Thread: What is the speed boost after port forwarding

Can anyone please tell me the effect that port forwarding will have on download speed. I am using 512kbps MTNL and uTorrent. I get around 40-55kbps (averaging around 50), with the 'Port not open' icon on uTorrent. Will port forwarding take the speed to 512 kbps? Pl tell me.

u r speed is 512 kpbs and i m sure u r getting d/load speed on torrent 40- 55 KPbs if u multiply 40 into 8.5 means u r getting 340 kpbs
1 KBps = 8.5 kpbs approx.

If ur getting 40-55 without portforwarding on a 512 plan.. after pf u'll get ur full speed arnd 55 kbps

Although realistically 512 / 8 is something like 63 kbps.. the length of the line etc. taken into account, 55 is a nice download speed... cheers!
i am on the same plan and i usually get ~50 on torrents and 55-58 on regular downloads.

Originally Posted by nuttyfreak09

Can anyone please tell me the effect that port forwarding will have on download speed. I am using 512kbps MTNL and uTorrent. I get around 40-55kbps (averaging around 50), with the 'Port not open' icon on uTorrent. Will port forwarding take the speed to 512 kbps? Pl tell me.

In you 512 kbps plan, after portforwarding and assuming that you are downloading for torrents with large number of seeds, you can expect a download speed of 90~95% of your plan speed. So you could expect a speed of 60 KB/s or 480 kbps.

Originally Posted by bahugunas

u r speed is 512 kpbs and i m sure u r getting d/load speed on torrent 40- 55 KPbs if u multiply 40 into 8.5 means u r getting 340 kpbs
1 KBps = 8.5 kpbs approx.

Not quite. 1 KBps = 8 kbps.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If ur getting 40-55 without portforwarding on a 512 plan.. after pf u'll get ur full speed arnd 55 kbps

Although realistically 512 / 8 is something like 63 kbps.. the length of the line etc. taken into account, 55 is a nice download speed... cheers!
i am on the same plan and i usually get ~50 on torrents and 55-58 on regular downloads.

512 kbps = 64 kBps.

After port forwarding my torrents average around 54-55kbps but sometimes go upto 58kbps....

Originally Posted by nuttyfreak09

Can anyone please tell me the effect that port forwarding will have on download speed. I am using 512kbps MTNL and uTorrent. I get around 40-55kbps (averaging around 50), with the 'Port not open' icon on uTorrent. Will port forwarding take the speed to 512 kbps? Pl tell me.

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Originally Posted by dhruvrock2000

After port forwarding my torrents average around 54-55kbps but sometimes go upto 58kbps....

I agree with you,I got a boost of 5-10kB/s after port forwarding on my router.

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Port forwarding is like opening a dedicated data transfer line for an application(eg:utorrent)