FAQ

1. What is Bittorrent?
2. Where can I download Bittorrent?
3. How to download files with BitTorrent?
4. Why is it important to continue sharing if I've already downloaded the file?
5. What are the files that I'm sharing?
6. How do I create a torrent and share my own files?
7. My download speed is very low , what can I do?
8. I get an error message does that mean?
9. How do I open the file I downloaded?
10. What happens if I cancel a download? How Continuous?
11. What does all this terminology? seed, leecher, upload, etc
12.- Advantages of using bittorrents other p2p?

1. What is Bittorrent?

Bittorrents is a protocol for transferring files over p2p. Users share files between them, connecting with each other through a server (Tracker), once users connected to each other, parties exchanged files to complete them. When a user bittorrents is downloading a file so its up to the same time, up only the files being downloaded, this makes BitTorrent a program capable of offering speeds much higher than its competitors and therefore the best choice for download all kinds of files.

2. Where can I download Bittorrent?

BitTorrent is open source (open source). This means that anyone can take the source code and create your own client. Here we present several clients (either is good):

· Bitcomet : Client offers a more attractive combination of clear and intuitive interface in several languages, ease of use and speed of downloads. Ability to perform simultaneous downloads, chat with other users, maintain a queue of files to download, limiting speeds up and down, map ports, support for proxy servers, IP address filtering, ability to resume interrupted downloads, etc.

· Bittornado slight variation of the original bittorrent, simple but practical. Possibility of regulating the upload speed and the number of raises allowed, super seed, to pause and resume a download, and information about downloading. Options, some hidden under a "link" called "Prefs" allow you to configure to your liking twenty options. Does not allow simultaneous torrents.

· Azureus This customer is the most complete of all, with multiple options to configure everything to our liking, upload speed, Going down to connections, super seed, etc. A bit messy configuration for the most inexperienced. Its drawbacks you need to run JAVA and consumes many resources.

· UTorrent uTorrent is a simple and efficient client that can boast of being one of the smallest in its class. Instalación.lo does not even require that brings big savings in resource consumption and processor memory. It offers several configuration options and analysis of each file.

· Burst! Another client that uses very little memory resources. The GUI lets you control multiple transfers from a single window.

· ABC Gives you a number of options and features through an interface exquisite, offers multiple downloads, priority, ability to pause, resume , and queue downloads, minimize to the taskbar, specify the maximum number of uploads and the maximum transfer rate you want, and many more features. Spanish translation: click here

· Bitlord comes in several languages and a simple way to adjust settings as we want. clean, fast, and easy to use.

3. How to download files with BitTorrent? First of all say that to begin with bittorrents download files youfirst install a client.

When we find a link to download a bittorrent web to the press on two things can happen.

1- our bittorrent client opens directly and ask us to save the file will download.

2. us download the .torrent file to your PC, then you just have to open that file with our bittorrent client to start downloading.

4. Why is it important to continue sharing if I've already downloaded the file?

It is very important to continue sharing time once this file is completely downloaded to the other users who are also downloading to completely lower it. It's not about having it indefinitely sharing, only time and the maximum possible speed, so others can download it better. We must be united, this is a p2p is to give and give and take.

5. What are the files that I'm sharing?

Bittorrent all files in a directory other p2p are not shared, only files Share us are being downloaded. This makes the entire upload speed of users to focus only on these files and why the speed is higher.

7. My download speed is very low, what can I do?

The download speed depends on many factors. among them.

- You have to limit the upload speed slightly less than the limit of your line. if you have set no limit increase or a number greater than that of your line this can block the line and pro tanto discharge, so it is very important to limit your customer rate go up to a little less than the limit, ejmplo If I have a line of 30 kbps upstream, as I put on the client 28 kbps.

If you use other p2p programs or programs that consume your bandwidth, this can not download bittorrent as it should.

- have a firewall blocking your client, you can move you log well because of some firewall, review it.

- Just contect with other users, this may be for poblema with the tracker, or because there is no more the case there is nothing to do but wait.

8. I get an error message does that mean?

The best thing to do in general if you have trouble connecting is expected. Sometimes trackers are unavailable or are slow in responding. But usually temporary, so patience is the mother of science. The meanings of error messages BitTorrent explains:

· Problem getting response info - [Errno 2] No such file or directory: The torrent stored in temporary files not right, try to download the .torrent to your PC with the right mouse button, save target as.

· Error (unregistere torrent): The torrent is not uploaded to the tracker.

· Too many args - 0 max. This error is indicative of a wrong command line. Make sure that the arguments of the command line appears -responsefile "% 1".

