using utorrent to download a large file on slow lan network

[giddy]

hi,

This is a slightly crazy idea but.. we're doing a project for a huge bank with a country wide LAN, now branches far off of HQ have really low bandwidth. 60% of the computers dont have the .net framework installed and Yes, they have IT teams around but we need this up quick so I was thinking of configuring utorrent (or maybe something else?) and get a torrent up. Pcs would seed the setups from a number of places and as people start downloading it, it starts to spread over the LAN and becomes easier to download?

Will it work, can I even configure utorrent to do something like this?

Thanks

Gideon

[Switeck]

So long as the file does not change, yes you can do that.

[giddy]

So I read that I can setup a utorrent tracker create the torrent.. .now my question is will it make a speed difference on the LAN ... will it, as I hope, spread and then utorrent will contact peers closer and the speed will increase?

Thanks

[Switeck]

It depends on whether all participants are unfirewalled to each other.

If some are firewalled, they cannot connect to each other normally.

uTP may be able to do NAT hole-punching, but other kinds of firewalls may defeat it.