From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Gelm Subject: Re: Torrent and it's clients?? Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:14:44 -0400 Message-ID: <45299474.4050000@gelm.net> References: <20061008143918.GA974@lnx2.kvinet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20061008143918.GA974@lnx2.kvinet.com> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: haltec@kvinet.com Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hal wrote: >Stumbled on torrentreactor.net and became quite curious.. Many >available clients but I selected Azureus; reading two tutorials and >one FAQ about it.. > >With our puny dial up lines averaging 3.0kBs, large files would be a >huge problem so I tried two 50mB files first and was able to d/l them >successfully, on line from 2100E to 0700E the following day with a >couple stops and starts, resuming the next day, etc.. > >Flushed with pride I tried two small files, 3mB and 9mB and the >bottom dropped out of it.. The d/l started at a typical 3.0kBs then >after half the first file it went to zero and stayed there for the >next 8 hours... What happened?? Can I presume that one of the >servers was down or extremely busy, if I'm reading how it works?? > >In all cases I note the report that the tracker is OK and NAT OK and >the azureus smiley is green.. Top reports about 40% cpu usage.. 380mB >RAM and no swap used, if that means anything.. > >I don't completely understand the concept of "seeds" and "peers," so >am trying to learn more about that.. > >I've, more or less, concluded that wide band would not help with that >system, much like a vehicle capable of 180MPH on a Calfornia thruway >averaging 5MPH.. > >Maybe I'm way over my head; again... TIA.. Oh yes, using Slack10.1, >2.4.29 on that machine, and a USR Sportster V90 internal modem.. > > Hi, Hal: I use Azureus also. I use it on my Linux and Windoze workstations. When you download the torrent and start a download, you are a 'peer'. When you have the entire 'file' and you stay active, you are a 'seed'. There must be either of two situations to complete a d/l: At least one 'seed' or all the pieces of the entire file must have been accumulated among the active 'peers'. I choose available downloads with the number of most (active) 'seeds'. I try to stay active as a 'seed' until I have uploaded 2x to 3x the size of the downloaded file. Though, I have a cable modem and can get 4-5 MB/sec downloads. :-) O,BTW, I've been upgrading some of my workstations to Slackware 11.0. I obtained the 11.0 .iso CDs and DVD via BitTorrent. ;-) I'll probably keep these active for a week or so at a resonable upload rate. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs