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Faster download speeds?

Ramz_3
Ramz_3 Posts: 174 Forumite
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Currently, I've got a 16mb connection with Sky, and I should be getting faster downloading speeds through torrents, currently I only get about 40 kb/s. Anyone know how to make these go faster? I heard something about changing port setting on the router, but I have no idea how to do this on the router Sky provided. (DG834T I think)

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  • prenton01
    prenton01 Posts: 260 Forumite
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    Ramz wrote: »
    Currently, I've got a 16mb connection with Sky, and I should be getting faster downloading speeds through torrents, currently I only get about 40 kb/s. Anyone know how to make these go faster? I heard something about changing port setting on the router, but I have no idea how to do this on the router Sky provided. (DG834T I think)


    i use bit lord so on that if you set your max upspeed and max downspeed to 300 each that speeded up mine
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  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    https://www.portforward.com
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • Ramz_3
    Ramz_3 Posts: 174 Forumite
    prenton01 wrote: »
    i use bit lord so on that if you set your max upspeed and max downspeed to 300 each that speeded up mine

    You can do that on Azureus as well, tried it, but unfortunatly it didn't work for me. Thanks anyway.

    Any other suggestions anyone? :D
  • Ramz_3
    Ramz_3 Posts: 174 Forumite
    albertross wrote: »
    www.portforward.com


    Thanks, I think this slightly helped!
  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,389 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Firewalls like the free version of Zonealarm doen't allow port forwarding.

    You could try turning off software firewall and see if that makes a difference
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