Calculate Your Optimal BitTorrent Settings
Written by Ernesto on March 19, 2007Configuring your BitTorrent client is extremely important if you want to get the best out of BitTorrent. However, the settings pane of the average BitTorrent client might be a bit overwhelming, and some people just don’t know where to start. For novices, this BitTorrent settings calculator might come in handy.
The calculator gives some good suggestions that might improve your overall download speed. Just enter the maximum upload speed of your connection, and the calculator will give you your recommended upload speed, maximum connections per torrent, and some other settings. The calculator can be used for every torrent client.
The maximum upload speed is by far the most important setting. It might sound strange to some, but you should always cap your upload speed to reach the best download speeds. Your connection is (sort of) like a pipeline (or tube if you prefer), if you max out your upload speed the pipe will be fully used, which means there’s not enough space left for the files you are downloading. The calculator recommends to set it at 80% of your maximum, I agree with that. People with high-speed connections might go a bit higher, and set is at 85% or even 90%.
Some people find that when they are seeding, browsing the web becomes sluggish. This is due to a badly configured upload speed in their BitTorrent client. When you have the correct upload speed entered into your client, browsing the web is noticeably quicker and seeding becomes almost transparent.
How to configure your maximum upload speed?
uTorrent: options > preferences > connection
Azureus: tools > options > transfer
Bitcomet: try this ?
Here at TorrentFreak we also wrote some post about optimizing BitTorrent download speeds, might be worth the read if you want to know more.
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Although I applaud Rick Falkvinge’s insight on the internet access of the super rich the majority of people who use the internet can only afford or are limited to dsl or cable. Bragging that one has a 100Mbit connection is irrelevant to me. What is relevant is how to best tweak my PC and internet connection to maximize my download speeds. Now unless Rick will pay for a 100Mbit pipleline to everyone who does not have access to a 100Mbit pipleline I kindly ask him to STFU.
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