Wireless connections are prone to interference of all kinds, so that, in most cases, the speed of the connection is considerably reduced compared to the real speed that we have contracted. The best way to take advantage of our Internet connection to download content from P2P networks and, in general, any Internet content or consume streaming video, is by using a network cable connected directly to the computer.
Update the app
Each new update of an operating system or an application includes a series of improvements aimed at improving the performance of the application, and, sometimes, to patch a security hole that has been detected since the last update, so it is advisable to update the applications, it should be mandatory, at least if we want our team is protected at all times and that the consumption of resources is the minimum possible.
Torrent applications are not usually updated very often, since, in general, the available options offered by P2P networks are already available and, since they work perfectly, there is no reason to touch what already works. If a new update is released, the first thing to do as soon as you open the application is to install it on your computer.
Adjust upload and download speeds
Most Internet connections offer symmetric speeds both upload and download, so no need to limit the speed of uploads by expanding the speed of downloads, since, in the end, we are taking advantage of it to download content and we are not contributing to sharing it. If everyone did the same, this type of network would have stopped working a long time ago.
When setting the upload and download speed, we must bear in mind that, if we do not set a limit, the rest of the device in our home, including our computer, will see its connection speed limited. In this sense, we should consider establishing a maximum limit of 20% of the speed that we have contracted. If we take into account internet access speeds, the time to download content that occupies several GBs can be lengthened by just a few minutes by limiting the speed.
Set limits on the connection
Just as important is limiting the speed of both uploads and downloads of content through P2P networks, as well as setting a limit on the maximum number of connections that you can set each torrent file that we are downloading so that the most popular file downloads do not affect the rest of the downloads. In addition, we must also limit the maximum number of files that we can download at once, and in this way, the files will be able to enjoy the maximum download speed without having to share it with other files that we are also downloading.
Use the best client
When choosing a torrent application to download content from P2P networks, the number of options is so high that it may initially seem like an impossible task. However, to opt for one or another application, we must take into account a number of aspects such as, for example, that it is completely free, that it does not include advertising and is open source.
All torrent applications offer us practically the same configuration options, so we are not going to get a speed boost if we use one application or another. Among all the options available on the market, Transmission (available for Windows, Linux and macOS) and qBittorrent (also available for Windows, Linux and macOS) stand out.
Regarding the clients of the first generation of P2P networks, today, the only application currently available is eMule, one of the most used and popular clients in the first decade of the 2000s. Unlike what many users may think, this application works today the same or even better than torrent appssince it also includes a search engine, an option that is only available in a few torrent clients, clients that also include advertising or purchases within the application as a subscription.
Disable proxy
Proxy servers are responsible for managing internet access, so they never get on well with this type of application. If it is in our power, we must deactivate it when we want to download content in order to bypass the possible limitations established in the proxy and enjoy the maximum possible speed. Otherwise, the application will most likely not be able to connect to the internet, regardless of the settings configured in the Windows firewall.
Do not use VPN connections
VPN connections allow us to surf the internet anonymously, without our provider knowing what we are doing with your connection. However, most of the VPN platforms, although they are compatible with P2P networks, limited to a maximum speed its use, so if we want to download content as quickly as possible, we should consider temporarily deactivating it, as long as possible, since in some countries it is the only way to download content without being fined, as is the case from Germany.
But, before deactivating it, we must check if the download speed without the VPN activated is equal to or higher than that offered by our provider. It is possible, although not usual, that some ISPs have limited bandwidth to torrent networks, bandwidth that in some VPNs can be higher, so, if this were our case, it would be best to use the VPN connection.
Create an exception in the firewall
Windows Firewall is the operating system barrier to prevent certain applications from connecting to the internet to send or receive data and its function is to protect the user. Every time we install an unknown application, it will ask us for permission to add an exception to the Windows firewall in order to have access to send and receive data from the Internet. If we do not give the permission, the application will never be able to connect to the internet and in the case of P2P applications, they will not be able to perform their function.
Most applications of this type include, during the installation process, the possibility of automatically adding an exception to the firewall, so unless we uncheck that box, it should have access to the Internet. If, for whatever reason, we have disabled it, we can create an exception manually. If instead of using Windows Defender we use any other antivirus, the exception will have to be created through the antivirus, since the access control of the applications that we install on the computer becomes in the hands of the antivirus, when Windows Defender is deactivated .
Choose the files with the most fonts
It is just as important to adjust the operation of the application so that it can download at the maximum possible speed, as it is to correctly select the files that we want to download. When downloading a file, we must take into account the number of sources or seeds available. The higher the number, the more chances we have to download the content quickly on our computer. We must also take into account the number of users or peers who are sharing the file at any given time. As happens with the number of seeds, the greater the number of connected users, the more possibilities we have of quickly download content.
The most popular torrents or files at all times do not usually offer problems when it comes to finding as many seeds as active users. However, when we want to download old or rarely searched content, things get complicated, since we will be forced to connect several times throughout the day to find the moment when the number of users and seeds is the highest.
Close background processes
If our computer is short of resources, we must avoid using it while downloading content as much as possible so that the P2P client we use can have all the available resources at its fingertips and does not reduce the download speed by not having enough available resources.
torrent download sites
The first generation of P2P application included a file browser, a browser with which we could find all kinds of content depending on which server we connected to. However, most current torrent applications do not include a search engine, with few exceptions and that really they are absolutely uselesssince it hardly shows content in Spanish.
The number of websites to download torrent files is very high, and they appear and disappear quickly, despite being providers only of links to download the content, not the files themselves that are distributed on users’ computers, for The best way to search for and download torrent files is through Google by entering the file we are looking for in the search box accompanied by the words torrent and download.
A very important point that we must take into account before accessing these web pages is avoid downloading any type of content to help us speed up torrent file downloads, since the only thing we are going to achieve is to download malicious software to our computer. The only way to improve the performance of P2P downloads is by following the recommendations that we have shown you in this article. There are no miraculous applications that help us in this task.
If an application is downloaded automatically, something that unfortunately is quite common, we must remove it from the computer quickly. We must also be wary of messages that invite us to download Flash on our computer in order to access the content, a web technology that has not been updated for more than 2 years since Adobe, its creator, abandoned its development as it was impossible to patch all the holes in it. security I had. Precisely for this reason, no browser offers support for Flash.
