D-link Dsl-2640t Router And Utorrent

[Stef]

Can anyone help me to set my new D-Link DSL-2640T router to optimize my download speed with utorrent?

I read about port forwarding but I don't know to do it.

Stef

[basjke]

Can anyone help me to set my new D-Link DSL-2640T router to optimize my download speed with utorrent?

I read about port forwarding but I don't know to do it.

Stef

Take a look at portforward.com.It will explain you step by step for most of routers available on the market.

[Katoey]

This may help. TT&T are port blocking µTorrent and TOT are just lousy TOT. I posted this on another forum last year.

"Find a port below 1000 that is not being used/reserved by another application on your system.

I used ShieldsUp Port Probe: http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2

Enter your Port range (Max 64 per probe). Eg. 600-663 then 664-727 etc until you find a free port.

Next use the normal procedure for setting up a static IP address and assign your chosen port to the Virtual Server port forwarding procedure. Use these links at "PortForward.com" for more detail.

Set up a static IP address: http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

Set up port forwarding for DSL-2640T: http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

Choose µTorrent as your application and then follow directions.

(My router required me to assign an LAN Client first. Use the static address you previously set up and the Host Name can be found on the "ipconfig /all" command Window)

That’s it. Hopefully this will improve your speeds and connectivity as well as providing a fix for other applications that are being interfered with by these Internet molesters."

Edited January 13, 2008 by Katoey

[SoMeOnEnUlL]

Thanks mate! Gotta try at home.

[pepi2005]

Set up port forwarding for DSL-2640T: http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

guess this should read:

http://www.portforward.com/english/routers...0T/Utorrent.htm

[nikster]

Unless your provider is specifically blocking BT ports, you don't need to worry - set it to UPNP (the default) and let it run. That's what I do on TOT, no problems, same router. UPNP is a way for programs like uTorrent to tell your router which port it wants to use so the router can auto-configure it. Vuze will tell you if that's happened by showing a green symbol, not sure about uTorrent.

The only issue this router has is that it will die if the torrents get too extreme - or slow down too, not sure about that. Then, just reset it and it will be fine. Might also want to limit your total # of connections. And limit your upload speed, but you know that right? The limit needs to be lower than your line can provide or you'll run into trouble.

Another issue I found is that WPA / WPA2 is funky, my MacBook Pro doesn't automatically reconnect if it goes out and comes back (power outages, say). So I now set it to no encryption. There is nobody around where I live anyway. In the city of course you couldn't do that but you could set it to WEP encryption to try and see if that speeds things up.

Edited June 25, 2009 by nikster

[filingaccount]

Can anyone help me to set my new D-Link DSL-2640T router to optimize my download speed with utorrent?

I read about port forwarding but I don't know to do it.

Stef

General utorrent settings.

Disable DHT.

Force encryption and allow legacy connections.

Limit your upload speeds. Maybe 17 KB/s is enough.

Limit the amount of seeds and peers both on the Global setting and per torrent setting. (I have mine at 250 global and 100 per torrent).

Make sure peer lacy bitfield is enabled in the advanced settings.

Also enable allow same IP.

Make sure your max half open connections is changed (XP SP2, is default 10. Increase it if you have not. PM me for link to software.). Set the half open in utorrent to a value less that the XP SP2 limit (eg. XP SP2 is set to 250, then utorrent should be 249 or less. I prefer 250 in XP2 and 100 or so in utorrent). This enables more peers to connect quicker to you and still enables you to surf fairly unimpeded.

These settings work well for me, I make no guarantees it will work on any other connection but mine. Trial and error seems to be the only way to get it right.

Choose a high port (62345 maybe) in utorrent and enable DMZ to your LAN IP.

This will ensure you have the best possible scenario for top speed.

A good policy is to have an up to date firewall installed on your PC.