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How Do I Make My Torrent Downloads Go Faster?

Friday July 25, 2008
As techie as this question may seem, the answer is really not so tough. By setting your router and firewall to recognize the special openings called "port 6881 to 6999", your torrent downloads can increase by up to 5x the speed. Here is a quick introduction to opening ports 6881 to 6999 on your computer...
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October 15, 2009 at 9:25 pm
(1) Beehab says:

Mindlessly opening up a massive series of ports is NOT a good idea.
just open ONE port for your torrents, and set your torrent client to utilyse it.

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