Reply to: Help - I'm in IPtorrent with no idea!

[TheFaQQer]

I downloaded Ubuntu a week or so ago from the official website, it didn't take long to download as I recall. Took me a few days before I could beat its Connect-four and Sudoku games, and now don't use Ubuntu anymore (no drivers to get Internet connected).

By ISO do you mean disk images, if so of what kind? If software, I always stayed clear of them for fear of trojens etc. Films could be handy, though last time I torrented I gave up because it was too slow.

American TV shows, if that takes your fancy, are usually on there within a few days of the American airing date. I saw the second series of Heroes on download while the first series was still showing on BBC here.

[TimberWolf]

Really??

It must be a fluke that I can get on the net with Ubuntu then...

Depends on your hardware, some is software independent

[cojak]

and now don't use Ubuntu anymore (no drivers to get Internet connected)

Really??

It must be a fluke that I can get on the net with Ubuntu then...

[TimberWolf]

Debian/Ubuntu ISO's

I downloaded Ubuntu a week or so ago from the official website, it didn't take long to download as I recall. Took me a few days before I could beat its Connect-four and Sudoku games, and now don't use Ubuntu anymore (no drivers to get Internet connected).

By ISO do you mean disk images, if so of what kind? If software, I always stayed clear of them for fear of trojens etc. Films could be handy, though last time I torrented I gave up because it was too slow.

[Lockhouse]

I'd strongly suggest you get yourself some additional 'protection' e.g. PeerGuardian if you are planning on doing any serious torrenting.

Seconded. It's a good idea to use something like PeerGuardian 2 anyway.

[cojak]

Debian/Ubuntu ISO's

Wot he said....

[gadgetman]

I get most of my TV via utorrent these days. UKNova is a good source.

[Ardesco]

Are you downloading films?

What's worth torrenting for?

Debian/Ubuntu ISO's

[TimberWolf]

Are you downloading films?

What's worth torrenting for?

[cojak]

Torrent speeds depend on the number of people in the swarm and their upload speeds - open ports just allow people to connect to you, without your machine initiating the connection (but generally means faster torrenting)..

I am using a product called TorrentFlux - web interface on a headless Linux machine..

Ta Kev, I'll try that too..

[cojak]

I'd strongly suggest you get yourself some additional 'protection' e.g. PeerGuardian if you are planning on doing any serious torrenting.

Thanks, I will (when I get it to work...)

[KevinS]

Torrent speeds depend on the number of people in the swarm and their upload speeds - open ports just allow people to connect to you, without your machine initiating the connection (but generally means faster torrenting)..

I am using a product called TorrentFlux - web interface on a headless Linux machine..

[tay]

I followed the instructions on that site for the Belkin router I use, and it still didnt work. I am just doing it without an open port, the torrents still seem to work, if a little more slowly than I would like, usually aorund th 5-6 kbs mark... but sometimes up to 200kbs.

I am guessing thats very slow by normal standards, but I can generally get the programs I want overnight.

[gadgetman]

I'd strongly suggest you get yourself some additional 'protection' e.g. PeerGuardian if you are planning on doing any serious torrenting.

[El_Diablo]

If it stopped working because of the settings you did then it should be possible to reset it to factory settings, I had to do it a few times myself...

Yeh I've had to do that too, resetting to the original settings has usually sorted any problems.

Good luck!