Although peer to peer downloads were very popular during the past decade, today torrent has occupied almost all downloads of this type. And is that the speed of the files downloaded through torrent and the variety they offer, have made today the most used P2P option.
For this, we can find a lot of customers, but without a doubt, BitTorrent is one of the most popular. Next, we are going to show how to download with this famous client and everything we need to consider for downloads.
Before you start downloading with BitTorrent
Of course, first of all what we have to do is go to the official website of the tool to download and then install it on our computer. Once there, we will see that we have two options, download the web client or the desktop application. Since we have a totally free version of the desktop version, we recommend this option since it offers us a much more complete interface.
Therefore, click on the Download BitTorrent Classic button and see how the installer download automatically begins. Once finished, we double-click on the .exe file that has been saved on our computer and follow the steps indicated by the wizard to finish the installation. If all goes well, we will see that at the end of the process the tool will open and we can see its interface.
BitTorrent features
The famous client has certain features and functions to highlight:
- Allows quick and batch download of torrents
- Set download and upload speed limits
- Assign more bandwidth to a particular torrent to speed up downloading
- Add torrents from the app on our mobile or through a browser on another device
- Check the health of a torrent before downloading it
Important terms
There are certain terms that we must understand and that we will refer to when explaining the process for downloading torrents from BitTorrent:
- Swarn : All structures and users of the network.
- Trackers : Trackers or servers that identify the swarn to help the client share parts of a file.
- Peers : Users connected to the network at any time
- Seeders: Refers to users who have the complete file you want to download.
- Leechers : This term refers to the users who are currently downloading parts of a file.
Configuration options
From the gear icon shown in the upper right part of the interface, we can access the BitTorrent preferences . There we will find a lot of options to configure to our liking the operation of the client organized by categories. Specifically, in the General tab we can adjust the language, if we want the program to start when the system starts up or the updates are installed automatically.
Although the option to send information is checked by default when looking for updates anonymously, it is something that we can change from the Privacy option, where we can also clean private data in one click. Within the Interface section we will find a lot of options to customize BitTorrent to our liking. In addition, within the Folders section, we will be able to indicate different locations for new, complete downloads, downloaded torrent, etc.
Within connection we find some options to configure the listening port or proxy server, while in Bandwidth it is where we will be able to limit the speed of upload, download, number of connections, etc. Within Advanced , we also find other options that allow us to add torrent search engines, etc.
Steps to follow to start downloading in BitTorrent
With our client installed and open, the next thing we are going to do to start downloading torrents is to find the file we want to download. To do this, at the top of the BitTorrent interface we find a field in which a magnifying glass icon is displayed. Therefore, the first thing we will do is start the search for the torrent we want to download.
However, among all the results obtained we must look carefully at several aspects to make a good choice. It is advisable to always choose a torrent with a large number of seeders and leechers, since this means that the torrent is trustworthy.
Once chosen, click on the magnet icon or download magnet and then we will have to choose the folder where we want the torrent to be saved . To do this, simply indicate the exact route in the window shown and then click OK or OK.
At that time, we will see how our torrent will automatically be added to the queue , will be displayed in the BitTorrent interface and will automatically begin downloading. When finished, we will see that the file downloaded through our computer is automatically shared on the network.
At all times, we can see the process of downloading and uploading the torrent, its speed, the size it occupies, the number of Seeders, etc. If the file is a video or music, from the interface itself we will be able to play it when the download in BitTorrent is finished.
In summary :
- We open the application
- We look for the torrent we want to download
- Choose a trusted torrent
- Select the disk path where we want to save it
- It will be automatically added to the queue and the download will begin
- We wait for it to download completely
- We will already have it saved in the indicated route
- We will automatically be sharing it with other users