uploading and downloading

India
May 13, 2010 12:55am CST
I use utorrent software for downloading the films,music,applications etc.In that software they mentioned download speed and upload speed.I really confused with this two speeds.Can anyone help to know about the different between these two speeds.And i want know about how to increase the speed while downloading the torrent file.
4 responses
@lovedude (4447)
• India
13 May 10
Ganesh.. Torrent download speed means the speed with which you are downloading the file. Torrent upload speed means the speed with which others are taking data from your computer of that file. Torrent is the shared network it's like 10 people have a movie. and 100 are copying from it. meanwhile all are not downloading from those 10 only.. 100s are downloading from 10 and also from one another. as it download in parts. you can increase download speed by opening more ports also download speed are set as unlimited from Option - Preferences. You can refer : http://www.johntp.com/2006/04/19/how-to-increase-download-speeds-of-utorrent/ Good Luck..
• India
13 May 10
Hi friend, Your explanation for download and upload limit was really superb. But when i open more ports, there is no increase in downloading speed what will the problem.
@lovedude (4447)
• India
14 May 10
Thanks for appreciation. Well it's because your torrent doesn't have more seeders. when you download torrents from site.. they provide no of seeders and leechers of that particular torrent. Seeders means No. of users who have already downloaded that and right now they are uploading. Leechers means No. of user who are downloading that file and they also can upload once they finished their download. Better to choose more seeders torrent.
@1anurag1 (3576)
• India
13 May 10
First of all these speeds depend on your connection speed. then it also depend on the health of the torrent. so use the greener torrent for downloading. rest if you dont put any number in uploading or downloading speed there will not be any limit of the speed. or you can limit the speed of uploading and downloading by putting a number there. so download is what you get at your system from the internet and uploading is what you sent from your system to internet.
@bloggeroo (2167)
• Philippines
13 May 10
For best downloading results, you will want to max out your download speed and keep your upload speed low (maybe, 1/5th). Your download speed tends to suffer if you don't put a cap on your upload speed during the download. When you're done with your download, you can maximize your upload speed to give back to the torrent site esp. with sites like Demonoid. By the way, it's not good to put you upload speed to zero because some software will detect this and may give your download less priority.
• China
13 May 10
The above post had talked about the difference. You may try thunder software.If you know a little chinese.You can download the chinese edition.It's called "??".It's function and speed are better than english edition.