2009/6/23 Consult-Digital Vision <consult@digitalvision.co.ke>
Hi Wash,
I will answer the last question i.e "How can I speed up a torrent download? I mean, can I trick the app/system into downloading faster?"
1. Use a download manager with a torrent extension/plugin: Check out http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm . You can get the plugin here: http://files.freedownloadmanager.org/lite/fdminst-lite-bt.exe
2. Or use a dedicated bit torrent client . I prefer http://www.utorrent.com/downloads . I hear vuze is also good but i have not tried it: http://www.vuze.com/
3. Go to a torrent site like www.mininova.org or search across multiple torrent sites using www.torrentz.com
4. Grab the file which has a high seed to leechers ratio. Seeds refer to the hosts(machines) which have the file you want and allow download, while leechers are people/hosts who are currently downloading that file. its important to look at file comments, from people who have downloaded the file, otherwise, you might just download a file that is corrupted
5. Once the download completes, you can stop all the seeds from uploading or if you have enough bandwidth, you can become a seed yourself
Hope this helps
Hi Consult-Digital and everyone, Thank you so much for your answers. Now I know what seeders and leechers means and I must say I now know what to look for, why it works that way. Quite a fast way to learn! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube