Ubuntu – Does Ubuntu limit connections

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I want to use a torrent to download some files and on my Windows laptop I can get speeds of 1.4mbps (on average), the same was true when I had Windows on this desktop machine. However now I am trying to download using Ubuntu (using Vuze, though I did try using Transmission) and am only getting speeds of 140kbps max. Also no matter what torrent I try it never connects to more than 3 seeds. The port is open (used three checks) and is routed to this Ubuntu machine. I was wondering if Ubuntu limits connections?

Best Answer

Ubuntu itself does not limit connections. I have run the Deluge BitTorrent client and had around 1000 connections going simultaneously (on a good torrent).

It is possible that Vuze/Azurues might have a setting somewhere for throttling the numbers of connections (probably in the same place as bandwidth settings).

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