Torrents: what is it and how do I...???

[gorski]

Download stuff [music, audio-visual, PC applications, smartphones stuff etc. etc.] from the net, from many sources at once!!!

You take it down in pieces, cleverly thought through, as it is, not only from a server but also from your temporary "colleagues", who are doing it at the same time as you or from people who have finished downloading it but stay online, so they are helping people like they were helped, when they started downloading something...

A cool idea!!

Here is the simplest and lightest application to do that with:

http://www.utorrent.com/

Under the DOWNLOAD button click on SEE HOW IT WORKS -> Bit Torrent explained...

Once you get the SW to do it with, you will need stuff to download with that SW... Here:

http://torrentscan.com/

Upper left corner - empty space - is to write a name and press SEARCH... This one is good because it has many torrent search engines in one!

Just be careful - read other people's comments, if something is fake etc. Be a bit patient!

Never go/use the "external links/results" or "sponsored links"!!! COMMERCIAL RUBBISH!!! Do not part with your money!!!

A bit more here, in some detail + video help:

http://www.utorrent.com/help/guides

Cheers!!! B)

 

[JR]

This is P2P. I don't use it a long time ago. I prefer direct download (megaupload, fileserve, etc.). You can take advantage of your adsl speed. With torrent, it's usual to download very slowly like emule or other p2p SW.

However, thanks for the advice and the url to search stuff to download. I didn't know it.

 

[gorski]

No, m8, sorry but that is simply incorrect.

I have 100MB/sec line in my house [realistically, depending on the time of day/day of the week, "only" about 40 - 60 MB/sec] and I can DL over 4 MB/sec.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1256670819.png

So, these things depends on:

-your connection/HW/server/how many users on the server/etc.

-how you configure your Bit Torrent client - I allowed many more connections, in relation to the default one offered in uTorrent...

Good luck!B)