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Begize · 06-02-2005, 06:29

I've tried various clients and found the speed with all of them was the same until I read somewhere about changing the default Torrent ports (6881-6889) as some ISPs throttle and even block them.

Changed mine to some silly 65xxx ones and bang - it flies - so much so it actually meant I had to replace my Netgear NIC which couldn't handle the load and kept blue screening my PC.

I use the Burst client now, simply because it was the easiest to change the default port settings in.

06-02-2005, 06:29	#8
Begize Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Stockport Services: XL TV (TiVo 1TB & V HD), XL Broadband (Superhub 2 in modem mode), L Telephone Posts: 477	Re: Bittorrent and ntl I've tried various clients and found the speed with all of them was the same until I read somewhere about changing the default Torrent ports (6881-6889) as some ISPs throttle and even block them. Changed mine to some silly 65xxx ones and bang - it flies - so much so it actually meant I had to replace my Netgear NIC which couldn't handle the load and kept blue screening my PC. I use the Burst client now, simply because it was the easiest to change the default port settings in.