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Re: [LUG] Torrent/P2P box

 

> MLDonkey can handle various networks.  Currently, due to lack of time
> available to the developers, some networks are disabled, though.
>
> > etc, downloading parts from one network for a file found on another
> > for example.
>
> I don't think it can d/l across networks;  Logging would probably be
> nightmarish, because different networks use different chunk sizes, for
> a start.
>
> > controls in place to allow such p2p to be scheduled (cron probly) to
> > stop traffic up/down during "bad times" - for instance when >insert
> > ISP here< starts bandwidth throttling at peak times.
>
> I've never looked into that, but it would be possible to stop/restart
> MLDonkey from different configs to reduce/expand capacity.
>
> > a web based interface for the above, so that the distro can run on a
>
> Can be controlled via any browser, or one of several GUIs.

Thanks for that Brad, sounds like a good start :)

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