Thread: Substitute for Portforwarding

Hello everyone
I'm having BSNL broadband 500c plan with UT300R2U modem.I'm a regular user of Utorrent and so to boost my download speed i tried portforwarding.
I changed my modem/router settings to bridge type connection instead of using the DMZ way.But after a couple of weeks or so i couldn't connect to the internet. Was getting error message as "Remote computer failed to respond".
Fortunately i had backed up my original settings and now updated to its default type (always On PPPOE).

But now my download speed in torrent files is Just 15 - 20 Kbytes/sec.(For good health torrents)
I'm getting the red exclamation mark at the bottom saying a router/firewall is blocking the connection. I added exception to XP firewall, so it must be the Router thats blocking the connection.

I just want to know if there is any other way other than the above methods of portforwarding to improve my download speed

Thanks in advance

did u hack the maximum half open connections?

No.
What is that?

XP limits the maximum half open connections to 8...
if u can increase it, u can connect to many clients at the same time and it will give you more speed for dwnload...
u hav xp+sp2 rite?

Oh that one. Yeah i've increased the number of connections using some patch from the internet. I have Sp3

Hi Friends

Since in windows vista thr s no limit for half open connections ..how can i do it ..my torrent download speed is too slow ..please help..i tried port forwarding ..open dns servers ..in bittorrent ( official) out of 20 download files only 5 r downloading ( inspite of good seeders and leechers

But in Bitcomet none of the files are getting downloaded ..

please help me in this

Originally Posted by amzi

I'm getting the red exclamation mark at the bottom saying a router/firewall is blocking the connection.Thanks in advance

check for old threads here......you can do port-forwarding.

I think bridge mode is best, because you don't have to worry about port forwarding & DMZ etc. & you can control your usage by just dialing, In PPPoE mode you can't say surely after switching off PC it wont use your internet.

yep...if u have a good firewall (like comodo) you can change to bridge mode.. u dont have to manually portforward and also scheduling connection for night UL downloads will become very easy..

Originally Posted by talktoanil

check for old threads here......you can do port-forwarding.

hi anil ..my bittorrent connection is quite slow ..what should i do ..i guess its something to do with router ..since at my freinds house he has utstarcom router ..thr the speed is very high ..all the all torrent get to download at once ..but at my home they r not getting downloadd ..only one or two r getting downloaded ..i tired everything giveh here ..like protforwarding ..half open connections( which is not valid for windows vista it seems) ..please help yaar

Originally Posted by navnyu

hi anil ..my bittorrent connection is quite slow ..what should i do ..i guess its something to do with router ..since at my freinds house he has utstarcom router ..thr the speed is very high ..all the all torrent get to download at once ..but at my home they r not getting downloadd ..only one or two r getting downloaded ..i tired everything giveh here ..like protforwarding ..half open connections( which is not valid for windows vista it seems) ..please help yaar

If not all torrents are downloading at same time follow the steps (I use uTorrent so I stated steps for it only):
Option> Preference> Queuing > Max no. of active torrents & Max no. of active downloads Increase these values to whatever you like ( I kept it at 10), now you will be able to download many torrents at same time.

Originally Posted by Sumit020

If not all torrents are downloading at same time follow the steps (I use uTorrent so I stated steps for it only):
Option> Preference> Queuing > Max no. of active torrents & Max no. of active downloads Increase these values to whatever you like ( I kept it at 10), now you will be able to download many torrents at same time.

Hey sumit

I kept those values at 25 25 each ..but still not able to download .

Please help.

Originally Posted by navnyu

Hey sumit

I kept those values at 25 25 each ..but still not able to download .

Please help.

For just a test disable firewall & then try uTorrent, Keep your modem in bridge mode, try different firewall.
Another setting in uTorrent:
Option> Preference> Advanced> net.max_halfopen> Set this value to something like 80-100 (I kept it at 85).