Speeding up Torrent download

[TheGeek]

I'm currently downloading a very large file (4GB) via a bittorrent client. I'm only getting 5kb/s download speed though and 35+kb/s upload speed. I have a 512kb/s DSL connection, sothats not the problem. Is there a way to speed up the download? at 5kb/s it's gonna take a while to download a 4 gig file.

 

[keeleysam]

more info please.

 

[TheGeek]

what more do you need?

 

[Fardringle]

If the source of the torrent can only provide 5 kb/s, then you're not going to get anything faster than that unless you can find an alternate (faster) source. Go to a reliable site like Microsoft.com and try to download a large file like the Windows XP SP2 network distribution file and see what your download speed looks like. If you only get 5 kb/s there, then you have a problem with your DSL and need to talk to your ISP. If the download works fine, then you simply have a bad/slow torrent source.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

1) cap your upload to something more reasonable. like 15KB/s. your upload can choke your download if you're uploading too much.

2) when downloading a huge file with bit torrent, your downloads will usually be slower because it takes longer to be a seeder (there aren't too many seeders are there?). the more downloaders there are, the slower the torrent will be. you'll just have to hang in there.

 

[Samurai99]

Wrong guys, the problem is probably that you have a wireless router. If yu do, you have to go to www.portforward.com and find your router on the list. There you will find a guide on how to speed up your torrents in general 🙂

 

[casper114]

Originally posted by: Samurai99
Wrong guys, the problem is probably that you have a wireless router. If yu do, you have to go to www.portforward.com and find your router on the list. There you will find a guide on how to speed up your torrents in general 🙂

With the info give they are not neccesarily wrong, But there is a range of ports that you can forward in your router settings that should increase your download speed.