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How to configure your router to allow fast BitTorrent downloads
Size: Large, Medium, Small Tue Apr 29, 08 01:11 PM | Category: All
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How to configure your router to allow fast BitTorrent downloads

Update: I'm bringing this post back to the top of the weblog because since I wrote it one year ago lots of readers added great info related to many different settings of routers. BitTorrent is way more popular now than it used to be then, which explains why this entry keeps always bringing new readers here. I hope it helps.

There sure is a lot of people that have adopted BitTorrent as the tool of choice to download movies and TV shows. However if you are using a network router you might be facing painstainkingly slow downloads (of around 10Kbps) because of a network configuration not properly set. Some think it's a client thing and switch from one to another with no results.

The problem's cause is that some ports on your router are blocked by default and the solution is to open them up. We had to find it the hard way because lots of FAQ lists out there don't give enough detail on how to solve this issue. This simple but useful tip will increase download throughput from 10 to ~240 Kbps.

NOTE: The specific example below considers a Linksys router, but that should work for any other manufacturers (e.g. D-Link, Netgear, etc.). Our Linksys router is the Wireless-G WRT54G. Other models might have a slight different user interface but should be very similar.


1) Open a web browser window and type your Default Gateway IP number in the address bar. It should be 192.168.1.1 in most cases.
192.168.1.1
2) To login leave username blank and type admin for the password (unless you have changed it before which is always advisable)
3) Find the section that says Port Range Forwarding or similar
4) Add in the port range 6881-6889 for Torrent files
5) Make sure you check both protocol boxes TCP and UDP as well as the Enable setting.
Linksys config
6) Have the forward address set as your internal IP address 192.168.1.72 in our case. To find yours Go to Start -> Run and type in cmd.
CMD
This will open a DOS window. Type the command IPCONFIG and look for your "IP Address".
IPCONFIG
7) Confirm and submit all the changes and that will probably work.
 

If you've been through this share your experience here. If you have different routers or versions of Linksys and there's something different let us know how to configure it.

 
Addional Info:

For more details for different model routers please check on

http://portforward.com/routers.htm

Special thankx to nickmkm

 


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Link: http://blog.bitcomet.com/marumuga/post_23275/ ©
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Kim Wed Aug 13, 08 05:54 PM

What if I have a laptop? How do I find out what router I am using if it is built in? I hope that doesn't sound too stupid.

scrubsnstuffkim@aol.com


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kunal Tue Aug 19, 08 02:24 PM

hi ,

I am Kunal Deb , I am also facing the same problem with yellow li8ght .I am using the 1.03 version of BiT.Comet and my router is of siemens SL2_141 And i could not rectify the problem so please help me out brothers.

Waiting for your help ,,

Thanx

Kunal


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kunal Tue Aug 19, 08 02:26 PM

PLEASE HELP ME OUT BROTHERS...mY mAIL ID IS kunal.deblko@gmail.com


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nickmkm Sun Aug 24, 08 03:49 AM

For your router:

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Siemens/SL2-141/BitComet.htm


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livvibangbang Sun Aug 24, 08 12:17 AM

This worked beautifully for me! Thanks for making it so easy with the screen dumps also! I am not to knowledgable about routers and port forwarding etc and this really helped! I've now got a green light and am DL at a really fast speed!

Thanks again!


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aalzaydi Fri Sep 5, 08 03:44 AM

I think this has something to do with what I'm facing. Same jaundice symptom in the lower right corner.

What I have sort of figured out is that my router/modem box is blocking the port that Bitcomet uses. I also know that I am supposed to go into the router's admin and put an exception for incoming services on that port - which I have done. However, in this process I am supposed to put an IP address that these services (ie. bitcomet) is forwarded to.

When I "ipconfig" on CMD I do not see what is shown in this article because I am not using an ethernet connection. I'm on a wireless network, Netgear DG435G. I do see an IPv4 number, and a subnet number. Not sure what either of those mean, but neither of them worked.

Do I have to make a static IP for this to work? Does that have anything to do with it? Help me, all-knowing computer people!


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aalzaydi Fri Sep 5, 08 04:38 AM

nevermind... http://portforward.com/routers.htm ! I should pay more attention.

But near my "logged in" is still yellow, is that normal?


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koceto_cska Wed Sep 17, 08 05:08 PM

Very usefull!

Lieutenant General Konstantin
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[Guest]jinish Thu Sep 25, 08 10:39 AM

bye bye


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Guest Sun Sep 28, 08 04:49 PM

thank you for the help on setting my wireless router for bit commet


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sandyk2008 Sat Oct 11, 08 05:18 PM

Hi SLAYER, I read ur solution to increase the BitComet speed by change some settings in router page. But I am using ADSL connection at my home and when I am trying to enter the default gateway i.e. 192.168.1.1 in the address bar, it is showing me login screen but when I am logged in, the screen is only showing me the current status and there is no other setting appearing on the screen. My ADSL router is ZyXEL Model: p660R-T1 v2. Please help me.

Thanks in advance.


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deaseased Sun Oct 26, 08 02:04 AM

im using a broadband..how can i set the speed?previous is around 40kbps..now is around 10kbps only..



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