Some Myths and their answers:
1) DCpp works only on LAN, not on WiFi:
If you are within the campus and using IITB subnet, then DCpp will work on your system. It has no connection with connection you are using.
If you can open the site asc.iitb.ac.in in your browser then insti. DCpp will work on that network.
2) DCpp works only on Windows:
DCpp works perfectly on Windows, Linux, Mac OS.
3) Download speeds are low for me or but high for someone else.
Download speed is a function of the following things:
Your computer configuration (mostly hard disk write speed), how many hubs you are connected to, how many users are sharing that file, how much is network traffic on LAN right now, geographically where are users who are sharing that file w.r.t. you, your network card speed, switch port speed and so on.
4) If download stops in the middle, it starts from zero,
No, in dcpp, it does segmented download. so only the last partially downloaded segment is downloaded again. Whatever has come, has already come to you, it won't be downloaded again. Segment sizes are dynamic based on time taken for last download. eg. initially all segments are kept at 4MB. For fast users, they are changed to 8MB then 16MB, for slow users, they are changed to 2MB and so on.
5) I only get speeds in < 10kbps
This is mostly because you are offline or the user from whom you are taking data is offline. Try restarting dcpp once. Try searching for alternatives from download queue.
6) Data I shared is uploaded on server, so I can delete it from my machine.
No, data is shared from user's system. Server only helps in establishing the connection. Data transfer takes place from users to users directly. The user sharing the data should be online with dcpp kept ON for data to transfer.
7) Because of dcpp, insti. net is getting affected.
In fact, the more you use dcpp, the better is going to be internet for everyone.
eg. if everyone goes to Yourtube site to watch a video, that much bandwidth is wasted, but if the first user downloads it and shares it on dcpp, then for remaining users, when they download using dcpp, data moves locally within IIT subnet.
so IIT outside internet bandwidth is preserved. so you can get files at fast speeds via dcpp and also, insti. net remains faster.
8) My sharing directory has more than min. share, but still it says, sharing is outside limits.
This is mostly because the sharing is checked at the start by hubs. So only the data that has not changed is counted. so unchanged data should be above the limit. If data is modified, then hashing or indexing will take place, which will take little time and then hubs will connect.
9) How do I know if dcpp will work for me or no?
Simple way to check is, if using any browser you can open asc . iitb . ac . in site, then dcpp will work for you with those network settings.
10) There is no benefit to connect to all the hubs.
No, there is a big benefit connecting to all the hubs. This is because one connection is created between the two users per hub. eg. if there is only one user sharing it, but you both are in 4 hubs, then there will be 4 times faster transfer as against if you are connected to only one hub.
Thank you.
1) DCpp works only on LAN, not on WiFi:
If you are within the campus and using IITB subnet, then DCpp will work on your system. It has no connection with connection you are using.
If you can open the site asc.iitb.ac.in in your browser then insti. DCpp will work on that network.
2) DCpp works only on Windows:
DCpp works perfectly on Windows, Linux, Mac OS.
3) Download speeds are low for me or but high for someone else.
Download speed is a function of the following things:
Your computer configuration (mostly hard disk write speed), how many hubs you are connected to, how many users are sharing that file, how much is network traffic on LAN right now, geographically where are users who are sharing that file w.r.t. you, your network card speed, switch port speed and so on.
4) If download stops in the middle, it starts from zero,
No, in dcpp, it does segmented download. so only the last partially downloaded segment is downloaded again. Whatever has come, has already come to you, it won't be downloaded again. Segment sizes are dynamic based on time taken for last download. eg. initially all segments are kept at 4MB. For fast users, they are changed to 8MB then 16MB, for slow users, they are changed to 2MB and so on.
5) I only get speeds in < 10kbps
This is mostly because you are offline or the user from whom you are taking data is offline. Try restarting dcpp once. Try searching for alternatives from download queue.
6) Data I shared is uploaded on server, so I can delete it from my machine.
No, data is shared from user's system. Server only helps in establishing the connection. Data transfer takes place from users to users directly. The user sharing the data should be online with dcpp kept ON for data to transfer.
7) Because of dcpp, insti. net is getting affected.
In fact, the more you use dcpp, the better is going to be internet for everyone.
eg. if everyone goes to Yourtube site to watch a video, that much bandwidth is wasted, but if the first user downloads it and shares it on dcpp, then for remaining users, when they download using dcpp, data moves locally within IIT subnet.
so IIT outside internet bandwidth is preserved. so you can get files at fast speeds via dcpp and also, insti. net remains faster.
8) My sharing directory has more than min. share, but still it says, sharing is outside limits.
This is mostly because the sharing is checked at the start by hubs. So only the data that has not changed is counted. so unchanged data should be above the limit. If data is modified, then hashing or indexing will take place, which will take little time and then hubs will connect.
9) How do I know if dcpp will work for me or no?
Simple way to check is, if using any browser you can open asc . iitb . ac . in site, then dcpp will work for you with those network settings.
10) There is no benefit to connect to all the hubs.
No, there is a big benefit connecting to all the hubs. This is because one connection is created between the two users per hub. eg. if there is only one user sharing it, but you both are in 4 hubs, then there will be 4 times faster transfer as against if you are connected to only one hub.
Thank you.