Anyone using BitTorrent?

BigEejit · 20-10-2003 03:09PM #1

What is the best bittorrent client? ... I've tried a few today and they are crap .... is there one where I dont have to open seperate windows for seperate downloads etc ...

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And if anyone knows any good torrent sites could they post 'em? ... Cheers
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Ste- · 20-10-2003 05:03PM

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

Nice client there.

IrishMike · 20-10-2003 05:19PM

that is by far the best client ste-
Bit paranoid about it though as it gives out the ip of all the
seeders and leechers unlike the other clients
Anyway as 4 websites, best is [Mod Edit: Warez'n'stuff not allowed here.]

BigEejit · 20-10-2003 06:56PM

I found that torrent site as well today IrishMike .... it is good, shows how many seeds there are for a particular file ... which is nice ... my downloads are slow however ... I wonder is netsource throttling those ports ... kazaa is faster than a torrent with 9 seeds ... and I have changed all setting to maximise download speed, I currently have only one torrent downloading ... my upload is bigger than my download by a factor of 3! and I only have 11Megs downloaded FFS (i.e. i have downloaded 11megs of the file, but others have downloaded ~37megs of that file off of me)

Chad ghostal · 20-10-2003 07:09PM

i dont think it has anything to do with your connection, im in college with a t1 and the speeds i get vary from 500kbs a second to 1-2kbs a second..
it depends on the seeders.. i Think.

if you get a good connection torrent is very good.. .got 6 episodes of a tv series in a 2 hours ..over a gig ..
good for live shows aswell.. full concerts in excellent quality ..depends on where you go.

Cabaal · 21-10-2003 05:03PM

Originally posted by BigEejit
kazaa is faster than a torrent with 9 seeds

True, but Kazaa is gone to hell in recent times and you have a better choice of items using BT, like getting latest Linux distros.

In other news, yes its a good idea to look for URL's of sites with copyright material on them in a public place like boards.ie.....

22-10-2003 09:04AM

Originally posted by Chad ghostal
i dont think it has anything to do with your connection, im in college with a t1

Which would mean you could bypass the firewall? What college is this?

OfflerCrocGod · 22-10-2003 08:53PM

Bittorent has some problems when you're not directly connected to the net so if you get you're connection though a network then be ready for a lot of crappy speeds....I find it rubbish for most stuff it never seems to reach my max, 50KB/s id be lucky to get 13KB/s, not really that good.

23-10-2003 09:18AM

My connections maintained a 50k/bs on bit torrent but only once. Im usually struggling to get 20k/bs. Just dont have the patience or know-how to tweak it

Anyone using BitTorrent?

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