This is a technical and not a moral question.
It's often said that the more you share, the faster the downloads.
But is it?
How does the bit torrent app know you've shared a lot already?
If the algorithm does make your downloads faster if you're uploading, how does it know what you did yesterday or the day before?
Or is it only on the current file you're downloading that the sharing
speeds up the downloading?
Find a thread and see how the kids do it ?
https://forum.utorrent.com/topic/38802-what-is-a-good-share-ratio/
Torrents have an up/down ratio. However, asymmetric network interfaces
(like ADSL), your upload bandwidth is pretty limited, and that
works against you. You can't really have a high ratio, because if
you allow too much uploads, it interferes with ACK packets for your downloaded content. This means that the Internet type you use,
determines whether you're a leech or not. A leech is someone
who does not give back. I have 15:1 ADSL2, and I can't exactly
do a lot of uploads -- I can barely Zoom Conference.
It's possible to do a torrent, and nothing is uploaded.
You could, for example, leave the computer running, and after
enough days, your up/down ratio might be looking good. I don't
know enough about the protocol and metadata, to say how much
weight is given to your behavior as a user.
Torrenting can involve a lot of connections. The connection
table in your router can overflow (due to stale connections
not aging out fast enough to make room for new connections).
The above thread refers to outsiders interfering with the
torrent process, by offering useless links, and that's the
sort of thing that could tip over your router. (Routers
sometimes reboot, a flashing light may be seen on the router,
and your torrent session will have to recover itself later.)
Various articles, refer to routers that are better for
torrenting, and less likely to tip over when you're out
of the room.
My router is so so weak, Windows Update tipped it over one day :-)
The red LED came on, the router rebooted. I thought this
was pretty funny. Rickety piece of shit. At the time, Windows
Update could open maybe 20 connections (and such behavior,
"starves" other computers using that same router). They have
since adjusted that behavior, so it doesn't use quite as many
connections today. And that's the kind of router, that would be
a "forget it" if testing a Torrent was called for.
The connection table on a good home router, might support 1K connections without too much sweat. You can see how far from "good" my little
router is.
I am beginning to suspect that the share ratio common wisdom is a myth.
I am beginning to suspect that the share ratio common wisdom is a myth.
I decided to take a look here for fun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent
"Private host/tracker sites operate like public ones except that they
may restrict access to registered users and may also keep track of
the amount of data each user uploads and downloads, in an attempt
to reduce "leeching".
"
So I would guess you'd need a significant amount of experience
to have seen all these things. Me downloading a Linux ISO over
torrent, wasn't exactly "experience".
But who leaves their torrent client running fulltime? Not me.
I run it when I need a torrent, and then I have the share ratio set to 4:1. When that's reached, I flip it off (usually I let it run overnight).
I don't want it running while I'm doing things during the day.
I would think most people are this way. Aren't they?
But who leaves their torrent client running fulltime? Not me.
I run it when I need a torrent, and then I have the share ratio set to 4:1. >> When that's reached, I flip it off (usually I let it run overnight).
I don't want it running while I'm doing things during the day.
I would think most people are this way. Aren't they?
People who do this stuff continuously, they use a separate
machine and that is not their daily driver. If they're going out
of the house, they shut down their daily driver, and the torrent
machine just keeps going.
Sysop: | Keyop |
---|---|
Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
Users: | 297 |
Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
Uptime: | 07:30:01 |
Calls: | 6,666 |
Files: | 12,213 |
Messages: | 5,336,116 |