
Select the QBittorrent app, checkmark both the boxes (Public and Private) and click on OK.
Next up, click on the Change Settings button (you will need to have Administrative rights). Then click on Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall. Head over to the Start menu and search for Windows Defender Firewall. STEP 1: Whitelisting QBittorrent in Windows Firewall In this regard, you could manually set a port in the client, granted it falls within your ISP limits. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for these clients. If we talk about NAT, Open Port Forwarding, and other related settings, most apps on your Windows PC will automatically adjust to the best-optimized settings. So this was our first of many QBittorrent settings for faster downloads. Once you have made the changes, hit Apply followed by OK. To do so, under the Rate Limit Settings, make sure both the options (LAN and µTP protocols) are tick marked. This will make the client drop off all the slow-performing peers or the ones that download but don’t end up sharing. Likewise, it is also recommended to apply rate limits on peers on LAN as well as µTP protocols.
Now you could define the Global Rate Limit and the Acceptable Rate Limits corresponding to the download speed you got from the speed test.
Then select Speed from the left menu bar.Launch the QBittorrent client on your PC.Once you have got hold of your downloading speeds, follow the below steps: You could check your network connection speed using websites like. As per the limit that you need to set, well, it could be around 80% of your current speed. You should start with setting the maximum Global and Acceptable Rate Limits.