Direct peer connection

[dabears900]

Is there a way of connecting to a friend that has completed the torrent and is seeding? Like a private connection or a direct one by using their IP address or MAC address? Because i can upload stuff 100k a second from them over AIM it would just be easy to make a steady connection. Please help! thanks alot

[JohnB]

In the Peers tab, right-click the list in the lower pane. Choose "Add peer…", and fill in the details.

I've never got it to work, so maybe I don't understand what it is supposed to do, but try that.

[Firon]

It adds the peer to the internal peer cache for that torrent.

[JohnB]

I thought it might be that. Is there any way of making it DEFINITELY use a Peer, or does that go against the BT concept? The original poster has a valid reason for using a targetted peer, but in the broad world that might not be a good idea.

[dabears900]

Yeah i was just wondering because My speed would be a constant 100k at least because that what i upload stuff from them at. It would just make my speeds constant and reliable.

[Firon]

No, doesn't make it definitely use a peer. BT isn't friend-to-friend sharing after all. If there's few peers in the swarm (or none at all), Add Peer will work just fine.

[dabears900]

Alright thank you

[dabears900]

If I or my friend makes a torrent could you directly download or does the same swarm effect still apply?

[kewldude607]

If I or my friend makes a torrent could you directly download or does the same swarm effect still apply?

No, because you two would be the only 2 people on the torrent.

You could also disable PEX and DHT and erase the trackers list. Then do the add peer thing and voila.