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Transfers within the LAN?
Transfers within the LAN?
Posted Mar 11, 2004 19:49 UTC (Thu) by lakeland (subscriber, #1157)Parent article: The BitTorrent File Copying Tool
I use bittorrent a bit, and apart from the (deliberate) lack of a search feature and the hassles involved in setting up a tracker, it seems to work well. One server-level nag I have is that it connects you to a randomly chosen other user, rather than one nearby (IP-wise). I acknowledge that 'nearby' is slower to execute than selecting someone at random, but nearby connections are usually faster and cheaper. I emailed the author offering to implement it, but he didn't reply.
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Transfers within the LAN?
Posted Mar 13, 2004 17:18 UTC (Sat) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
I don't see how you would do that... One reason that BT works so well is that it assumes all your peers are liars (versions of the BT client hacked to unfairly increase download speeds). In the case of file traders, this ain't a bad assumption. IP location seems like one more vector where peers can lie to each other. Wouldn't it be simpler and more reliable to just go with the fastest peers you can find, regardless of where they're located?
Transfers within the LAN?
Posted Mar 13, 2004 19:49 UTC (Sat) by lakeland (subscriber, #1157) [Link]
Hmm. Firstly, faking your IP address is fairly tricky. Especially sincethat is the only thing given to your peer for uploading.