I download lots of
Movies, Software, Tv Shows using
Torrents. I use
uTorrent BitTorrent client to download all the stuff.
Two days back, my
browser suddenly stopped working. I usually use Firefox. I thought may be there is some problem with Firefox browser. I then tried to open a website in
Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. But, i got same result. No site was opening.
I noticed one strange thing,
uTorrent BitTorrent client was downloading and uploading stuff. But, at the same time i was
unable to open any website in the browser. It means the internet was working.
I then closed uTorrent, waited for 10 sec and tried opening the website. I was surprised, the websites were opening. I again opened uTorrent and tried opening the website in the browser and it again stopped working.
At this point, I got to know that there is some problem related to uTorrent
which is blocking the browser. Here is one of solution to
unblock the browser when using uTorrent Client.
µTorrent Client blocked Browser or Browser stops working after starting uTorrent Client
Most of the users who use Torrents know that there is a
Windows tweak called
Change Half Open TCP Connection Limit In Windows XP SP3 to
increase the download speed drastically. I used a
TCP IP Patcher tool to change the
Half Open TCP Connection Limit on my Windows XP SP3 laptop to set to
256 connections.
The default Half Open TCP Conneciton Limit in windows is 10. Accidentally, due to a
Windows Security patch that was installed on my PC had reset the
Half Open TCP Connection Limit to 10. I thought this might be the cause of Browser stopping when using BitTorrent Client.
I used the
TCP IP Patcher tool to set the Half Open TCP Conneciton Limit to 256 from 10 (Windows Default). I tried opening the websites in browser and it worked!!!
If you have same problem, Try doing above. If you fail, then there may be some other cause.
Hope this helps!!
HOW DO I SET THIS ON WINDOWS 7???