Torrent? No Sweat!

Now torrenting is just as fun!

I saw some people screaming after sees they have to download from torrent. Yes, torrent is slow, at the start. And by my experience, torrent is one of the best way to share big files (I only prefer direct download from server when having a premium account). But if you seek a free way plus faster than using free service from servers, that's torrent.


So what to do to maximize your torrent speed? Here are my reccomendations:

1. Using bittorrent client
You can use download manager for downloading torrent, but I feel using bittorent client is better. My list:
- Best at uploading : uTorrent
- Best at leeching : BitLord
- Best interface : Vuze (formerly Azureus)
- My reccomendation: uTorrent

2. Keep your upload speed, see your download speed
Experimenting with your upload speed settings. See if your download speed gets better or not. Keep the optimal settings and your download will go fine. One of the principle:
Bigger Upload Speed = Bigger Download Speed
Quite right. But you should keep your upload speed so your download speed won't get hurt.

3. Max simultanous download tasks
Keep the number at not too high not too low. My preferences:
Download speed 384KB/s : 3 download tasks.
Download speed 512 KB/s : 5 download tasks.
Download speed 1.5 MB/s : 10 download tasks.

4. Use an available "Listen Port" or "DHT"
Enabling right setting of the both would increase your torrent speed. I still yet to experiment on this but I believe so.

5. Watch the number of seeds and peers
The much the seeds would help you completing the torrent, while the much the peers would help you on your speed. Meaning if there are no seeds, you'd never be able to complete the download (even if there are tons of peers) while if there are no peers, you'd still be able to complete the torrent but your speed would depend on the seeds uploading speed.

6. Be patient
As you start your torrent, your speed will be slow. Be patient! As peers begin to connect to you, you will get your real speed.

7. Seed as long as possible!
This is the must important one. After you completing your download, your client will go on seeding mode. In this mode you'll help other leechers completing their downloads. This will help the torrent being alive so future downloaders would be able to finish their download. You had been helped by seeders, so why not being one?


As why I prefer torrent over direct server download, it is because:
+ Torrent doesn't hurt server by downloading massively.
+ Torrent has constant speed.
+ It's a pain to download from split parts (of a big file).

Sorry for my bad english (too lazy to recheck -_-").