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RitualOfTheTrout - Jan 12, 2004
    RitualOfTheTrout Jan 12, 2004 
I found a place with .torrent files.. and when i try to download the file i get an error..

It says connecting to peers...

Then I get some sort of download error..

Also how do i specify what directory I want to i guess "Share" my files?

    mtxblau Jan 12, 2004 
Firstly, this probably doesn't belong in this section. Secondly, what kind of error? The torrent could be dead, or you're behind a firewall, or something. You need to be more specific.

Finally, with torrents, you don't 'share' your files. It's p2p on steroids - you share what you've downloaded while the window is open. You should read up on it, it's very interesting.

    dnguyen800 Jan 12, 2004 
download a new verison of Bittorrent, or another program like Torrentstorm. It fixed the problem for me.

    RitualOfTheTrout Jan 12, 2004 
Yes this probably should be in the PC help section..

but anyways thanks.. im sure my router has some sort of firewall that could be causing me trouble.

    RitualOfTheTrout Jan 12, 2004 
Ok i just had to forward the ports.

Im going to try out the torrent storm as you recomended also.

    RitualOfTheTrout Jan 12, 2004 
Well while the topic of bit torrent is up...

Has anyone else heard about people getting busted by there ISPs and other organizations for downloading quetionsable material via bit torrent?

I had been searching for a way to get past my firewall so that i can get a green status light.. and i stumbled onto a few threads in other boards with people saying this has happened to them.

    racketboy Jan 12, 2004 
I've heard a few

but I just recommend staying away from movies, music, and current games.

I only DL TV shows for the most part

    it290 Jan 13, 2004 
Or get an ISP that doesn't snoop on you all the time. ;P

    racketboy Jan 13, 2004 
it's not just the ISP

it's just like the RIAA and Kazaa

    RitualOfTheTrout Jan 14, 2004 
Yea from what I understand most people who have experienced this found there torrent files at a place called SN...

    Gallstaff Jan 14, 2004 
I use SN. Good stuff.

Although I find the safest route for my needs is IRC. It's such bs the RIAA and stuff. I should't have to go out and buy a 18 dollar cd to hear the only song on there I like.

    racketboy Jan 14, 2004 
The library is actually my source of music and movies.

Here in the Bay Area (CA) we can search all the libraries in the surrounding areas (about 10?) and request anything from the entire collection and have it delivered to our local branch. It's very convienent, risk free, and the selection is better than any P2P network.

Plus I can rip at the quality I want.

Put your tax dollars to work.

   mtxblau Jan 14, 2004 
On a router you can specify one IP to not be behind a firewall. It's called a demilitarized zone (or DMZ).

    RitualOfTheTrout Jan 14, 2004 
Ok I dont get it..

I forwarded the ports for use with the Bit Torrent clients and yet I still get a yellow status light.. why?

I also disabled the windows XP firewall.

    racketboy Jan 14, 2004 
don't be too concerned with the light color.

I hardly ever get green (usually is yellow) at work, but still get some great DL speeds

    racketboy Jan 20, 2004 

  
Originally posted by RitualOfTheTrout@Jan 13, 2004 @ 03:38 AM

Well while the topic of bit torrent is up...

Has anyone else heard about people getting busted by there ISPs and other organizations for downloading quetionsable material via bit torrent?

I had been searching for a way to get past my firewall so that i can get a green status light.. and i stumbled onto a few threads in other boards with people saying this has happened to them.


look here...

    RitualOfTheTrout Jan 21, 2004 
Yea.. about after 2 days of running Bit torrent 24/7 I got a call from my ISP.

The guy introduced himself and said he was calling concerning a program I had running on my machine called Bit torrent. He said it was using all my bandwith up and down 24/7 for the past few days and was wondering if I could shut if off or at least shut it off while im not using it.

I wasnt sure if this was just them ttying to be nice and warn me to stop using it.. or if it really did cause the problem they stated. Either way im going to be much more carefull.

The funny thing is is that I had my bandwidth throatled.. so i shoudlnt have been using more than 30K up and 45 down.. and I get 76K both ways max..

    racketboy Jan 21, 2004 
yeah MOST of the people I hear about that get calls/emails from their ISP is from going overboard on bandwidth.

I only run mine at work for the 8 hours I'm there.

Plus I'm on a partial T1 used by a decent sized company.

    RitualOfTheTrout Jan 21, 2004 
hhmm.. then maybe it would be ok if i only used it for a few hours a day..

I switched to Emule and havent had any trouble with that..

Well excpet the port forwarding issues..