[kj] OT: torrents for dummies

[fatpotanga]

Just checked the file - it's working & downloading fine.

I didn't have any torrent software so just grabbed the 1st free mac one google came up with, double clicked it & off it went without touching any settings



On 11 Oct 2011, at 16:04, Ana Madani wrote:


> The latest in the torrent saga:

> 

> I just downloaded and installed Tixati software because I never could tell if uTorrent was working, and I've downloaded a torrent file with the .torrent extension. I see data is in the download folder on the computer desktop, but according to the system tray, the file is still downloading.

> 

> Here's where I'm really confused: 

> 

> Tixati v1.74

> 1 Downloading

> 0 Seeding

> 0.00 KB/s IN of 200 KB/s Limit

> 0.00 KBs OUT

> 

> Well, I'm not trying to upload anything so I get the 0.00 KB/s OUT part, but if the file is downloading, shouldn't there be some KB/s coming IN? And if this is supposed to be normal, how do I know when downloading is complete?

> 

> I have allowed the program to work through the firewall, but it's giving me this message now"

> 

> UPNP router UDP port forwarding: no routers responded, will retry every five minutes

> 

> and that was 30 minutes ago. As far as I can tell, it hasn't re-tried.  

> 

> Please tell me what I am doing wrong. 

> 

> 

> Alternatively, if someone would like to look at this file I'm trying to download and let me know if it's somehow corrupted and that's why this won't work, I'd appreciate it. Here's the link:

> 

> http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5655893/Rosetta_Stone_V3_-_Persian_%28Farsi%29_%28L1__L2__L3%29_Complete

> 

> Thanks (again)!!


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