wlmrulez Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Hi there guys, Ive noticed on most of my downloads, the total downloaded amount is always much more than the total file size mentioned on the torrent info in bitcomet. why is this so? does frequent connecting and disconnecting of the download contribute to this? it can be few MBs more for small files and sometimes run up to few hundred MBs more if its larger file. this is really taking up precious download time for me. would appreciate some help or suggestion to minimize this. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 There is always some additional downloading (overhead), such as comunication with tracker/peers. If you enable "dht" this will be higher. There is also sometimes discarded data, either pieces that fail hash check, or duplicate data. If your client is configured properly, you should not get a lot of this. Suspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlmrulez Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 There is always some additional downloading (overhead), such as comunication with tracker/peers. If you enable "dht" this will be higher. There is also sometimes discarded data, either pieces that fail hash check, or duplicate data. If your client is configured properly, you should not get a lot of this. Suspect Yes i checked my settings and the DHT Network is enabled..what is this function for and what will happen if i disable it? will it improve my downloads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawin45 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 dht network it has a smaller link to the traker,whith dht an uncompleted lecher could ulpload...(and many other features) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Shroud Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 DHT finds peers. Nothing more nothing less. http://forums.bitcomet.com/index.php?showtopic=3375 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlmrulez Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 DHT finds peers. Nothing more nothing less. http://forums.bitcomet.com/index.php?showtopic=3375 so should i disable it? i dont mind if it slows down my downloads a little cos im running on an office network and i have to throttle my downloads to an absurdly low level before the administrator comes knocking on my door anyway.. so..any advice on what to do? basically i just don wanna waste time downloading unnecessary stuff...cos i have to limit my download speed all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawin45 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I woudn't disable it if I where you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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