Sharing files with bittorrent networking is a popular method of peer to peer sharing.Bittorrent networking has been the most popular choice for file sharing in terms of total bandwidth used.If you learn a few key steps, you can be a valued peer in any bittorrent community.It is important to learn how to seed a torrent.
Step 1: You have to download and install a bittorrent client.
The torrent sharing process is handled by this piece of software.Search for and read reviews for some of the clients that are available for free on the internet to determine which one is right for you.Tixati, Vuze, Ares, and Transmission are some of the most popular bittorrent clients.
Step 2: You can find the torrent you are interested in.
This can be done with a bittorrent search engine.There are several of these on the internet, and they are designed to find users with the torrent file you are looking for.The Pirate Bay is a popular torrent search engine.It is possible to find a torrent on a regular search engine.
Step 3: You can download the file.
A file with the ".torrent" extension is a text file that acts as a pointer to the real file in which you are interested.If you want the file to be on your hard disk, don't move it again.
Step 4: Go to your bittorrent client and open the.torrent file.
This can be accomplished by double-clicking on the file.Users who have that exact torrent will be automatically searched for by the bittorrent client.You will be able to download and piece together the file when you connect to those users.
Step 5: Do you know how many people are using the file?
Users will be labeled as either "leechers / peers" or "seeders".Leechers and seeders are people who only have part of the file.The faster your download is, the more users you have.After you have downloaded the file, leave the bittorrent client running.This step is crucial to the health of the file sharing community.Leaving the software open allows other users to download pieces of the file from you.If you download a 300 MB file, you need to seed it until other users have downloaded the same amount of data from you.The ratio of download to uploading is tracked by the Bit Torrent software and it determines how fast you can download.If you only download files and then close your software, your download speeds will suffer because you are not doing your part for the file sharing community.
Step 6: There is a.torrent file on your hard disk.
This step is not mandatory.You can seed the file as long as you want, but once your download to upload ratio is around 3 to 1, you can safely remove the.torrent file.