Bittorrent Server.

Well the other day I came across a couple of bittorrent routers so it got me thinking about making one on the cheap which is just as efficient if not more, so I set out to do so.

So i figured a computer to run around the clock shouldn’t be very powerful strip it down to the minimal 128mb RAM and at the most 500mhz processor, so I asked around and luckely someone was throwing a old computer out which was around 500mhz.

So I considered a lot of operating systems but came to the conculsion of using Windows, it is very user friendly compared to Linux allowing to easily configure and run so i am running Windows 2000 Server Edition, I would prefer to run something like Damn Small Linux because it uses up very little resources which will also cut the electricity bill down but for now I will play with Windows.

Next I needed to find a bittorrent client, one of my favorite clients is Utorrent it has encryption and most of all a web user interface, so we can connect remotly to utorrent.

Next i wanted to access my files and also run it as a web server allowing me for a later date to stream my music from a web page, so to access files I want to access it using FTP so i started a filezilla server, for a web server I used Xampp downloads everything in one mySQL, Apache etc.

So installing, installing Windows is fairly simple just setup your partitions and your good to go, installing Utorrent is fairly simple just download the WebUI version and follow the Read Me, XAMPP is easy peasy you can just press the next buttons if you like following the default options, it comes with Filezilla ( i prefer to download it separately though) just drag the filezilla icon into the start up folder and it will boot up each time.

Now you can download all your podcasts without the need to switch it on and off all the time, and saving a lot of your electricity bill.

Just put it a side and press the on button when you need it you shouldn’t need a keyboard or mouse you can just press the on button and everything is started up, only trouble i have with mine was the old PSU very loud so i brought a quiet one and its running perfectly using a wireless PCI card so i can practicly move it anywhere I want.