How to speed up/fix µTorrent downloads. [GUIDE]

Update 2019: since a lot of people these days seem to be having difficulties with uTorrent, you may also consider trying different torrent clients such as Tixati, qBittorrent, Transmission, Deluge, etc. The settings in these clients should not differ all too much from the settings shown below; but in the future we may come up with new guides, for different (other) torrent clients!


A.k.a. we don't recommend using uTorrent anymore, in the year 2019!


- The_gh0stm4n






Hello everyone,

As promised, here's a little guide on how to configure your Bittorrent client in order to achieve high(er) download speeds in your Bittorrent client. For this guide I've used µTorrent, which I highly recommend using. The instructions will be pretty much the same for all other clients. Some options might have another name though.

The first thing to do is not extremely important, but it's generally recommended to uncheck the Send detailed info when checking for updates (always anonymous) option.


As for the Connection tab, check everything as shown below:

DO NOT check Randomize port each start and be sure to actually FORWARD the port that you've entered in the Port used for incoming connections box. This guide doesn't describe how to do that, since it's different for all routers. Try this website though: http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm
Or feel free to contact us if you need personal help, we'd love to help!

Let's move on to the Bandwidth tab. Change the settings as shown below:

It's very tempting to set a Maximum upload rate, but keep in mind that this will actually slow down your download speed 9 out of 10 times! You 'aint seeding, you 'aint succeeding, as we like to say.
Also uncheck the Apply rate limit to transport overhead and Apply rate limit to uTP connections options.

In the BitTorrent tab, turn off the Enable bandwidth management [uTP] and Limit local peer bandwidth options. Also be sure to set outgoing Protocol Encryption to Forced and check Allow incoming legacy connections, as shown below.


Last but not least, in the Queueing tab, you might want to change the following settings:

It has nothing to do with your actual download speed, but remember: sharing is caring!


I hope this guide has helped you! If not, feel free to open a new topic in the correct Forum, so we can provide personal help.
Also keep in mind that Port forwarding is very important too, so do that FIRST!

Have fun!

thank you soooooo much! *kisses Admin-sama on the mouth, Bugs Bunny style*

edit: I forgot to press apply so I've been suffering for nearly 8 hours from slow download, silly me 

Thank you so much, Admin! It works.  From 10 kB/s it went all the way up to 250 kB/s.

thank you Admin

You can speed up by Call your ISP and ask them upgrade your line.

Narong30 wrote:You can speed up by Call your ISP and ask them upgrade your line.

Yes, but we prefer free alternatives, of course.
Besides, this will get the fullest out of your current connection, for which you pay.

Narong30 wrote:You can speed up by Call your ISP and ask them upgrade your line.

Or switch to a better provider...

TUN3R wrote:

Narong30 wrote:You can speed up by Call your ISP and ask them upgrade your line.

Or switch to a better provider...

or get a seedbox

Astro Zee wrote:or get a seedbox

The hell is a seedbox?

TUN3R wrote:

Astro Zee wrote:or get a seedbox

The hell is a seedbox?

A seedbox is a dedicated high- speed private server for downloading and uploading files. 

See here.

I believe it is like a proxy for torrents.

wow... my speed is now 10x faster than before the change.... Thanks admin!

150 KB/s WOW!



(my normal speed is 50/90 KB/s)

147 KB/s!  

thank you for this! My download time went from 12 hours to 1 hour. It's usually at 600kb/700kb but now is at 1MB

OMG  
That actually helped so much  It was downloading about 50kB/s and now is 400kB/s  
Thank you soooooooooooo much!! 

Download speed is up between 700-1000 kb/s and upload speed is up 400-800 kb/s o_o Never in my time of torrenting have I seen it that high. Thank you! Port Forwarding was a hassle because I never spent any time learning how to do it 'till now. (If I actually did it correctly, That is) Anyways, Thank you again

Edit: Just check it again and it was up at 2 mb/s. I seriously can't thank you enough.

Thank you so much!! appreciate it! :newfag:

hi..im a bit confused...what am i supposed to put on the maximum speed?


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Hi..i really don't know what to put on maximum upload rate what to put on port box..because i dont see my service provider on the list the link you've provided//

i'm currently downloading The Sims 3 Into the Future and my speed is 17kbps and my ETA is 3 days..please help.

im actually using a wireless connection..smart pocket wi-fi.

How can I apply this on the Mac version?

pammy1120 wrote:im actually using a wireless connection..smart pocket wi-fi.

Hello there,

Perhaps you can find more information here: http://community.vodafone.com.au/t5/Mobile-Broadband/Port-forwarding-not-working-for-me-pocketwifi/td-p/134612
Port forwarding is mostly for upload speed, but it's good to do anyway.

If that link didn't help (please do actually read it), please open a new topic here: https://games4theworld.forumotion.com/f24-software , so we can try to assist you. Thank you!

constermock wrote:How can I apply this on the Mac version?

Hmmm... I'm not sure, don't the options look pretty much the same?