Note: this is customized for my 8 down / 1 up ADSL line using WDLXTV and forcing protocol encryption
I increased the max memory beyond the physical limit of the WDLXTV so only use when pagefile has been increased accordingly (like, on a fast USB stick)
#
# Most of the settings in this file can be modified using the rutorrent web interface.
# Using the rutorrent web interface is suggested
# This file is only really useful if you have Apache (therefore rutorrent) disabled
#
#
# Maximum and minimum number of peers to connect to per torrent.
min_peers = 40
max_peers = 100
# Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (-1 = same as downloading)
min_peers_seed = 10
max_peers_seed = 50
# Maximum number of simultanious uploads per torrent.
max_uploads = 3
# Global upload and download rate in KiB. “0” for unlimited.
download_rate = 600
upload_rate = 60
# Default directory to save the downloaded torrents.
directory = /tmp/rt/rtorrent/.incomplete
# Default session directory. Make sure you don’t run multiple instance
# of rtorrent using the same session directory. Perhaps using a
# relative path?
session = /tmp/rt/rtorrent/.session
# Watch a directory for new torrents, and stop those that have been
# deleted.
#
# DEPRECATED UNLESS YOU HAVE APACHE DISABLED
#
#schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=/tmp/rt/rtorrent/torrents/*.torrent
#schedule = untied_directory,5,5,stop_untied=
# Move completed torrents
#
# DEPRECATED UNLESS YOU HAVE APACHE DISABLED
#
#system.method.set_key = event.download.finished,move_complete,”execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,/tmp/rt/rtorrent/finished/;d.set_directory=/tmp/rt/rtorrent/finished/”
# Move closed torrents
#
# DEPRECATED UNLESS YOU HAVE APACHE DISABLED
#
#system.method.set_key = event.download.closed,move_complete,”execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,/tmp/rt/rtorrent/finished/ ;d.set_directory=/tmp/rt/rtorrent/finished/”
# Close torrents when diskspace is low.
schedule = low_diskspace,5,60,close_low_diskspace=100M
# Stop torrents when reaching upload ratio in percent,
# when also reaching total upload in bytes, or when
# reaching final upload ratio in percent.
# example: stop at ratio 1.05 with at least 50 MB uploaded, or else ratio 300.0
#
# DEPRECATED UNLESS YOU HAVE APACHE DISABLED
#
#ratio.enable=
#ratio.min.set=105
#ratio.max.set=300
#ratio.upload.set=50M
# Changing the command triggered when the ratio is reached.
#
# DEPRECATED UNLESS YOU HAVE APACHE DISABLED
#
#system.method.set = group.seeding.ratio.command, d.close=, d.erase=
# Start rutorrent plugins when rtorrent starts (for RSS / etc)
# (Disable if you have apache disabled)
#
execute = {sh,-c,/usr/bin/php-cgi /var/www/plugins/rutorrent/php/initplugins.php wdlxtv &}
# The ip address reported to the tracker.
#ip = 127.0.0.1
#ip = rakshasa.no
# The ip address the listening socket and outgoing connections is
# bound to.
#bind = 127.0.0.1
#bind = rakshasa.no
# Port range to use for listening.
port_range = 58690-58699
# Start opening ports at a random position within the port range.
port_random = no
# Check hash for finished torrents. Might be usefull until the bug is
# fixed that causes lack of diskspace not to be properly reported.
check_hash = no
# Enable safe sync since hash check on complete is disabled
safe_sync = yes
# Set whetever the client should try to connect to UDP trackers.
use_udp_trackers = yes
# Alternative calls to bind and ip that should handle dynamic ip’s.
#schedule = ip_tick,0,1800,ip=rakshasa
#schedule = bind_tick,0,1800,bind=rakshasa
# Encryption options, set to none (default) or any combination of the following:
# allow_incoming, try_outgoing, require, require_RC4, enable_retry, prefer_plaintext
#
# The example value allows incoming encrypted connections, starts unencrypted
# outgoing connections but retries with encryption if they fail, preferring
# plaintext to RC4 encryption after the encrypted handshake
#
#encryption = allow_incoming,try_outgoing,require,require_RC4,enable_retry
encryption = allow_incoming,require_RC4
# Enable DHT support for trackerless torrents or when all trackers are down.
# May be set to “disable” (completely disable DHT), “off” (do not start DHT),
# “auto” (start and stop DHT as needed), or “on” (start DHT immediately).
# The default is “off”. For DHT to work, a session directory must be defined.
#
dht = auto
# UDP port to use for DHT.
#
dht_port = 46881
# Enable peer exchange (for torrents not marked private)
#
peer_exchange = yes
#
# Do not modify the following parameters unless you know what you’re doing.
#
# Hash read-ahead controls how many MB to request the kernel to read
# ahead. If the value is too low the disk may not be fully utilized,
# while if too high the kernel might not be able to keep the read
# pages in memory thus end up trashing.
hash_read_ahead = 5
# Interval between attempts to check the hash, in milliseconds.
hash_interval = 10
# Number of attempts to check the hash while using the mincore status,
# before forcing. Overworked systems might need lower values to get a
# decent hash checking rate.
hash_max_tries = 5
# scgi port for rutorrent
scgi_port = localhost:5000
# Specify maximum memory usage
# can be increased through rutorrent settings
## if you use a swap enabled kernel you should increase this
## value, the size of your swap file should be safest.
#
max_memory_usage = 240M
# extra encoding types to check
#encoding_list = “UTF-8,UTF8,UTF-16,UTF16”
#