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--- torrent_related [2010/10/28 20:07]
greywizard [What is “rubbish data” and why am I downloading so much of it?]
+++ torrent_related [2011/01/10 17:39]
greywizard [What is “rubbish data” and why am I downloading so much of it?]
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 **Possible causes**
-  - Rubbish data is basically caused by peers sending bad packets to the swarm. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, that can't be easily determined. It could either be caused by peers having bad connections, as well as a variety of other things or by anti-piracy organizations which mingle into the torrent swarms using modified clients and release bad data intentionally, so as to hinder torrent users (in case you're downloading copy-righted material).
+  - Rubbish data is basically caused by peers sending bad packets to the swarm. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, that can't be easily determined. It could either be caused by peers having bad connections, by a bad/unreliable/congested segment of network in the path between the other peer and you, as well as a variety of other things or by anti-piracy organizations which mingle into the torrent swarms using modified clients and release bad data intentionally, so as to hinder torrent users (in case you're downloading copy-righted material).
   - Another more prosaic reason for occurrences of garbage data might be your router. Certain routers are known to have a particular firmware implementation which may lead to corrupt data, especially on BitTorrent downloads (which by definition use a huge number of simultaneous connections). A good indicator for this, is getting garbage data for all or most of your torrents.
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 ==== How do I create a .torrent file? How do I seed it? ====
-The easiest way is to "Drag & Drop" the file or directory to the BitComet window. You can also go to File >> Create a Torrent... (Ctrl+M), or Hit 'Maker' in the toolbar. All these bring up the "Make Torrent" GUI.\\
+The easiest way is to "Drag & Drop" the file or directory to the BitComet window. You can also go to //File >> Create a Torrent...// (Ctrl+M), or Hit 'Maker' in the toolbar. All these bring up the "Make Torrent" GUI.\\
 Fill in the fields.
     * If you do not use "Drag & Drop", the source file entry is empty and needs to be filled: In the General tab, choose Single file or Directory (Multi-Files). Click Browse to point to the file or directory.
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   download from you once they saved the .torrent file.
-For more info see [[making_torrents_with_bitcomet|Making torrents with BitComet]].
+For more info see **[[making_torrents_with_bitcomet|Making torrents with BitComet]]**.
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A free C++ BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP Download Client

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