badd_robot Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 is it possible to download directly from a specific peer?? through their ip or a specific port... i'm sure it is, i just have no idea... lol... any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 ... right click in peers tab. Type in IP:PORTIs there a reason this peer isn't returned from a tracker announce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badd_robot Posted February 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 maybe i'm a little slow, when i get that screen.... what am I supposed to type in the little box? there port? my port? there ip or mine? something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 When you know a specific peer on a torrent, you add THAT IP:PORT combination. Again why aren't you relying on tracker announce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badd_robot Posted February 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 there is a file that i'm trying to get, there is only one seeder... i want to know if there is a way for me to get it from him directly without participating in the swarm until i can seed it as well... the tracker announce is working just fine i think, however, i only connect to him every so often and that's at a real low speed do to the other 58 leechers trying to get the same file... its been two days.. i'm just hoping i dont have to wait for another 10 since it looks like that's the way its gonna be. i'm kinda new to this whole thing so does this make any sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 No there is not, and that is NOT the intention of the protocol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badd_robot Posted March 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 well, i guess patience is a virtue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Indeed. But understand that's the beauty of situations like this. If you were TRYING a direct download protocol like HTTP or FTP there's a chance your download manager might not like downloading parts of the file over a week's time. But with torrents you are assured when it is finished it's done... even though the seed is not always available/connected you know the download will complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badd_robot Posted March 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 thanks for everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 You can also download off the other peers that manage to get pieces of the torrent from the lone seeder...and they download off you. Other peers reward you more with faster download speeds from them if you're uploading back to them. So blocking them all is just plain stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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