In only a number of short years, the peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing protocol BitTorrent is becoming among the most popular methods of file sharing online. With the ever growing amount of legal content available via "Torrents," Downloading BitTorrents has an extremely bright future.
What makes BitTorrent different than other P2P networks is its extremely efficient distribution method. Unlike other file sharing networks where downloads slow as more and more users download the files, downloads are certain to get faster the better users that will be online, downloading and sharing the files. The BitTorrent protocol is presently the among the fastest at moving very large files through the Internet.
In order to begin, the first thing you will need to track down is a piece of software to behave as the BitTorrent Client. Some users recommend uTorrent because of its small size and limited system resource usage. Others prefer the torrent clients, Azureus and BitComet. I recommend you download a couple of distinct clients and use the one you feel most comfortable with. These clients are easy to install as any other software and really small. Once installed you are just about ready to start downloading. To search out files to download, goto any search engine and look for "Torrent Tracker" or "BitTorrent Tracker."
To be able to download torrents a file using BitTorrent, another user must be uploading (also called "seeding" the file with their very own torrent client. Choose the file to download, click the link to the .torrent file on the tracker page. This will certainly trigger your installed client to open begin downloading to your computer. The more seeders the file has the faster the download will go. There is a great chance that others downloading the torrent will be able to see your ip address so make sure you only use BitTorrent for its intended legal purpose.
Another unique aspect is the possibly for the seeder to force others to seed and share. As a way to keep them working properly everyone must share something. The protocol is dependent upon it. If you share with other users while downloading, your download speeds shall increase while you are helping another users to download.
What makes BitTorrent different than other P2P networks is its extremely efficient distribution method. Unlike other file sharing networks where downloads slow as more and more users download the files, downloads are certain to get faster the better users that will be online, downloading and sharing the files. The BitTorrent protocol is presently the among the fastest at moving very large files through the Internet.
In order to begin, the first thing you will need to track down is a piece of software to behave as the BitTorrent Client. Some users recommend uTorrent because of its small size and limited system resource usage. Others prefer the torrent clients, Azureus and BitComet. I recommend you download a couple of distinct clients and use the one you feel most comfortable with. These clients are easy to install as any other software and really small. Once installed you are just about ready to start downloading. To search out files to download, goto any search engine and look for "Torrent Tracker" or "BitTorrent Tracker."
To be able to download torrents a file using BitTorrent, another user must be uploading (also called "seeding" the file with their very own torrent client. Choose the file to download, click the link to the .torrent file on the tracker page. This will certainly trigger your installed client to open begin downloading to your computer. The more seeders the file has the faster the download will go. There is a great chance that others downloading the torrent will be able to see your ip address so make sure you only use BitTorrent for its intended legal purpose.
Another unique aspect is the possibly for the seeder to force others to seed and share. As a way to keep them working properly everyone must share something. The protocol is dependent upon it. If you share with other users while downloading, your download speeds shall increase while you are helping another users to download.