On Thursday 10 Mar 2005 17:21, Derek Jennings wrote: > 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 > It's also important to configure your upload/download, and don't forget to leave your connection live for a period after you have finished, to help those just starting a download.
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