Bittorrent discussion/questions/help

boris wrote:
Buhahahaha :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I use Azureus as well. It's DHT feature is very handy when tracker is unavailable, but IMO the interface is little overcrowded.

What's the DHT feature do? I have been using Bit Tornado, but I would be willing to change :)

Anime Dad wrote:

What's the DHT feature do? I have been using Bit Tornado, but I would be willing to change :)

DHT
Azureus version 2.3.0.0 introduced the Distributed Database function (a form of DHT, namely Kademlia), which is an expansion of the BitTorrent protocol, making it more independent from trackers. This allows for a torrent where the original tracker is down or very slow to get peer data (and eventually download the files) from other peers that are using Azureus 2.3.0.0 or newer. The downside to this is private trackers, where membership is required, that do not want non-members downloading their torrents are required to alter their torrents so the Azureus client knows not to share peer information about that swarm. Some critics also say that this is simply "reinventing the wheel," referring to earlier peer-to-peer protocols and programs the weaknesses of which BitTorrent was praised for overcoming. Others see it as an evolution of the BitTorrent protocols. Azureus uses its own form of DHT incompatible with Bram Cohen's BitTorrent client.

Azureus was modified to create the Localhost Program, which uses the Distributed Database to maintain a virtual file system

Ah, ok. Thanks. I think i'll give it a try.

Anime Dad wrote:Ah, ok. Thanks. I think i'll give it a try.

yeah might be worth it...of course if you don't like it you can always abandon it and go back to your previous client.

Tu_triky wrote:


DHT
Azureus version 2.3.0.0 introduced the Distributed Database function (a form of DHT, namely Kademlia), which is an expansion of the BitTorrent protocol, making it more independent from trackers. This allows for a torrent where the original tracker is down or very slow to get peer data (and eventually download the files) from other peers that are using Azureus 2.3.0.0 or newer. The downside to this is private trackers, where membership is required, that do not want non-members downloading their torrents are required to alter their torrents so the Azureus client knows not to share peer information about that swarm. Some critics also say that this is simply "reinventing the wheel," referring to earlier peer-to-peer protocols and programs the weaknesses of which BitTorrent was praised for overcoming. Others see it as an evolution of the BitTorrent protocols. Azureus uses its own form of DHT incompatible with Bram Cohen's BitTorrent client.

Azureus was modified to create the Localhost Program, which uses the Distributed Database to maintain a virtual file system

Nice recap.

What some Grateful Dead sites require you to do when uploading is to create a torrent file with the client, upload it, the host server then downloads a new (modified) torrent file to you to open with the client and begin seeding. That way DHT and Peer Exchange are disabled for the life of the torrent.

When seeding at d-addicts and JPopSuki I'll always disable DHT and PE.

Wow, seems like Azureus is the way to go... Near consensus. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:Wow, seems like Azureus is the way to go... Near consensus. :victory:

You just need to add Java first... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:Wow, seems like Azureus is the way to go... Near consensus. :victory:

it does suck up more system resources....that is the one downside...but i've never suffered so much as to want to change clients...

Tu_triky wrote:

it does suck up more system resources....that is the one downside...but i've never suffered so much as to want to change clients...

That's why I go 1GB of RAM minimum... :victory:

dochira wrote:
That's why I go 1GB of RAM minimum... :victory:

i wish, man... my older ass comp only has 512MB but i could definitiely use 1GB oif RAM given Azurueus' voracious appetite

dochira wrote:
That's why I go 1GB of RAM minimum... :victory:

Well, this comp only has 512MB - but it seems to run Azureus OK. Yes, I installed it and it's happily downloading the Ringu movie :)

Luckily I already had Java installed.

Anime Dad wrote:

Well, this comp only has 512MB - but it seems to run Azureus OK. Yes, I installed it and it's happily downloading the Ringu movie :)

Luckily I already had Java installed.

make sure you have the most recent version of Java....

dochira wrote:You just need to add Java first... :sweat:

It's already loaded: I was running some DSL speed tests and it required the Java runtime... :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
It's already loaded: I was running some DSL speed tests and it required the Java runtime... :bleh:

so how fast is your connection? i'm curious... i prefer the speakeasy speedtest :mrgreen:

www.speakeasy.net/speedtest

Tu_triky wrote:

make sure you have the most recent version of Java....

Yeah, i'm sure mine is too. I can't remember what prog I have that uses it, but it updated itself recently.

Anime Dad wrote:

Yeah, i'm sure mine is too. I can't remember what prog I have that uses it, but it updated itself recently.

smooth sailing to you, then. :victory:

Tu_triky wrote:so how fast is your connection? i'm curious... i prefer the speakeasy speedtest :mrgreen:

www.speakeasy.net/speedtest

I just ran Speakeasy: 763K/136K.

bmwracer wrote:
I just ran Speakeasy: 763K/136K.

that is super fast... :shocked:

qilver wrote:that is super fast... :shocked:

Not really.

It's the bottom rung of the DSL ladder, but I'm cheap so.... :beaten:

I just saw an AT&T commercial offering 1.5M/3.0M/6.0M... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
I just ran Speakeasy: 763K/136K.

You're flyin'! That's like fiber. 763x8 > 5.6Mb