On Thursday 10 March 2005 14:03, Christopher Taylor wrote: > Some of the sites that I am looking at only have downloads via > bittorent. Can someone explain what this is and how it is setup? > Thanks. Bittorrent is a peer2peer file transfer protocol that is especially good for big files such as iso images. When you join a torrent you download fragments of the file from many people at once and simultaneously you upload to other people.
To use bittorrent install bittorrent and bittorrent-gui packages Also make sure the mozplugger package is installed if it is not already. (Restart your browser after installing mozplugger - mozplugger tells your system how to handle most browser file types. For a torrent file it will open up btdownloadgui.py for you) You should then be able to join a torrent just by clicking on the 'seed' file displayed on web pages with firefox/mozilla/konqueror/opera If that does not work then save the torrent seed file to disc and then open Menu>Internet>FileTransfer>BittorrentGUI and select the downloaded file. For Bittorrent to work you MUST open your firewall to permit uploading to other users. Bittorrent does not permit 'leeching'. (Taking without giving) In your firewall open ports 6881to 6889 and 6969 If you have an external firewall then forward those ports to your Linux computer. See http://www.bittorrent.com/introduction.html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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