): This is the automatic method. If it is open then you don’t need to do anything. Now visit this page: to check whether this port is open.

In uTorrent open Options menu then Preferences>Connections. To check if your port is forwarded first we find out the port used by Bittorrent client. Normally a router will block all incoming connections to your computer. Port forwarding will help other peers to “see” your computer. If you are behind router then you need to forward the port used by your router. But you can find similar options in other clients. We have used uTorrent in these steps because of its popularity. The following section will show you how to increase torrent speed. It now accounts to more than 33% of all the traffic on internet! Top 10 ways to Increase torrent speed: Open this file with your bittorrent client and then the actual file will be downloaded.įact: Bittorrent protocol was designed by Bram Cohen in 2001. It can be thought as pointer to the actual file. This a small small file having size in kilobytes. torrent file: This is not the actual file but contains information about seeders and leechers. There are many options: uTorrent, BitTorrent, Vuze and Transmission.

Tracker: A server that coordinates sharing between seeders and leechers.īittorrent Client: Most operating systems do not have the capability to download torrents by default. You need a software to download torrent. Seeder: A peer having whole file(All pieces). A leecher becomes a seed when it has whole file. Leecher: A peer having partial file(some pieces). Peer: A computer that takes part in upload or download of a torrent. Thus user simultaneously acts as client and server in traditional sense. User having a piece can upload it to others and download pieces he/she does not have from others. A file is broken into pieces of predefined size and each user may have all the pieces or some of the pieces. Bittorrent is a distributed protocol in which there is no central server having file. Peer-to-Peer: In a regular file sharing each person downloads a file from a central server. If you already know this then skip to the next section. To use torrent effectively you should at least know basics terms. II) Top 10 ways to increase torrent speed Bittorrent Basics

How to increase torrent download speed