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Torrents For Newbs
Neither Rey nor Acevedo Consulting LLC takes any responsibility whatsoever for any damages incurred by following the methods and/or techniques mentioned on this website.
Following the methods and techniques on this website may void equipment warranties, render equipment non-functional, set fires, create lightning, cause famines, and/or topple governments.
Additionally, anyone using the methods and techniques mentioned on this website may risk electrocution, incarceration, legal action, weight loss, and/or sleepless nights.
To put it plainly - the techniques mentioned here are known to work and have been tried and tested. But since anything is possible and may screw up, and since you, the general public, is generally retarded and capable of screwing up almost anything, using the information on this website is done at your own risk. ;)
Q: What's torrents, precious?
A: It's a way to transfer files between people that's really popular and efficient.
Q: How does it work?
A: Pretty simple, really. But although most people just want to press a button and have things work for them automatically, in this particular case understanding the mechanics involved is essential to using torrents. So in a nutshell:
- A user installs a torrent program on their computer, uTorrent is recommended.
- The user goes to a torrent-tracking website, such as The Pirate Bay.
- The user searches for a file they're looking for, then clicks the link to it.
- uTorrent then begins downloading the file from everyone else who has downloaded the file.
The result is that uTorrent is drawing on dozens, hundreds, even thousands of sources for that file, instead of the old way where someone would download a file directly from just one source. This lets the work of transferring a file be distributed amongst everyone, instead of just one person, or one server, or one entity.
Q: Is this legal?
A: Basically, yes. But just as it's legal to own a knife, what you actually do with a knife decides if it's legal or not.
Common sense examples:
- Transferring files is completely legal.
- Transferring copyrighted materials (movies, music) is not.
- Transferring shareware/freeware programs is legal.
- Transferring pirated/cracked software is not.
Q: What are the odds of getting caught downloading copyrighted material, and what will happen if I do get caught?
A: The odds are not very likely, but it's possible. There are millions of file sharers around the world, so use that as a baseline. As for consequences, it totally depends. Here are some possibilities:
- You may have your Internet service temporarily interrupted by your service provider, and they will instruct you to stop transferring copyrighted materials.
- You may be given notice from the legal representatives of movie studios, record companies, or software developers to cease and desist transferring copyrighted materials.
- You may have legal action taken against you by the RIAA or MPAA, resulting in fines/judgments against you for copyright infringement.
Q: How much of a jerk am I for transferring copyrighted materials?
A: You aren't a jerk for transferring copyrighted materials. It's only when you don't PAY for copyrighted materials that you're pretty much a card-carrying jerk of the 10th magnitude. Especially if you pirate software and games. Developers work extremely hard to create software, and movie studios and musicians - regardless of what people may think about their profits - deserve to be paid for creating the entertainment we like.
Q: Well if I'm a jerk, how come you're telling me how to do it?
A: There's always exceptions to the rule. Someone in highschool or college shouldn't be expected to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars on a program that they want to learn, and many times the 'student' or 'demo' version of the software just isn't enough to really learn from. Or someone wants to try a game before shelling out fifty bucks for it. The bottom line is - if you play a game and get enjoyment out of it, or like an artist's music, or thought it was a good movie, or if you can afford the software, PAY FOR IT. It's the decent and honorable thing to do.
Things you'll need:
- Administrator rights on any flavor of Windows
- Access (login/password) to your network router
From here, do the following:
- Download and install uTorrent
To configure uTorrent correctly, do the following:
- On the top toolbar, click 'Options' and then 'Preferences'
- Click the 'Directories' tab
- In the 'Put new downloads in' section, pick a directory to place files being downloaded
- In the 'Put new downloads in' section, uncheck the box that says 'Always show dialog on manual add'
- In the 'Move completed downloads to', pick a directory to place files once they are completed downloaded
- In the 'Move completed downloads to', check the box that says 'Append the torrent's label'
Click the 'Connection' tab
- Check the box: 'Enable UPnP port mapping'
- Check the box: 'Enable NAT-PMP port mapping'
- Check the box: 'Add Windows Firewall exception'
- Unheck the box: 'Randomize port each start'
- Unheck the box: 'Randomize port each start'
The next section specifies how much of your Internet connection you want uTorrent to use. Some people have good connections, others have lousy ones, so there's no global setting for this. A good place to start is listed below, but if you find your connection is slow and you're loading web pages slowly while uTorrent is running, decrease the numbers slightly until it works for you.
Click the 'Bandwidth' tab
- Maximum upload rate: 50
- Uncheck 'Alternate upload rate when not downloading'
- Maximum download rate: 0
- Global maximum number of connections: 40
- Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: 30
- Number of upload slots per torrent: 2
- Check 'Use additional upload slots if upload speed < 90%'
Click the 'Queueing' tab
- Maximum number of active torrents: 15
- Maximum number of active downloads: 5
- Check the 'Limit the upload rate to' box, and set it to: 25
If you want to get ambitious, you can even put uTorrent on a schedule and have it (for example) maximize your Internet connection while you're sleeping and then minimize it during the day, etc.
Click the 'Scheduler' tab
- Check the 'Enable Scheduler' box
- Check off the days and hours you want to open up or limit
- Limit upload rate: 10
- Limit download rate: 40
- Note These procedures are verified to work up to version 1.8.5 of uTorrent.
Since all network routers are different, there is no universal method to configuring your router to work with uTorrent. Hopefully you know how to 'port forward' in your router's configuration, but if not, consult the user's manual for your router.
uTorrent needs port 1725 to forward to your computer.
And not to beat a dead horse, but if you enjoy the music, film, or games you get through torrenting, or if you find a piece of software useful, PLEASE PAY FOR THEM!
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