torrentfreak.com — Configuring your BitTorrent client is essential if you want to enjoy optimal download speeds. In our quest to help users get the most out of BitTorrent, we asked one of the uTorrent developers how we can speed up our downloads.
Aug 5, 2008 View in Crawl 4
etruscanAug 6, 2008
Um, if the port you're using for torrents is closed, you wouldn't be getting 2-3 kb/s... you'd be getting zero.
stevemaxAug 6, 2008
No. A closed port means that people can't open connections TO you; you can still open connections to them (at least to those with open ports). For example, your ISP most possibly closes your port 80 (HTTP), but you can still access the Web without problems; the only problem is that you can't run a web server on that port.In P2P, not having an open incoming port limits your connectivity. You can only connect to people with open ports, so you lose a lot of possible sources. It's also harder to seed. You can download and upload, just not as efficiently. Heck, even on a 100% firewalled computer (no open ports at all, every one filtered) I kept getting 300-400 kB/s with a good connection.
justice7Aug 6, 2008
seriously, Newsgroup binaries; and torrents to fill the gaps.
melrosemanAug 7, 2008
The first time I port forwarded was for starcraft and it took about 2 f**king hours lol. I was so lost. The second time took about 1 minute.
philodoxaAug 8, 2008
Awesome tips
ceejaydkAug 16, 2008
The small increase in throughput I can measure on my connection after using TCP Optimizer is real enough. It really does help.