Power Penguin
May 31st, 2003, 01:21 AM
What is BitTorrent?
Bittorrent (http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/index.html ) (BT) is a new multi-source downloading peer2peer client similar in nature to Kazaa and WinMX. (See The Beginners Guide To FileSharing http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/10012002j).
The notable difference between this and other clients is that it doesn't have a user-interface except for browser links (SHA-1 hashes) that start your download. So it's no good looking in the Start Menu for it once you have installed it. Bittorrent runs in the background, waiting for you to click a special hyperlink.
It is able to download parts of files from clients, it need not necessarily be a complete file that the other users have have, hence you should get good download speeds.
Instructions
1. Install BitTorrent. Go to http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html the download links are near the bottom.
2. Use your browser and go to one of the sites below.
3. Click a link, any old link will do, but preferably a file you want, and your download will start.
Common Questions in Operation
Q. Does Bittorrent Support Resume? Other clients do, what's up with that?
Yes it does support resuming downloads, just save your download to the same location as the existing partial download. BitTorrent will resume where it left off after checking the partial download.
Q. My download is taking up megabytes of space, and it isn't even finished downloading. What's up with that?
A. Bittorrent allocates file space before the download is finished. So it will look like it has finished before it has.You should check the BitTorrent download window for the percentage downloaded; you probably won't find anything of use in the download directory until you hit 100%. (The download window will show "Download succeeded" instead of an Estimated Time Left).
Q. I am a mean webmaster, you should see my homepage, it's well really MEAN. Those special links then...what's up with that?.
A. Stop saying "what's up with that?" will you? Anyway, serving torrents (see "Terminology" below) is beyond the scope of this document. Wait for the follow up.
It Doesn't Do Anything, Where Do I Get Files?
http://www.zeropaid.com/links/bittorrent
Every Rose Has A Thorn
If you get your get your fingers pricked, try these BT compatible alternatives :
BT++ http://btplusplus.sourceforge.net/
Bittorrent Experimental Client http://ei.kefro.st/projects/btclient/
Burst Client, http://krypt.dyndns.org:81/torrent/
PTC - Try the Zeropaid chat room chat room or to the private Zeropaid DC Hub for more information.
Verdict
At first everything went well and then, unfortunately, my connection went down. After this when I was clicking on the download links BT wouldn't do anything. After a reset and reinstall it worked again.
I tried downloading and, after a while, it started downloading at rates between 2KB/s and 10KB/s. 2KB/s-10KB/s is hardly "maxing out my connecting", as I was lead to believe BT would do. This, I believe, was an old file with few people "seeding" (or "having") the file.
At the time of writing this review there were very few good sites for downloading, and I coudn't find anything worth my while.
However, less two weeks later, and here I am downloading at my maximum speed with the latest files.
I am VERY pleased with Bittorrent.
Bittorrent Terminology
tracker = The server. What you must download files from. The websites with the links are running Bittorrent trackers
.torrent/torrent = The metafile describing your download to Bittorrent. When you click a link you are actually opening a torrent file. You can can actually save the torrent to disk and open it without a brower.
seed = To serve a file.
NOTE: The list of sites for Bittorrent is continually being updated. This post is continually being updated.
Special thanks to Evil_Dweller and Greylin
Bittorrent (http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/index.html ) (BT) is a new multi-source downloading peer2peer client similar in nature to Kazaa and WinMX. (See The Beginners Guide To FileSharing http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/10012002j).
The notable difference between this and other clients is that it doesn't have a user-interface except for browser links (SHA-1 hashes) that start your download. So it's no good looking in the Start Menu for it once you have installed it. Bittorrent runs in the background, waiting for you to click a special hyperlink.
It is able to download parts of files from clients, it need not necessarily be a complete file that the other users have have, hence you should get good download speeds.
Instructions
1. Install BitTorrent. Go to http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html the download links are near the bottom.
2. Use your browser and go to one of the sites below.
3. Click a link, any old link will do, but preferably a file you want, and your download will start.
Common Questions in Operation
Q. Does Bittorrent Support Resume? Other clients do, what's up with that?
Yes it does support resuming downloads, just save your download to the same location as the existing partial download. BitTorrent will resume where it left off after checking the partial download.
Q. My download is taking up megabytes of space, and it isn't even finished downloading. What's up with that?
A. Bittorrent allocates file space before the download is finished. So it will look like it has finished before it has.You should check the BitTorrent download window for the percentage downloaded; you probably won't find anything of use in the download directory until you hit 100%. (The download window will show "Download succeeded" instead of an Estimated Time Left).
Q. I am a mean webmaster, you should see my homepage, it's well really MEAN. Those special links then...what's up with that?.
A. Stop saying "what's up with that?" will you? Anyway, serving torrents (see "Terminology" below) is beyond the scope of this document. Wait for the follow up.
It Doesn't Do Anything, Where Do I Get Files?
http://www.zeropaid.com/links/bittorrent
Every Rose Has A Thorn
If you get your get your fingers pricked, try these BT compatible alternatives :
BT++ http://btplusplus.sourceforge.net/
Bittorrent Experimental Client http://ei.kefro.st/projects/btclient/
Burst Client, http://krypt.dyndns.org:81/torrent/
PTC - Try the Zeropaid chat room chat room or to the private Zeropaid DC Hub for more information.
Verdict
At first everything went well and then, unfortunately, my connection went down. After this when I was clicking on the download links BT wouldn't do anything. After a reset and reinstall it worked again.
I tried downloading and, after a while, it started downloading at rates between 2KB/s and 10KB/s. 2KB/s-10KB/s is hardly "maxing out my connecting", as I was lead to believe BT would do. This, I believe, was an old file with few people "seeding" (or "having") the file.
At the time of writing this review there were very few good sites for downloading, and I coudn't find anything worth my while.
However, less two weeks later, and here I am downloading at my maximum speed with the latest files.
I am VERY pleased with Bittorrent.
Bittorrent Terminology
tracker = The server. What you must download files from. The websites with the links are running Bittorrent trackers
.torrent/torrent = The metafile describing your download to Bittorrent. When you click a link you are actually opening a torrent file. You can can actually save the torrent to disk and open it without a brower.
seed = To serve a file.
NOTE: The list of sites for Bittorrent is continually being updated. This post is continually being updated.
Special thanks to Evil_Dweller and Greylin