[NTLUG:Discuss] BitTorrent on Libranet

[Burton M. Strauss III]

Basiclly there's no such thing as a 'server'.

Servers host the little files that tell you what the pieces are of, say a
particular ISO.

The 'client' runs both as a client - for you to download stuff - and as a
server to serve up the pieces of things you've downloaded to others.

If you're wanting to have a local repository for your users, ftp may be
simpler.

But you can always put the .iso files in the BitTorrent directory and fire
up the client.

See the http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/FAQ.html - esp.

Q. How can I contribute to a file distribution without downloading?
A. Just leave BitTorrent running after it's done downloading. If you already
have the complete file(s), restart downloading and resume to the existing
file(s).


-----Burton

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of Robert Citek
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:41 PM
> To: NTLUG List
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] BitTorrent on Libranet
>
>
>
> Has anyone setup a torrent server under Libranet (Debian)?
>
> I'm trying to serve up some OpenSource software ISOs via BitTorrent,
> but have not found any good step-by-step instructions on setting up a
> torrent server.  I've checked the main BT site, but the instructions
> are for Windows:
>
>    http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/guide.html
>
> And the man pages are not helpful at all.  Will continue googling, but
> so far I've only been hitting servers that are serving torrent files,
> but no descriptions on how to set one up.
>
> If anyone knows of a good place with instructions, I'd be glad to hear
> about it.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
>
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