As anyone who has delved deeply enough into the Windows network settings knows, Microsoft has limited the number of connections that can simultaneously be semi-opened by a strange and inappropriate broadband reality to 10. Today we will tell you how to overcome this limitation in a simple way.
As our colleagues write in the American about-everything.wiki, this restriction was introduced in order to slow down the spread of viruses and worms as much as possible, but in fact you got a download speed limit in peer-to-peer networks such as BitTorrent.
A small utility Half-open limit fix (patch) for Windows will allow you to easily fix this misunderstanding, and increase the number of possible connections. I myself did not notice a big difference in download speed, but I am almost sure that this is due to the fact that I already had a speed close to the physical limit on my tariff plan. Therefore, try and tell us and other readers how the download speed in peer-to-peer networks has changed so that your colleagues have something to focus on.
As our readers report, it should be noted that it is not the number of supported and already open connections that is increasing, but the number of»semi-open», that is, those that are initiated by your machine, but have not yet received a response from the server. Accordingly, the fix helps to avoid blocking the opening of new connections, which is possible when using peer-to-peer networks (Thanks to ).
Half-Open Patcher Speeds up BitTorrent Downloads [ The How-To Geek ]
