BitTorrent - rejoining the upload pool

[Robert Citek <rwcitek@alum.calberkeley.org>]

Q: After downloading a file and disconnecting the BT client, how do I 
rejoin the upload pool?
A: Use your BT client to "download" the file again.

While downloading a large file via BitTorrent, you were part of an 
upload pool, helping others download the file.  When you disconnected, 
you left that upload pool.  To rejoin the upload pool, you can do the 
following:

  1) use your BT client to connect to the torrent server
  2) when your BT client asks for a location, point it to the file you 
have already downloaded
  3) when your BT client asks to "cancel" or "replace", choose replace

The BT client is pretty smart.  Since it notices you already have at 
least part of the file, it will verify what has been downloaded and 
then continue downloading whatever is missing.  Verifying is very fast, 
on the order of a few seconds for a 600 MB ISO.  If you already have 
the entire file, the BT client will verify it, indicate "download 
succeeded", and continue running, thereby including you back in the 
current upload pool and serving up your download to others.

This is just one way that you can help distribute OpenSource.

For more information on BitTorrent:
   http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/
   http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/FAQ.html

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org


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