Some fixes/changes:

- Added Vista support
- Local peer discovery
- Automatic updates for beta releases
- plus a bunch of other things

If your client doesn't auto prompt you to update, you can grab it here.

Doesn't seem too bad so far, I find the removal of the 0.0k torrent speed a little strange to get used to but maybe it can be turned back on, haven't looked yet. promoted forum item

Dear uTorrent,

Please make a Linux command line version.

Love, trog

For those of you who want to make the effort, there is a beta of the web UI front-end released which can be found here: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=14565

Definitely worth using if you want to view/change your torrents remotely. Installation isn't just point and shoot and for some strange reason the person hates IE6, but I find it useful.

Dear uTorrent,

Please make a Linux command line version.

Love, trog

Can't tell you how long I've been wanting that. Surely it would be more important than Vista support :)

last edited by Nailbomb at 17:48:16 13/Jul/07

linux users are all warez whores or something...


surely that's bad for biz and stuff :/

I don't understand why I get such slow speeds from popular torrents.
Even with 52(1075) peers [whatever that means], I still get only 15-30kb/s download.
My ports are open and forwarded, and the connection settings are set to 47kbs max upload and 52kbs max download. The same default setting, set when selecting a 512kb connection in the speed guide app.

too many peers, not enough seeds.

and upload will rape your download.

atm
Seeds = 16(239)
Peers = 48 (1084)
Up = ~12kbs
Down = ~10kbs

so when you do the port test its alright?

limit your max upload speed to 6kb/s and set max peers to around 1/4 of your max connections.

I'm not really an expert on it though, someone else will probably have uber settings for you.

Yep, it was a hassle figuring out how to forward ports on my router but I got it.
Port forwarding for DLink routers are under the virtual server settings. very confusing

Welcome to the µTorrent Port Checker.
A test will be performed on your computer to check if the specified port is opened.
Checking port _ on _
OK! Port _ is open and accepting connections.
You will be able to receive incoming BitTorrent connections.

Cl1nt, I was worried about setting upload speeds too low, as I have heard that at a certain cutoff point utorrent starts to limit your download speed.
I'll try it out though anyway.
Thanks for the info

try a torrent from ausgamers and see what kind of speeds you get. it should max your download straight away

suprisingly, clinty is right!

too much upload will kill your connection

for a 512 connection, i woudlnt have upload any higher than 64k

TorrentFreak: What was the main reason behind the acquisition of uTorrent?

Bram Cohen: uTorrent has both an impressively clean codebase and large user community, although we were already working on our own C++ implementation. Moving forward, you’ll see announcements related to BitTorrent being embedded on silicon and on non-PC hardware thanks to the new C codebase we have (based on uTorrent and our protocol extensions).

TorrentFreak: Are their plans to remove any of the present features uTorrent has?

Bram Cohen: No, uTorrent users are quite happy with it, and we wish to keep things that way. In fact, be on the lookout for a Mac and Unix port, which we have the resources to do thanks to the size of our engineering team.

So BitTorrent Inc own uTorrent.

And it turns out BitTorrent Inc have strong links with 20th Century Fox, Lions Gate, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. (MGM) (source)

*adds +1 to the tin foil on the jaurez kiddies hats*

I found this terrific thread on a forum when searching for information on utorrent settings.

It's quite easy to read and understand and has helped me increase download speeds by about 50%

Recommended

is it still s*** ?

Just keep in mind the Port Test via uTorrent isn't 100% reliable in some situations.

If you're on a LAN with another torrent-user and the port you selected actually gets forwarded to him, the Port Test will pass but your client is still not configured properly.

Just something to keep in mind.

is it still s*** ?

The speed?
The speed has increased from an avg of 10kBs to 18kBs.

Also another torrent I had, this one well seeded with few peers, has increased from 22kBs to 41.5kBs (just .5 below the global max download speed).

I wasn't running both at the same time.

utorrent + nvidia firewall = CRRRAAAAASSH!!!

is it still s*** ?

The speed?

No, Skitza meant utorrent.

utorrent is so totally uns***

skitza is s***

nou!

utorrent + nvidia firewall = CRRRAAAAASSH!!!

lol that's what you get for using the nvidia firewall

So BitTorrent Inc own uTorrent.

Is that for real?

I guess if you can't beat em, buy em. And then beat em.


Edit: Original post = wires crossed

last edited by IncrEdible_vEgetable at 11:50:02 16/Jul/07

I've heard that some ISPs de-prioritise torrent traffic as well, which can lead to slow speeds. If you want to get around it, turn on packet encryption in your torrent client.

I've heard that some ISPs de-prioritise torrent traffic as well, which can lead to slow speeds.

TPG, Exetel, Westnet ...

Though that hasn't stopped my friend leeching 100GB+/month on an 18GB TPG plan (shaped to 128kbps but downloading continuously).

If you want to get around it, turn on packet encryption in your torrent client.

Doesn't always help.

1.7 rulz. so does web-ui.

why would it really matter if torrent data is de-prioritised? it should still get there, or to you. i doubt latency is that much of a concern.

why would it really matter if torrent data is de-prioritised? it should still get there, or to you. i doubt latency is that much of a concern.

It's got nothing to do with latency.

It's the fact that the pipes don't have infinite bandwidth. They basically shape P2P (usually at peak times) to make sure that they never hit network capacity.

To what extent they shape P2P is unknown .. if they wanted they could very well shape P2P even when there's plenty of bandwidth to spare, just to keep costs down (backhaul charges, etc).

--- 2007-07-13: Version 1.7.1 (build 3360)
- Fix: Invalid download amounts being reported to trackers for >4GB torrents

1.7.1 is already up.

why would it really matter if torrent data is de-prioritised? it should still get there, or to you. i doubt latency is that much of a concern.

It isn’t just “latency”. Essentially, high priority traffic is processed first, and then p2p traffic is handled when there is free load. The end result is that if there is a lot of high priority traffic, p2p slows right down; because there is less bandwidth to handle the p2p traffic. Now, if there is also a lot of p2p traffic, your copy of “Innocent until proven filthy” basically grinds to a halt; available bandwidth for de-prioritised traffic is limited which causes de-prioritised traffic to queue.

If you need further explanation I can draw you pictures


last edited by typo at 13:54:01 18/Jul/07

that's not true at all

If you need further explanation I can draw you pictures?

With crayons!

Jim is lying about it not being true.

that's not true at all

No you're not!

bah asif you wouldn't get all indignant and make a big response

ps: it's your

2007 Torrent
http://www.cardata.com/images/2007/Pontiac Torrent.jpg

ps: it's your

That's not true!

In the context of the statement, funnily, either could be properly used.

With crayons!

I'll go down stairs and see if we have any. I might have to make do with highlighters.