On 2/6/08, CSights <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I was imagining was a way to have torrent connections only > within a > local network. If there were no torrents within the local network, then apt > or DebTorrent would get the file from a mirror. > I have a number of Debian computers running on the local network. It > would > be nice if they would first check the other computers for the package file on > the other local computer's torrents, then download if found.
The intended way to do this is to just run DebTorrent on one of the local computers (which is on most often), then on the others point their sources.list entries to the DebTorrent machine. That way all packages get downloaded onto one machine, and requests for the same package from another machine get satisfied immediately. > Furthermore, would like to block torrent downloads from outside of > the local > network (sorry Debian mirrors!). This is of course not supported or even recommended because you aren't gaining or contributing anything by doing it this way. Perhaps you want to use something like apt-proxy or apt-cacher on your local network? They will download needed packages from mirrors, while sharing already downloaded packages with other machines on your local network. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
