Thursday, February 5, 2009

Tweaking the connection limit & uTorrent

Tweaking the connection limit
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Windows has a connection limit which badly affects torrent download speeds.This is so it prevents malware from spreading its seeds rapidly all around the network. (If you protect your computer properly with a good antivirus & Antispyware this shouldn’t be a problem.)
(This will only work on Microsoft Windows XP Home/Professional and 
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

Step 1: Download Orbit Downloader here.(Download)
Step 2: Install it. 
Step 3: Open it up. 
Step 4: Select Tools>Preferences>Others and 
press "Increase connection limit for Windows XPsp2"
Step 5:On the new screen you can see info about current limits,below
info there box in which you can enter new value.
Step 6:Enter new value of "2048"[This is the Maximum Connection Limit for XP]
Step 7:Hit apply & follow the help

Tweaking UTorrent 
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Now Go To Options>Preferences>Advanced in utorrent, and Set 
“net.max_halfopen” to 2048.[It would be 8 as default in utorrent]
Hit Ok