i am running a torrent client on my Pre

s4mb4 · 07/22/2009, 12:15 PM

RTorrent - WebOS Internals

iamfrontosa · 07/22/2009, 12:25 PM

Sorry for my ignorance but does this tell utorrent on my pc to download torrents.

draven76 · 07/22/2009, 12:39 PM

Huh, I knew EVDO was running a little slow today...

draven76 · 07/22/2009, 12:39 PM

Huh, I knew EVDO was running a little slow today...

J/K: Congrats

Clipse · 07/22/2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by draven76

Huh, I knew EVDO was running a little slow today...

No, rtorrent is a torrent client for linux.

infra · 07/22/2009, 12:59 PM

whats the down speed avg?

s4mb4 · 07/22/2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by infra

whats the down speed avg?

that would depend on the number of peers.....
however, my testing with a large peer base (over 200) i averaged about 160 kbs.

rmbwebs · 07/22/2009, 01:06 PM

You won't be happy until they actually enforce a cap on all of us, will you?

s4mb4 · 07/22/2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rmbwebs

You won't be happy until they actually enforce a cap on all of us, will you?

what are you doing that you are concerned about being capped?

diomark · 07/22/2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by s4mb4

what are you doing that you are concerned about being capped?

Torrent clients are really bad for a network. He may be averaging 160kb/sec.. but he's got 200 connections open.. that taxes networking equipment, which is why most network providers don't like torrents..

May be fun for testing and all, but I wouldn't suggest leaving this open all the time..
-mark

rmbwebs · 07/22/2009, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by s4mb4

what are you doing that you are concerned about being capped?

I'll take that as a "yes".

s4mb4 · 07/22/2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by diomark

Torrent clients are really bad for a network. He may be averaging 160kb/sec.. but he's got 200 connections open.. that taxes networking equipment, which is why most network providers don't like torrents..

May be fun for testing and all, but I wouldn't suggest leaving this open all the time..
-mark

yes, it is for fun. but it really does show the power of this little phone. i am not recommending downloading the newest DVD from a public tracker, but the fact that it can do it is awesome.

SDash · 07/22/2009, 01:52 PM

Cool!

I was wondering how to make a torrent App but I'm still not sure yet.
How is it on wifi?

s4mb4 · 07/22/2009, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SDash

Cool!

I was wondering how to make a torrent App but I'm still not sure yet.
How is it on wifi?

i will test that when i get home ;-)

mattickus · 07/22/2009, 01:57 PM

I don't get it. Why torrent on a Pre? Most files come zipped or rarred and you can't unzip/rar them with your Pre anyway. Now a front end for a torrent client on your PC/Laptop would be something to get me all sorts of excited since the uTorrent UI doesn't seem to want to work with my pre's browser.

SDash · 07/22/2009, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mattickus

I don't get it. Why torrent on a Pre? Most files come zipped or rarred and you can't unzip/rar them with your Pre anyway. Now a front end for a torrent client on your PC/Laptop would be something to get me all sorts of excited since the uTorrent UI doesn't seem to want to work with my pre's browser.

Make a Pre Unzipper app!

s4mb4 · 07/22/2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mattickus

I don't get it. Why torrent on a Pre? Most files come zipped or rarred and you can't unzip/rar them with your Pre anyway. Now a front end for a torrent client on your PC/Laptop would be something to get me all sorts of excited since the uTorrent UI doesn't seem to want to work with my pre's browser.

files that natively play on the Pre are never rar'd. (mp3, mp4)

compnetbobby · 07/22/2009, 02:57 PM

I think you should leave downloading large files up to your home or work internet connection. If sprint sees a lot of data usage they will limit the amount of data usage you can have on your lines (like verizon and at&t have), then we will all be screwed. So have the rest of us in mind!

stubbs · 07/22/2009, 06:21 PM

I agree, it's a cool exercise to run a torrent client on the Pre, just because you can. However, a frontend for Transmission or another cross-platform torrent client running on your home PC would be fantastic.

s4mb4 · 07/22/2009, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by stubbs

I agree, it's a cool exercise to run a torrent client on the Pre, just because you can. However, a frontend for Transmission or another cross-platform torrent client running on your home PC would be fantastic.

I'd rather have a VNC client..... That would be better.

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