Bit Torrent, etc

[seldear]

I'm reminded of why I opted out of Bit Torrent the first time. It's like being back on dial-up again...

Could someone technical explain to me exactly what the advantage of Bit Torrent is? Is it supposed to go faster than regular download? Or is it just the general feeling of well-being produced by being a Nice Citizen and Sharing Your Bandwidth?

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[ship-recs.livejournal.com]

I'm on a 1.5MB ADSL plan, and the highest speed I've ever gotten on Bit Torrent was 120kb/s. Normally, it's only about 30kb/s.

It all depends on how popular the file is. You might also have to open ports 6881 to 6889 on your router to get maximum download speeds.

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

You might also have to open ports 6881 to 6889 on your router to get maximum download speeds.

Any idea how to go about doing that?

[ship-recs.livejournal.com]

I used this: http://www.torrentsontpg.cjb.net/

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Cool. Thanks! Will check it out tomorrow. Am feeling an attack of the sleepies coming upon.

[ship-recs.livejournal.com]

PortForward.com (http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm) has instructions on how to open ports for your particular brand of router.

You can also try the Whirlpool Broadband Forum (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/).