

Click on Plugins down the left and in the window put a check next to the Scheduler plugin, then press Apply.ģ. The scheduler plugin is not enabled by default so it needs switching on before you can use it. Click the Preferences button on the toolbar or go to Edit > Preferences.Ģ. This saves you the trouble of starting and stopping torrents yourself.ġ. Here’s a selection of popular Torrent clients and how to schedule BitTorrent downloads in each one. Most of the popular torrent clients have this feature built in or easily available. Luckily there are ways to automatically start or stop downloading and seeding your torrents. Even if it means running them during peak hours and possibly risking restrictions. If you’re a heavy torrent user that downloads or uploads torrents nearly every day, you either have to physically be there at the best time to start transfers, or start the torrents going when you can. Some ISP’s sometimes don’t monitor or count what you download when the network is at its quietest, which is mainly overnight. Others might reduce your connection speed if you exceed a specified quota during peak hours. One of the common ways to restrict traffic is to throttle the entire connection or specifically reduce Peer2Peer traffic speed until a certain time when the network will be quieter. Although many Internet Service Providers offer a nearly or fully unlimited amount of traffic or bandwidth, many do not.
