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Folx - How to customize torrent settings?

Before adding a new torrent task it is recommended to customize torrent download/upload settings for adequate Folx work. Choose "Torrent" tab in Preferences:


 

  1. "Enable DHT Network" option, if checked, enables the Distributed Hash Table. DHT means you connect to people not only from a tracker, which you got the torrent file from, but also to anybody, who is downloading this file anywhere on the net and is connected to DHT network. It helps to find peers while trackers are down and to provide trackerless torrent files downloading.
  2. "Enable NAT-PMP" option permits to enable an NAT Port Mapping Protocol used to automatically configure NAT (Network Address Translation) on your network. When your machine is behind an NAT router, it usually has an IP address that is different from your IP address on the Internet. In this case parties outside the private network are not able to respond to you. The router changes your internal IP address to the outside one. This process is called "Network Address Translation".
  3. "Enable Local Peer Discovery" option allows Folx to attempt to discover local peers. If disabled, only external peers will be discovered.
  • Global maximum number of connections field defines the maximum number of connections that Folx can make at any given time in all active torrent downloads.
  • Maximum number of half-open connections is the maximum number of connection attempts.
  • Global maximum number of upload slots is the maximum number of peers that can connect to you simultaneously.
  • Maximum number of connections per torrent field defines the maximum number of peers that Folx can connect to at any given moment for each torrent download.
  • Maximum number of upload slots per torrent sets the number of peers you upload to for one torrent at any given time. The fewer slots you make available the faster you will upload to each peer. Making more slots available will increase your chances of getting data. But making too many slots available may make many clients blacklist you because you are uploading to them too slowly.