How to Ban a Peer in uTorrent
The uTorrent application is one of the most widely used peer-to-peer file-sharing clients in the world. It uses a type of file-sharing protocol that is very similar to those used by other BitTorrent clients such as BitComet and LimeWire. However, an excessive number of peers on a torrent can reduce your upload and download speeds considerably. Therefore, banning a peer can help improve the overall speed of the torrent.
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Instructions
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Open uTorrent by double-clicking its icon on the Windows desktop.
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Click "Options" and "Preferences". Next, click on the tab labeled "Advanced" in the "Preferences" dialog box.
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Scroll down to the option labeled "ipfilter.enable" and click on it, and then click on the radio button next to "True" and click "Apply". Click "OK" to close the "Preferences" dialog box.
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Click on the name of the torrent that you want to ban the peer from. You can find a list of currently active torrents by clicking on the "Active" tab on the left-side of the uTorrent user interface.
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Click on the tab labeled "Peers" at the bottom of the uTorrent window. Right-click on any vacant area within the "Peers" tab and select "Resolve IPs". Doing so will bring up the IP (Internet Protocol) addresses of the peers.
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Click "Start", type "Notepad" and press "Enter" to open up a Notepad window. Note the IP address of the peer that you want to ban.
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Save the newly created Notepad file. To do so, click "File" and then click "Save". Type: the following in the field at the top of the "Save" window:
"C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent" (substitute "<username>" with your Windows username)
Select "All Files" next to the "Save as Type" field. Type "ipfilter.dat" in the "File Name" field and click "Save".
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Right-click any vacant area inside the "Peers" tab again. Select the option labeled "Reload IP Filter" to ban the peer.
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