Buffalo LS-VL - Bittorrent Client

Using your LinkStation
LinkStation User Manual 123
BitTorrent is a protocol for sharing les. You can download les quickly since les are distributed
on the network and network trac is not concentrated, even with a large le. It does not keep
anonymity, and it is easily known who publishes what les.
Warning:
Do not download copyrighted les without permission from the owner.
See http://www.bittorrent.com/ for more information about BitTorrent.
Note:
Not all LinkStations include the BitTorrent Client. Check the LinkStation Function List on page 35 to
see if your LinkStation includes the BitTorrent Client.
Flow chart of downloading with BitTorrent:
1
Use a search engine to nd the torrent for a le that you want. Download the torrent.
Notes:
• Torrents are information les 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.
2
Send torrent information to a server called "tracker" and receive information about a terminal
which has a le.
3
Start downloading based on the information received from the "tracker" server.
4
Download pieces of data from multiple terminals and make one le.
Use the following steps to download shared les to the LinkStation with BitTorrent.
BitTorrent Client