Best utorrent Configuration

Best utorrent Configuration (Newbie guide)


Firstly utorrent is my current favourite torrent download software. Its the best software in smallest package.
Download: from here

After trying out many different settings I am just sharing my best configuration for utorrent. Obviously your best config may be different because of your network and hardware etc.

Coming stratight to the point, I have 450kb/s download with 100kb/s upload. You can check your speed from http://www.speedtest.net/ and make settings accordingly.

Options>Preferences:
Global maximum upload rate (kB/s) = 10
√ Allow incoming legacy connections
Global maximum number of connections = 128 (If you don't have bandwidth then more connections dont mean more speed)
Maximum number of connected peers per torrent = 16
Number of upload slots per torrent = 2
√ Use additional upload slots if upload speed < lazy_bitfield =" *true" max_halfopen =" *40" disconnect_inactive_interval =" *600" write_queue_size =" *2560" read_cache_size =" *2560"> Preferences>Connections> Global Bandwidth Limiting> Maximum Upload Rate (kB/s) (set it to whatever you want)


I have doubled my speed after these settings. And please note that there is a 8fold difference in kilobit and kilobyte.(1kilobyte = 8 kilobits).It took me a while to understand the best settings so I am sharing with you. A well seeded torrent will download at speed of 18.

SHORT NOTE: Seeders are people who have already downloaded the file and peers are number of people who are currently downloading the file. You should have more seeders for good speed.