[geeks] Debian 4.0 Bittorrent for DVD

[velociraptor]

On 4/9/07, geeks at litfire.com <geeks at litfire.com> wrote:
> Lionel Peterson said:
> > I'll have to look into how bittorrent really works - I would have thought
> > this was a more popular download, hence more sources, hence faster
> > download... I've downloaded 12 Gig, and have only uploaded 944 Meg so far.
>
> If you have NAT going on, forward ports 6881-6889 to the box you're
> torrenting from to get the best speeds.  If you're doing all the connecting
> outbound, you'll find that you go much slower.

Assuming a "modern" BT client, you only need one port, and you are
better off choosing a high random port in case your ISP blocks BT
traffic.  The BT tracker servers should be able to handle any port
number.

=Nadine=