BitTorrent
		You may also search the FAQ: If you can't find your question, please let us know and we'll answer it in email. New BitTorrent Capability We've added the ability for users to track and seed files via BitTorrent. BitTorrent is a protocol for transferring large files. This feature is only available for accounts on the new servers that have their own static IP. To enable the feature for an account log in at admin.he.net and click on "Create BitTorrent Directory". Account holders simply put the files they want to serve in their "public_torrents" directory. Within minutes the server will begin tracking and seeding the file. The advantage of serving files via the BitTorrent protocol as compared to HTTP is BitTorrent is more bandwidth efficient than HTTP (from the server perspective) when serving large files to a large number of people. Serving files via BitTorrent should be considered when the file size is 10 MB or larger and the number of people downloading at the same time is more than 1. BitTorrent is usually not as responsive as HTTP. BitTorrent requires the person downloading to have BitTorrent client software installed (there are many free clients available). The server performs two functions for BitTorrent, it tracks files, and seeds them. Because the server can only provide so many seed connections at once there will eventually (not currently implemented) be a limit of 25 torrent files per account. At this time, shared web hosting customers will not be billed for BitTorrent traffic (we don't expect to change this). If this changes, account holders will be notified. The exact features included such as the number of BitTorrent files served per account is subject to change. Dedicated server customers may request additional IPs in order to give accounts static IPs for use with BitTorrent. This feature should be considered in beta test phase. Bugs should be reported to support@he.net Where can I get a BitTorrent client for the PC? ABC [Yet Another Bittorrent Client] Where can I get a BitTorrent client for the Mac OS? BitTorrent for OSX If I enable BitTorrent for my account will strangers be able to add things to my tracker? No, the only things that the tracker associated with your account will track are the files you put in your public_torrents directory. How do I add a file to my tracker? Put the file in your public_torrents directory. Within minutes the server will begin tracking and seeding the file. Make sure the file is atleast 10 MB or larger in order to work with the Hurricane tracker and superseed. How do I remove a file from my tracker? Delete the file or move the file out of your public_torrents directory. In a few minutes the file will no longer be tracked. I don't have a public_torrents directory. How do I get one? Log in at admin.he.net and click on "Create BitTorrent Directory". What is the URL of my tracker? It's http://yourdomain.com:6969 where yourdomain.com is the domain name associated with your account. I accidentally enabled BitTorrent for my account and now I want to turn it off. How do I do that? Delete the public_torrents directory in your home directory and your tracker will go away within 24 hours. How do I set the header and footer of my tracker page? Edit the .header and .footer files in your public_torrents directory. How do I change the style of the table used for my tracker page? (This is an advanced topic and not required to use BitTorrent.) Make a style sheet file named style.css in your public_html directory. Here is an example style sheet to use with your tracker: body { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; } a.sort { font-size: 9px; text-decoration: none; } table { border: 0px; } tr.odd { background-color: #eeeeee; } tr.even { background-color: #ffffff; } th { background-color: #eeeeff; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; } td { border: 0px; font-size: 9px; padding: 3px; } td.bytes { text-align: right; } td.number { text-align: right; } td.number_red { text-align: right; } td.number_yellow { text-align: right; } td.number_green { text-align: right; } td.percent { text-align: center; } td.download { text-align: left; } td.com_header { background-color: #eeeeff; font-size: 9px; } td.com_body { background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: #000000; font-size: 9px; } p.denied { color: red; } p.pagenum_top { text-align: center; } p.pagenum_bottom { text-align: center; }