On 10/22/07, Brendan Gillatt wrote: > True, FTP does often go faster; however, if you are downloading a 3GB ISO > file, the number of other people also grabbing the file makes for an > enormous bandwidth bill for the mirrors. I see. Thanks for pointing out this. > The only real gripe I have with bittorent is the number of connections > that must be created for a good speed. Unless you have a fairly good > router, the shear number of open connections can crash it. > This is an interesting thing. This is also one reason I do not like bittorrent. In a friend's place, they have three PCs, one of the PC is using bittorrent (not fast at all) and sometimes the other two PCs will have very slow connections. The routher is the famous Linksys WRT54G (very common in Singapore because Telco gives them free when signing up with contract). How does this (crash) happen? How many open connections will a router support? What is the limiting factor on the router's side (RAM, processor power, firmware limitations)? Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist