Optimising uTorrent

romulus06 · 15 Apr 2007 at 19:35

Going off topic for a brief moment you guys have probably seen this already but if you use Utorrent do the below and it shows some very interesting stuff!! :eek:

Type the following into start>run command box

%appdata%/utorrent

electric ant · 15 Apr 2007 at 19:56

CliffyG said:
Encryption is already on. As far as i know shaping doesnt work like that though, common ports get priority and unknown high ones will get the same bandwidth whether ecnrypted or not, whatever is left over.

Q1.Whats the best range to have the open port for utorrent then? Will it make a difference if I change the port ?

(p.s. Im on BT

and I know they traffic shape)

Q2. Also what does the Ask Tracker for Scrape Information do? It is currently unticked.

CliffyG · 15 Apr 2007 at 20:18

electric ant said:
Q1.Whats the best range to have the open port for utorrent then? Will it make a difference if I change the port ?

(p.s. Im on BT and I know they traffic shape)

Q2. Also what does the Ask Tracker for Scrape Information do? It is currently unticked.

I really dont think it matters what port you use (utorrent doesnt use a range), anything random will do. Have no idea about the second question im afraid.

bledd · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:10

romulus06 said:
Going off topic for a brief moment you guys have probably seen this already but if you use Utorrent do the below and it shows some very interesting stuff!!

Type the following into start>run command box

%appdata%/utorrent

its where the settings are stored, can't see what's so interesting :confused:

Psypher5 · 16 Apr 2007 at 00:00

you people actually upload?

Gas Panic! · 16 Apr 2007 at 01:00

Psypher5 said:
you people actually upload?

Er... yeah, that's the whole idea of BitTorrent, especially on ratio sites. You get much better speeds on a ratio site because, unlike you scummy leeching gits, people actually upload. :rolleyes:

FreeStream · 16 Apr 2007 at 09:13

electric ant said:
Q1.Whats the best range to have the open port for utorrent then? Will it make a difference if I change the port ?

(p.s. Im on BT and I know they traffic shape)

Q2. Also what does the Ask Tracker for Scrape Information do? It is currently unticked.

Im on BT and frequently manage to max my 2mb ADSL line

17kb/s up = 220-240kb/s down, anymore upload and my connection gets choked. Encryption is enabled

Psypher5 · 16 Apr 2007 at 16:55

Rivey said:
Er... yeah, that's the whole idea of BitTorrent, especially on ratio sites. You get much better speeds on a ratio site because, unlike you scummy leeching gits, people actually upload.

You live your way, I live my way.

Scream · 16 Apr 2007 at 17:40

Psypher5 said:
You live your way, I live my way.

And when you have no Upload Quota restrictions, upload away. It's good to share.

I find sites that have restrictions to be great as I max my line out as everyone is sharing to keep their ratio high.

CliffyG · 4 May 2007 at 09:37

Bit of a thread revival but i've had some nice results with upping max connections and lowering peers per torrent:

Current Settings:

Upload:30
Global Max: 400
Peers per Torrent: 50
Upload per Torrent: 5

Currently downloading 10 torrents and am touching 650k at this moment in time.

Jimmy1983 · 15 May 2007 at 16:53

Could someone please tell me what the best setting are for me, iam with orange 2MB, or 1 not 100% sure. The best I can get is about 180-200 kB/s. Iam assuming I can get a better speed?

Jimmy1983 · 19 May 2007 at 12:44

Jimmy1983 said:
Could someone please tell me what the best setting are for me, iam with orange 2MB, or 1 not 100% sure. The best I can get is about 180-200 kB/s. Iam assuming I can get a better speed?

anyone please?

t31os · 19 May 2007 at 13:10

Jimmy1983 said:
Could someone please tell me what the best setting are for me, iam with orange 2MB, or 1 not 100% sure. The best I can get is about 180-200 kB/s. Iam assuming I can get a better speed?

Seems about right for a 2mb connection...

HighlandeR · 19 May 2007 at 13:50

Current Settings:

Global Max: 800
Peers per Torrent: 200
Upload per Torrent: 5

On 8meg AOL which is capping me BUT.... I like AOL 8meg, capping times do vary and not so bad usualy from 6pm-12pm ie the peak time its capped to 50k max downloads, weekends dont see it but sometimes do.

Can get anyware from 300-500k downloads max my lines gone to is about 550k

I think its hard to get good settings cos the torrent u grabbed maybe very popular/no so popular so its hard to gage whats best, either way donwloading something popular and seeing it max out is best way...

gonna enable encrytion see if that helps AOL during the caping sessions but will have to wait till monday for that!