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Alex Fisher wrote: > On Wednesday 25 April 2007, Harold Feit wrote: >> One way to ensure a speedy availability of the .torrent AND a >> corruption-free upload is to make the .torrent available first. > > Considered that, however I was having hassles with the firewall that's built > into my DSL-504. Probably need to do some port re-direction (and when I > upgrade this box, I'll use the old one as an NFS/BT/FTP/rsync box). >> This will also help solve the issue of the dvd-sized images becoming >> corrupted during upload, since there's built-in error detection and >> correction in the BT protocol > > :) I know. In fact I use BT to repair bad downloads. > >> (the hard part is getting the initial >> upload done at all at that point). We can use BT to get the images to a >> high-speed server then use that server to upload to the main mirror >> network. > > Unfortunately, I'm beginning to suspect my hard disk as the source of the > corruption. It's a Western Digital 300 GB unit, and I'll download something, > check the MD5sum and find it's fine. If i check the md5sum a week later, > there is a strong chance that the file will now be corrupt :( I think I'll > use a different brand in future (Seagate or Maxstor have always behaved for > me). >> If you need help with setting up the torrents, let me know. > > I really just need to know what to put in the tracker field, and what port(s) > to redirect... >> - Harold Feit http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Dlink/DSL-504/DSL-504index.htm should cover the port forwarding for you. Our setup handles generating the announce url/list automatically, so leaving it blank (if your torrent maker permits it) should be fine. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBRi6FvV8nceBm0DUaAQK4PQf+OATUYyfCTeUAOW/lO5iUSzc4ItmKD6kA 02yW4SzKJJ1x0BOiKfGRaCup6ZWGpC22+EQ9pcMXneKvHzdkZdQOd3l0cBwccEX9 0QM9aa91j0m+bMYEgrP5uq413nowYz679dwgXDzG3C2iAiAqGR51Q+vQwZ0c+dK7 DkhP6OXDAl8tAAtMizRmbEsr7bPlV6UH2xT6lToFO96ZhbSMs7jnuhMX5twiDmnZ rU60vVzNcpCMUVrSrKj3UWhYrejqY7o8+8YnULrKRIoU3eKkgoMWEp7Rc/eeDzQn ertZKPOg7ij0eJZWhbZn1wZkjaS1jRzReqMjB9kURhO3jVou3BDv1w== =qmuJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
