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Hi, i got a couple of questions regarding torrents.
1) What does tracker do? What is it used for?
2) Does Bitcomet and UTorrent client have any differences? I used bitcomet to dl a particular file which has only a seed, to try out whether i could establish a connection, i couldnt. however for Utorrent, i successfully did it. So are there any differences? settings?
3) Prior to the 2nd question, does the ports make a difference as well? Say, if i uploaded this torrent, and my ports is about 40000, the other person trying to download it has it at 50000, will it affect the connection? Will it even establish a connection as well?
Many Thanks in advance.
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Originally posted by Takumi2eLimit:
alwaysdisturbed, i appreciate your intention.
frankly, if that is what i was searching for, i wouldnt have to post. please be sensible. thanks.
i don't really know the actual usage of a tracker, thus the question mark at the end and perhaps assist you to ponder a little more. because i thought it can be roughly guessed to how the term was derived.
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ModeratorThe only cure for procrastination is a terminal illness.
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Originally posted by Takumi2eLimit:
Hi, i got a couple of questions regarding torrents.
1) What does tracker do? What is it used for?
2) Does Bitcomet and UTorrent client have any differences? I used bitcomet to dl a particular file which has only a seed, to try out whether i could establish a connection, i couldnt. however for Utorrent, i successfully did it. So are there any differences? settings?
3) Prior to the 2nd question, does the ports make a difference as well? Say, if i uploaded this torrent, and my ports is about 40000, the other person trying to download it has it at 50000, will it affect the connection? Will it even establish a connection as well?
Many Thanks in advance.
1. In short, to track users. In long, read the wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_tracker
2. BitComet is banned by some trackers as it is notorious for getting the users a high download speed even if they did not upload anything. That may explain why you are unable to download the torrent via BitComet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcomet#DHT_Exploit
3. No, it does not make a difference and would not affect the possibility of establishing a connection with another user, unless it is already in use by an application on your computer / the computer on the other end. To be safe, avoid port numbers that are already assigned to an existing protocol. A simple rule of thumb would be to choose one that is between 50000 and 59999.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_numbers
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World of free(sic) softwares await in the world of Bittorrent
But a price to pay... is the slow software speed..expect to wait up to hours or even a day for the file to be fully downloaded
A tip - try downloading a torrent that has a most number of seeders..thats an indicator that there's alot of hosts(or somthing like that), while leechers is the opposite lol
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