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^^^ No BUT stop sharing folders just in case. also ensure you limit the upload speed otherwise you will kill your bandwidth. And dont forget to virus check the program/zip/rah file.
You are still better off with emule.
Trouble is with Torrents is they tend to lose their trackers. Mainly as after people have finished downloading the remove the file or do not bother seeding it.
Oh and for resuming and keeping track of them have you tried ABC client ? this is quite good and allows torrents to resume.
>> Edited by scared but happy on Saturday 1st October 14:21
You are still better off with emule.
Trouble is with Torrents is they tend to lose their trackers. Mainly as after people have finished downloading the remove the file or do not bother seeding it. Oh and for resuming and keeping track of them have you tried ABC client ? this is quite good and allows torrents to resume.
>> Edited by scared but happy on Saturday 1st October 14:21
Carrera2 said:
How do these Torrent things work then?
The .torrent contains a list of addresses that contain the file you are looking for.
When you connect to the P2P network the client looks through the list of addresses to see who actually does have it and you start downloading it from those people.
Plotloss said:
How do these Torrent things work then?
The .torrent contains a list of addresses that contain the file you are looking for.
When you connect to the P2P network the client looks through the list of addresses to see who actually does have it and you start downloading it from those people.
I see - I think. I've used them a couple of times but always found it took an enternity to use (on a 2mb connection) - probably just me not adjusting the settings correctly I guess.
anonymous said:
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You're uploading the bits of the file that you've just downloaded from someone else to someone else again - little bits fly around in that fasion amongst a lot of people and eventually everyone gets the whole thing. It starts off slow cause when it's desciding who to send bits to it favours people who've allready sent you something. When you first start you havent sent anybody anything so you only get dribs and drabs.
You're uploading parts of what you've downloaded. Nothing else.
Torrents rock.
Go into the options and limit the upload speed to 75% of your maximum speed - it will download faster.
When you have the entire file, please stay connected to the network and allow others to get the file from you. I tend to stay on until 20% is uploaded, as thats my contention ratio thereabouts.
Torrents rock.
Go into the options and limit the upload speed to 75% of your maximum speed - it will download faster.
When you have the entire file, please stay connected to the network and allow others to get the file from you. I tend to stay on until 20% is uploaded, as thats my contention ratio thereabouts.
Plotloss said:
Carrera2 said:
How do these Torrent things work then?
The .torrent contains a list of addresses that contain the file you are looking for.
When you connect to the P2P network the client looks through the list of addresses to see who actually does have it and you start downloading it from those people.
Er, no - not at all.
The .torrent file contains the details of the tracker and the files that will be downloaded, along with some metadata about them (including hashes so that the client knows it's getting the correct files).
The client contacts the tracker server, which is the one that knows which clients are connected and what parts of the file(s) each has. It can then put clients in touch with each other to exchange small chunks of the file(s). There needs to be someone there initially with the whole lot (a "seeder" ) to distribute, but that is almost always separate from the tracker. As soon as someone has a small segment of a file, they also begin distributing what they have.
There is no "P2P network" in the traditional sense - while a tracker may manage several torrents, the trackers have no awareness of other trackers, nor do the clients. The only means of browsing and searching for torrents is via the various web indexers.
>> Edited by sjg on Saturday 1st October 19:12
and the torrent tracker sites are what they are shutting down.Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff