Introduction
This
guide shows how to speed up downloads in the freeware bittorrent
client, µTorrent. All bittorrent programs need to have their incoming
and outgoing communications flow freely in order to achieve the highest
download speeds and that is what this guide is about. This guide will
also work for users of the BitTorrent client as the µTorrent and
BitTorrent clients are identical.
This guide was put together using information given by the developers
of bittorrent programs at their forums, guides and FAQs. There are no
secret tricks, just the real basics of proper set up of a bittorrent
program. Following these simple steps should result in increased
download speed.
These are the basic principles of optimizing a bittorrent client, like µTorrent, for speed: