Buffalo Technology LSV40TL BitTorrent Client, Flow chart of downloading with BitTorrent

Using your LinkStation

BitTorrent Client

BitTorrent is a protocol for sharing files. You can download files quickly since files are distributed on the network and network traffic is not concentrated, even with a large file. It does not keep anonymity, and it is easily known who publishes what files.

Warning: Do not download copyrighted files without permission from the owner.

See http://www.bittorrent.com/ for more information about BitTorrent.

Flow chart of downloading with BitTorrent:

1 Use a search engine to find the torrent for a file that you want. Download the torrent.

Notes:

• Torrents are information files with a “.torrent” extension.

•Torrents can be downloaded from BitTorrent Inc.'s website or many other websites. Follow the terms of use and copyright rules for each website.

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Send torrent information to a server called "tracker" and receive information about a terminal which has a file.

Start downloading based on the information received from the "tracker" server.

Download pieces of data from multiple terminals and make one file.

Use the following steps to download shared files to the LinkStation with BitTorrent.

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