Torrent downloading very slowly

To check this, try streaming content on your browser or an app e. If you can stream content without too much buffering, then you probably have a strong connection. Alternatively, check your wifi speed with the free Speed Test app from Google Play. This means your network is blocking torrent files, or is blocking your outgoing port.

To check this, try downloading a Featured Content torrent on another network. DreadWingKnight Posted June 23, Posted June 23, What is the listed availability on the torrents?

What setup guide did you follow to configure uTorrent? PiusX Posted June 25, Posted June 25, TrulyVisceral Posted July 4, Posted July 4, DreadWingKnight Posted July 5, Posted July 5, Follow and avoid youtube guides like the plague they are.

TrulyVisceral Posted July 5, PiusX Posted July 6, Make sure you have a green icon in the middle of the status bar. Sorry, something went wrong. Since you don't specify a version: set a limit to your upload speed enable utp use half open connetions enable announce to all trackers change default listening port and make sure that it is forwarded from your router too.

Skip to content. Star New issue. Green is good, yellow shows issues, red is bad. If you really want to draw doing it manually, you can follow the guides from PortForward. Most torrent clients have built-in encryption. This lite-weight obfuscation not unbreakable like a VPN is designed to fool simple throttling algorithms. This limits your peer availability and thus your speeds.

This article tackled all the most common causes of slow torrents. Plug your computer directly into your modem and see if that makes a difference. Make sure to leave any questions in the comments below and let us know how these tips worked out for you!

David started torrenting before it was cool. He enjoys hiking, strategy games and eats watermelon year round. He still rocks his Napster t-shirt once a month. Thank man, I applied the torrent setting you have posted and my utorrent download speed just rocketed.

Thanks again. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. David Barnes. What causes slow torrents?