


That slows down the ability to each client to pass data on to the next. If it chooses poorly, or if there are malicious actors in the swarm, the connections between clients are not well distributed through the swarm, leading to a large number of hops from node to node. When a bittorrent client joins a swarm, it needs a way to select which peers it connects to. Designed by our own Arvid Norberg, Canonical Peer Priority is a way to help peers connect to the swarm faster, as well as reduce the average hop length from you to any other peer in the swarm. What's Newģ.5 is the first version to include a major change in the way that uTorrent chooses peers in a swarm. Currently, you can configure the time interval, the data cap and whether it should stop based on only download, upload, or both combined. Now you can track your usage in MB (with a handy graph to visualize it) and even configure µTorrent to stop torrenting once the limits are exceeded. The transfer cap settings were added in response to various users who have ISP-mandated caps on how much data they can download/upload in a month. It's important for us to support this because trackers have limited resources, so this should allow them to support many more users with their current hardware and not crash under the load. UDP trackers are a different protocol for tracker communication that uses significantly less processing power on the tracker end.

It is even possible to connect two firewalled peers through uTP's NAT traversal feature. This allows µTorrent to punch holes through routers and firewalls to increase connectivity and improve speeds. In addition, uTP in this version has added its own form of STUN, a method of getting incoming connections without direct connectivity to the Internet. This does not require any additional setup. This will allow you or other users on the network to download their torrents but still allow others on the network to function with little difference. UTP is an alternative communication method for BitTorrent traffic that allows the client to automatically regulate its bandwidth usage to avoid adversely impacting your internet connection. With BitTorrent, you can download files faster and contribute by sharing files and bandwidth. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients. ΜTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.
