Speed up p2p software

Examples of the client - server model in common use include most web content, search engines, cloud computing applications and even common tools like FTP and rsync.

Peer to peer systems are fundamentally different and are the fastest way to transfer files. In this way peer to peer systems become organically scalable in addition to transferring large files fast. As more demand emerges for any content, so does more supply. As demand grows, the P2P connection system becomes incredibly fault tolerant and actually gets faster for large files, in sharp contrast to the client server model, which gets noticeably slower, and more fragile under the same circumstances.

To summarize this section, peer to peer has several advantages:. Using a specific example, this section examines how peer to peer is always faster for large file transfers than any client-server architecture. The file we want to transfer with a P2P connection has five blocks. Each computer has a connection channel capable of sending one block per cycle. The Sender splits the file into independent pieces, and creates a meta-information data block that describes the pieces.

In our example, the file consists of 5 pieces. The Receivers request the file meta-information. When Receivers get the meta-information, they know the file in question contains five pieces, and at the moment only the Sender has them. Each cycle, the Receivers randomly select one piece from the file and start downloading it. This continues until every Receiver has every piece of the file. FrostWire 6. Lphant 3. LimeWire Download Client 2.

MP3 Torrent 3. Metacafe SoMud 1. BitMate 1. Morpheus P2P 5. Sancho 0. BitComet 1. Bitlord 2. This is recommended to be checked to improve speeds. More people will be available for sharing if this is checked. I would recommend everyone to enable this. This can help increase speeds with many ISPs. If you suspect your ISP is throttling ports i. I have mine patched to 50 and hence the above setting.

See below for further details. Set this option to true if you believe this is the case. Download Capacities and Limits: User Preference, you may want to cap your download speed if you are downloading something else and want it to get more bandwidth. Client Ports: Choose two ports, the default ones will do. Make sure to port forward them see below for details if you have a router, make sure one is TCP and one is UDP and test if they are open.

Play around with these two numbers, setting them to low will cause eMule to struggle and setting them too high will use up too much of your bandwidth and effectively kill your connection. You'll want to have more networks to connect to more peers. As well, eMule will track how much you share, so make sure to have a decent library of shared files. The default number is fine, just make sure to port forward if you have a router, see below for details.

Now to the good stuff. No matter what p2p application you use, here are some basic tips to increase transfer speeds:. In eMule you will get a "High ID" server tab on the bottom right under my info if your ports are properly forwarded and the firewall allows it through.

Otherwise, you get a Low ID. Torrent, you will get a green icon in the bottom right of the program if everything is working fine It may remain yellow if you do not have a torrent added or if the torrent is very unpopular. Red means you don't have it port forwarded or added in your firewall. Other p2p apps may not tell you if you did everything correctly but your speeds should improve if y: did :. If you want to make sure you forwarded the ports correctly and the p2p program doesn't offer a built-in function, certain applications will do this for you.

Active ports and SIW can do this. Most internet connections will limit your download speed if your upload speed is maxed out. First, you need to find out your upload speed from your internet provider. You can call them or visit their website. A good idea is to find out your actual upload rate as different factors can affect what you are actually getting from your ISP distance, sharing between computers etc.

Once you have the number it will probably be bits i. Most clients use speeds bytes. Therefore, take your number and divide it by 8. Within my p2p client, I cap my upload speed to 70kBkB. If you don't, you should. Service Pack 2, however, limits the number of half-open connections the tcpip. This does not affect browsing speeds but can have a pretty negative effect on all p2p clients. A good number to patch the maximum number of half-open connections allowed is If you don?

I would not recommend going over This limitation was added for security reasons, so keep this in mind if you want to patch your tcp.

You will receive an Event ID: warning in the Event Viewer because the patch is changing the tcpip. The following links are possible ways to patch this system file. I am not responsible for anything that may go wrong when patching the file. Still can't get great speeds? Post here or pm me to change some settings within the I welcome fellow Neowinians to add on to this thread and give other suggestions for increasing speeds. Do not simply come here to yell out that a certain p2p app is better or worse than the others.

Rating this thread is appreciated and helps users check out the good guides. Finally, please respect Neowin's rules and keep this thread free of piracy discussions. Also, whether you think so or not, patching tcpip.

If you disagree, then disagree in silence or go find the proper thread, there's a huge one about this topic.