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PeerGuardian PG alternative, ipfilter + utorrent, ipfilter.dat

06/02/2009 By Aleksandr Oreshkin 22 Comments                                                                              Share
utorrent

Whether you are looking for an alternative to PG2 because it fails to function properly, or simply looking to cut down the number of processes you are running – the information here is for you.

It is possible to block ip-ranges with utorrent’s built in ipfiltering system.

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Slow torrents with Windows 7

06/02/2009 By Aleksandr Oreshkin 10 Comments                                                                              Share
Utorrent Max Half Open Connections

After getting windows 7 I noticed that my downloads of the Linux kernel through utorrent were running at incredibly slow speeds. Though the reasons behind this may be complicated, the solution turned out to be rather simple.

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