File sharing is what people have been crazy about for a long time. Downloading songs, movies, games and more have become a
hobby for some these days. You may have come across popular P2P networks. These platforms are great for downloading files. Nowadays even illegal file sharing is getting popular.
People always look for better possibilities. Better download speeds, better networks etc. Some may not be satisfied with the speeds these networks offer. How to speed up these downloads? That’s the big question in today’s post. I will give you a few tips that could possibly increase your download speeds.
You probably know of different bittorrent clients that you can choose. In my case, I prefer choosing uTorrent or BitComet.
Let’s start with Windows XP on how to speed up downloads.
Always increase the number of TCP connections that are allowed at maximum. The number of allowed open connections in Windows Service Pack 2 is 10.The reason for this is to stop the spyware in getting control of your net connection. For optimal performance, TCP connection allowed should be kept to 50. Apply patch in order to increase the number of connections. You can get it here. Remember, every time you install a new service pack, you need to redo this step.
Moving on, sometimes twisting your torrent client works great. What do I mean by this? Now, if you are using uTorrent, go to options menu, preferences and then advanced options. Once you are in advanced options, you got to change the .net max_halfopen connections to 80. Also change the max halfopen TCP connections to 80. Once done, click OK. Now your bittorrent client will have the maximum TCP connection available.
Once you start downloading files, you should see a difference in speed.
Coming to Windows Vista, let’s see how we can improve speed.
First off, you will find that speeds that are in Windows are better compared to Vista. Vista speeds are slower mainly due to the AutoTuning function that Vista uses in the TCP/IP stack. This result in slow download and can affect platforms such as bittorrent which makes use of threaded downloads.
A better way to solve this problem would be turning off the AutoTuning function. Follow these steps closely.
1. Go to Start menu. In the search box, type cmd. Don’t press Enter. Once you type cmd, hold down Control and Shift keys, and hit Enter while still holding them down. This will open the command prompt window.
2. Once you see the command prompt window open, type netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disable and press Enter. You should hopefully see a response that says OK.
3. Once done, reboot your system to see the effects..
Next time when you download files, you must see better speeds in download. But, if everything is messed up and you are not able to see any result, don’t worry. You can revert back to normal by following the same steps but replace the command in the command prompt with netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal
Good luck with your downloads!
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