On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 21:35 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward TCP 6890-6999 to > my bittorrent machine, per my .rtorrent.rc file.
That sounds right for a classic bittorrent client. I used to open about the same ports years ago with the first bittorrent client from Bram Cohen when that was all there was.. :) > So far I've downloaded 485 MB and uploaded only 9 MB. Did I do > something wrong, or is that normal? That does seem a bit low but if your downloading ISO's there may be a lot of seeds (clients who have the whole download) compared to leeches (clients who don't have the whole download yet). In that case uploading will be a bit slow. That won't happen with all .torrents. :) > When I go to "Info" on this torrent, rtorrent says "Connection type: > leech". What do I need to do to be a good bittorrent citizen? Just leave the torrent running (seeding) after it's done so others can get the file also is a good bittorrent citizen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1288751060.3832.14.ca...@debian.ok.shawcable.net