· A piece failed hash check, re-downloading it: It means you have received a portion of the wrong file so it will come down again. Nothing happens.

· Bad data from tracker: Normally you can ignore it. It usually happens when tracker is overloaded.

· Problem connecting to tracker - timeout exceeded

· Problem connecting to tracker - [Errno socket error] (10061, 'Connection refused ")

· Problem connecting to tracker - 111 Connection refused

· Problem connecting to tracker - HTTP Error 503: Connect failed

· Problem connecting to tracker - 10060 "Operation timed out"

· Problem connecting to tracker - 10054 Connection reset by peer

· Problem connecting to tracker - 10065 No route to host

There was a problem connecting to the tracker. Trackers may be too saturated with people and sometimes the connections fail. The best thing is to have patience and if you are connected to other user not close the customer or you'll lose those connections.

· Problem connecting to tracker - HTTP Error 400: Not Authorized: The tracker require a release.

· Problem connecting to tracker - HTTP Error 404: Not Found: probably an old torrent and no longer work.

· Problem connecting to tracker - HTTP Error 407: Proxy Authentication Required: Some tracker require username and password to access.

9. How do I open the file I downloaded?

.r01, .rar, .zip, .part01, .001, .002
To run these files you need to have installed WinRAR version 3.x less, we recommend the 3.20

.cbr, .cbz
are comincs tablets, for them it uses cdisplay or simply rename .CBR à à RAR and ZIP .CBZ.

.par, .p01, .pnn
are files that are used to reconstruct files with incomplete or corrupt parties, the SmartPAR used.

.nfo
These are information files that usually contain notes on the downloaded file, installation, etc. Windows mistakenly associate it with information files the system, but can be opened smoothly with Notepad or any .NFO seen.

.avi, .mpg, .wmv, .asf
are video files, so open with a video repoductor repoductor type of window.

.mp3, .mp2, .wma, .ogg
are audio files that open with any player as Winnap

.pdf
are documents that are opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader

VOB
files are DVD-Video so they are to record, but also can be read with programs like PowerDVD or he can change the extension to mpg and are also readable

.jpg, .gif, .bmp, .png
are documents that are opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader

.bin, .cue, .iso, .nrg, .img

These extensions correspond to image files CD or DVD

- MDS -> Alcohol 120%
-CCD -> Alcohol 120% / CloneCD
-CUE / BIN -> Alcohol 120% / CDRWin (+ BIN) / NERO
-ISO -> Alcohol 120% / Nero
-BTW -> Alcohol 120%
-CDI -> Alcohol 120%
-IMG -> CloneCD
-NRG: -> Nero

10. What happens if I cancel a download? How Continuous?

BitTorrent allows perfectly stop and resume a download that is half. Not have to do anything special. If you cancel a download before completion, partial discharge stays on your hard drive. To summarize, you have only to open the torrent volve and save the file in the same place where it was downloaded, so your client will recognize and continue downloaded parts where before it was canceled.

11. What does all this terminology? seed, leecher, upload, etc.

Here you have a list of most important words associated with BitTorrent and their meanings.

Torrent: It is a small file only a few kb and .torrent extension that contains information about the file you want to download, not the file itself. Torrent contains information such as name, size, etc, is also through this torrent tracker that connects users with others about.

Peer or leechers (clients) are the users who are downloading a file from bittorrents, but still do not have full. Peers go up and down parts of a file until you complete or cancel.

Seed (Seed) is a user that has a complete copy of a certain torrent. When you finish a download and not share, then you are making seed or seeding. When someone shares a file, you have to make seed, and while not complete another user, he will be the only seed. A file that does not go down. Only seed up

Tracker: is an Internet server that acts to connect customers that are lowering or raising a particular file. For a tracker connect users need (in most tracker) upload the torrent to the tracker. The Tracker does not contain files only connects users with parts of that file.

Downloading: receive data from another user.

Uploading: send data to another user

Distributed copies (copies distributed): the seed are full copies of the file, but it is possible that among all the peers, if we put all parts of the file has more than one complete copy. It is a very important information if you are downloading a file that has no seed.

12.- Advantages of using bittorrents other p2p?

Advantage.

1- Greater lowering speed. As each user just up from what you're downloading the download speed it is much higher than other p2p where each user shares entire directories with a lot of files.

2- There are usually no fakes. we downloaded files are usually always what espamos. A being a system that requires websites to download torrents, it makes it very difficult to introduce fake files.

Disadvantages.

The files have a short life, is the price to pay for better speed, as only shared what being downloaded life is much shorter than other p2p files.

There is no global search engine .torrent, this is a disadvantage, but also is the advantage of not fakes.

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