[kj] OT: torrents for dummies

[Ana Madani]

OK, that makes sense.

The system tray icon does show some activity, so maybe it's just slow.
Hopefully it'll work out eventually.

Cheers,
Ana

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:20 AM, fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com> wrote:


> downloading = the file you're trying to grab

> seeding = how many people are sharing the file you want

> the last two is data transfer speed in (you grabbing the file) & the speed

> at which you're sharing it.

> When you download a torrent you also start sharing it hence the in/out

>

> You can bypass sharing but a lot of providers log how much you share.

> If you don;t you can get blocked.

> It's al about taking & sharing.

>

> It's showing downloading just to you have a file you want to get

> No d/l could be firewall, port or could be because everyone else with that

> file has their computer switched off.

> Some files get queued to limit how many people can access a file (or

> portion of) at any one time.

> It's probably some setting somewhere.

>

> 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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