Configuring The Bittorrent Settings - ZyXEL Communications NSA320 User Manual

Chapter 9 Applications

9.6.3 Configuring the BitTorrent Settings

Click Applications > Download Service > Preferences > BitTorrent to open
the following screen. Use this screen to configure BitTorrent settings.
Figure 93 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > BitTorrent
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 37 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > BitTorrent
LABEL
Port Number
Max. download
rate
Max. upload rate
Maximum
Number of Active
Torrents
Maximum
Number of
Seeding Jobs
200
DESCRIPTION
Assign a port number for BitTorrent downloads. You can select a
number from 2 to 65536. It is recommended to use a port number
greater than 1025.
You may need to limit the bandwidth the NSA uses for BitTorrent
downloads if your network's other Internet applications are not
getting enough downstream bandwidth. 0 has the NSA impose no
restriction.
You may need to limit the bandwidth the NSA uses to share files
through BitTorrent if your network's other Internet applications are
not getting enough upstream bandwidth. 0 has the NSA impose no
restriction.
If you do not allow any uploads, (for example, you set a limit of 1 KB/
s) you will not have a good standing in the BitTorrent community.
Note: The settings for maximum download/upload rates would
not affect peers accessing the NSA from the same LAN.
Specify how many simultaneous BitTorrent downloads are allowed on
the NSA. You can enter a number from 1 to 10.
Specify how many simultaneous seeds are allowed on the NSA. Enter
a number from 1 to 10. This value cannot exceed the one you
configured in the Maximum Number of Active Torrents field.
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