If you are a Bit Torrent downloader, you know what slow download speeds are like...frustrating and annoying, to say the least. Instead of getting your music or movie within a couple of hours, your software predicts it will take 2 to 4 days. Here is a way to solve the speed problems regarding the torrent downloads.
Now, while many of the speed factors involved are out of your control, there is at least one thing you can do at your receiving end to improve this speed. It is called "Port Forwarding", or "opening your specific TCP/UDP ports". This is how it works.
1) That blue or green network cable coming out of your computer/modem/router is actually a busy highway comprised of 65,536 tiny electronic lanes (yes, over sixty-five thousand little lanes for your electrons). Each lane is called a "port", and each port is designed to allow only specific types of information through. Many ports are assigned in a semi-standardized way. Here are some example port assignments:
2) Bit torrents, by default, first look for port 6881 to enter/exit your computer. If port 6881 is closed for whatever reason, torrents then go to port 6882, then 6883, and so on, until it eventually tries port 6999 before giving up.
3) Every ISP, and every home router, can optionally block any of these ports with the intention of preventing hackers and controlling the network.
4) If you tell your own personal router and firewall at home to open (aka "forward") port 6881 and port 6882, then your bit torrents will find their way into your computer that much faster. Sometimes up to 5x faster.
Yes, opening ports does increase the possibility of getting hacked by unwanted bad guys, but there are means to reduce that threat while still getting fast torrent download speeds.
The speed of download may increase significantly if you have a high speed internet if you use a slow internet connection speed like say 256kpbs to 2mbps the speed that changes the download is very little.
Forwarding port must be accompanied by a good firewall and anti-virus.
The Procedure for port forwarding is quite difficult but can be illustrated step by step and the procedure varies for every router/modem.
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