Tom Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Hey everyone, Well the title says it all, I know it's a noob question but I cannot seem to recieve an answer, what does Seed and Peer mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Const2k Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Read This Fine Manual ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MortalToad Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Read This Fine Manual ;) Thanks for the link to the manual, I also wanted to know about 'seeds' for my first question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashira Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 The manual should describe all the common terms used with BT, such as seed and peer. Was there something else you wanted to know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 peer A peer is another computer on the internet that you connect to and transfer data. Generally a peer does not have the complete file, otherwise it would be called a seed. Some people also refer to peers as leeches, to distinguish them from those generous folks who have completed their download and continue to leave the client running and act as a seed. seed A computer that has a complete copy of a certain torrent. Once your client finishes downloading, it will remain open until you click the Finish button (or otherwise close it.) This is known as being a seed or seeding. You can also start a BT client with a complete file, and once BT has checked the file it will connect and seed the file to others. Generally, it's considered good manners to continue seeding a file after you have finished downloading, to help out others. Also, when a new torrent is posted to a tracker, someone must seed it in order for it to be available to others. Remember, the tracker doesn't know anything of the actual contents of a file, so it's important to follow through and seed a file if you upload the torrent to a tracker. reseed When there are zero seeds for a given torrent (and not enough peers to have a distributed copy), then eventually all the peers will get stuck with an incomplete file, since no one in the swarm has the missing pieces. When this happens, someone with a complete file (a seed) must connect to the swarm so that those missing pieces can be transferred. This is called reseeding. Usually a request for a reseed comes with an implicit promise that the requester will leave his or her client open for some time period after finishing (to add longevity to the torrent) in return for the kind soul reseeding the file. swarm The group of machines that are collectively connected for a particular file. For example, if you start a BitTorrent client and it tells you that you're connected to 10 peers and 3 seeds, then the swarm consists of you and those 13 other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaded_one Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 peer A peer is another computer on the internet that you connect to and transfer data. Generally a peer does not have the complete file, otherwise it would be called a seed. Some people also refer to peers as leeches, to distinguish them from those generous folks who have completed their download and continue to leave the client running and act as a seed. seed A computer that has a complete copy of a certain torrent. Once your client finishes downloading, it will remain open until you click the Finish button (or otherwise close it.) This is known as being a seed or seeding. You can also start a BT client with a complete file, and once BT has checked the file it will connect and seed the file to others. Generally, it's considered good manners to continue seeding a file after you have finished downloading, to help out others. Also, when a new torrent is posted to a tracker, someone must seed it in order for it to be available to others. Remember, the tracker doesn't know anything of the actual contents of a file, so it's important to follow through and seed a file if you upload the torrent to a tracker. reseed When there are zero seeds for a given torrent (and not enough peers to have a distributed copy), then eventually all the peers will get stuck with an incomplete file, since no one in the swarm has the missing pieces. When this happens, someone with a complete file (a seed) must connect to the swarm so that those missing pieces can be transferred. This is called reseeding. Usually a request for a reseed comes with an implicit promise that the requester will leave his or her client open for some time period after finishing (to add longevity to the torrent) in return for the kind soul reseeding the file. swarm The group of machines that are collectively connected for a particular file. For example, if you start a BitTorrent client and it tells you that you're connected to 10 peers and 3 seeds, then the swarm consists of you and those 13 other people. Ooh this is the first time sopmething made good sense ^_^ Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo22 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 When this happens, someone with a complete file (a seed) must connect to the swarm so that those missing pieces can be transferred Ok so how do you connect to a swarm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 When you start your torrent, you are connecting to the swarm. Suspect ps. Please remember that bit torrent really isn't free, as you are expected to seed at least as much as you download. Bit torrent will NOT work if users don't do this. PLEASE SEED A MINIUM OF 1.0 (2.0 is good if you really like something) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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