Thread: utorrent help

some where in this forum i read that decreasing the "maximum number of connected peers per torrent" to a value say 18-20 for a 256 Kbps connection(home 750 UL) stabilizes the download speed.but i was fiddling with the settings and i entered a value of 100 and the average overall download speed rose by a value of 3 Kbps,now was that just a coincidence or is there a reason behind the increase in speed,please justify.


also explain some terms like-DHT nodes,swarm speed,hash,local peer discovery,peer exchange,private tracker,public tracker.

what is the number "XX" in "seeds =NN(XX)"

am currently downloading "THE X FILES season 3".on the site piratebay it is showing 7-8 peers but in utorrent it shows 69(518) peers.why is there such a huge difference in the counting of peers.is it because of difference in trackers-as in utorrent has more trackers than the site piratebay??

On a 256 kbps connection, limit the upload rate to 10 KB/s. Upload and download happens thru the same gate - so if you are uploading heavily your download will go down. But torrent trackers also keep track of pure leechers; so if you reduce your uploads too much they also limit the download rate.

If you visit the uTorrent web help page all the question on terms such as DHT, etc. are well explained (in FAQ section).

As far as difference in peer numbers, each tracker has its own peer list. uTorrent will list all the peers from all the trackers. Note that piratebay site will not have the latest info all the time. It is updated from time to time.