If you are using torrents to download stuff (legal or illegal ;-)), you would be aware that it works based on the rule that
"The more you share, the more you get to download".
There are lot of forums where people have asked the million doller question; "How do i increase my download speed?". More often than not the answer is that "you should share more". If you are someone like me who connects to the internet world through a router you would have to do something known as port-forwarding. If you are someone who spends a lot of time on Internet then i expect you to have a firewall.
I use Kerio Firewall in the free mode and µTorrent Client to download stuff via torrents. By default, Kerio will not allow in coming connections to your µTorrent client; Even if you have the port forwarded... You have to keep an exception in Kerio firewall to be able to accept connections from other peers. Which means unless you allow Kerio to allow to peers to connect to you, µTorrent shall not give you a very good download rate.
Now if you are wondering how you can do this? It is quite simple. Here is small guide
Once all this is done you can test if th port is really getting forwarded properly by http://www.utorrent.com/testport.php?port=PORTNUMER
You should be done!! Happy downloading!!
"The more you share, the more you get to download".
There are lot of forums where people have asked the million doller question; "How do i increase my download speed?". More often than not the answer is that "you should share more". If you are someone like me who connects to the internet world through a router you would have to do something known as port-forwarding. If you are someone who spends a lot of time on Internet then i expect you to have a firewall.
I use Kerio Firewall in the free mode and µTorrent Client to download stuff via torrents. By default, Kerio will not allow in coming connections to your µTorrent client; Even if you have the port forwarded... You have to keep an exception in Kerio firewall to be able to accept connections from other peers. Which means unless you allow Kerio to allow to peers to connect to you, µTorrent shall not give you a very good download rate.
Now if you are wondering how you can do this? It is quite simple. Here is small guide
- Right click on the Kerio icon in the lower right hand side.
- Go to the configuration screen and choose the Network Security subscreen.
- Click on the Packet Filter button
- In the new screen that shows up click on Add
- In the screen that shows up fill in details as shown below. In the section called Local the number 39313 is the port that µTorrent is using
Once all this is done you can test if th port is really getting forwarded properly by http://www.utorrent.com/testport.php?port=PORTNUMER
You should be done!! Happy downloading!!
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