Solving slow BitTorrent download speeds

thanks for the guide helps alot

thanks {I}{K}{E} for the guide :)

good work man

I've resolved my NAT problem with your guide.
Thank you man :)

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Thanks, everyone. This thread proved extremely helpful.

I am currently using BitLord to download torrents because a friend of mine told me about it. However my speeds arent that great. I was wondering what people think the best torrent client to use is? Or does speed have nothing to do with the client you are using?

I tried downloading torrents early last year but gave up on it fairly quickly because of poor download speeds and multiple disconnects. Thanks to this guide I got it all straightened out now and any client i use works like a champ now.

djsosofresh,
I had little to no luck with any client I used. most would not connect at all. BitTornado now and then but the speeds were bad. most stayed around 20k if it actually connected. After going through the guide I found my problem was port forwarding with my router and settings in my firewall. After trying a few downloads with multiple clients I get around 200 - 200k.

So much help, thank you

thanks!
looks like I will need to go through this guide and try to get my port forwarding to work.