Buffalo LS-WSX1.0TLR1EU [55/92] Bittorrent client

Chapter 3 Useful Functions

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BitTorrent Client

About BitTorrent

BitTorrent is the le sharing protocol and a le sharing software (P2P software) protocol, and uses

P2P (peer-to-peer) networking.

The dierences from other traditional le sharing software and this software are:

• You can download files faster since files are distributed on the network and network

trac to le location will not be concentrated even with a large le.

• It does not keep anonymity, and it is easily known who publishes what les.

Note: – It is prohibited to use any copyrighted movies and audio les without permission from

the owner.

<BitTorrent’s Website> http://www.bittorrent.com/

Step of downloading with BitTorrent

Download Torrent information from a search engine on the Internet.

Note: – Torrent Information is called “tracker” (the le with extension of “.torrent”). This le in-

cludes information about “the server that knows where the hosts having the les you

want to download are”.

– Torrent Information can be downloaded from BitTorrent Inc.’s website or personal web-

sites. Follow the terms of use and copyright rules for Torrent Information described on

each website.

Torrent Information is sent to a server called “tracker” and receive information about a hosts

which has a le.

Start downloading based on the information received from the “tracker” server.

Download pieces of data from multiple hosts and make one complete le.

Use the following steps to download shared les to the LinkStation which are published with BitTor-

rent Protocol.