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How to Unchoke BitTorrent

BitTorrent is a highly popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing application. Originally released as open source software, BitTorrent has evolved into a commercial application with a number of competing software products that use the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent makes use of a "choking" mechanism in order to prevent network congestion and to ensure a consistent download rate. To minimize the amount of time your BitTorrent application is choked, you will need to configure your firewall.

Things You'll Need

  • Administrator Access to Your Computer
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Instructions

    • 1

      Select the "Start->Control Panel" menu option from your computer's start menu and left click the "Windows Firewall" menu option.

    • 2

      Choose the "Exceptions Tab" and left click on the "Add a Program" menu option.

    • 3

      Select the BitTorrent Client Program you are using and select the Add button.

    • 4

      Choose "Add a Port Feature" and input port numbers 6881 through 6889 to optimize your BitTorrent application's upload and download speeds.

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