[NTLUG:Discuss] BitTorrent on Libranet

[Val Harris]

Robert Citek wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 12:57  PM, Val Harris wrote:
> 
>> David Ross wrote:
>>
>>> A friend of mine raved about BT so I tried it with the same results 
>>> as Ralph.A 650MB file was downloading at 1-2 kbps whereas on another 
>>> computer (on the same internet connection) it downloaded from http at 
>>> 80kbps.I promptly gave up on BT.
>>
>>
>> My experience with BT was exactly the opposite.  I downloaded the 3 isos
>> of Fedora Core 2 - Test1 in just under 2 hours.  I guess the popularity
>> of the software (how many are d/l'ing at the same time) makes a BIG
>> difference.
> 
> 
> And possibly the number of people on big pipes that leave their 
> downloaders running.
> 
>> Sorry you had such a dismal experience,
> 
> 
> Could this be because of differences in versions?  That is, Val was 
> using a different version of BT than David?
> 
> Regards,
> - Robert

Robert,

My bittorrent came from this rpm: bittorrent-3.3-0.fdr.2.fc1.noarch.rpm.
My command line for running it is:
   # btdownloadcurses.py --max_upload_rate 350 \
   --url http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/FC2-test1-binary-i386.torrent
I run it as root, after punching the pinhole through my IPcop firewall.
My internet connection is a cable modem.

I hope this helps,

Val
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Val W. Harris              val.harris at comcast.net

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