LaCie d2 Network 2 User Manual

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LaCie d2 Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Administering Your LaCie d2 Network 2User Manual page 544.14. Dashboard: DownloadThe d2 Network 2 Dashboard features a torrent server that will al-low you to download torrent files (Fig. 72). For more information ontorrents, see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_protocol1. First click the Start Download Machine button.2. To start a download, click the green plus sign next the page title(Fig. 73).3. Choose whether the torrent source is a file or a URL, then navi-gate to the source.4. Choose the destination (i.e., on which share the downloadedfile will be stored) and click SUBMIT.5. The file will begin downloading (can sometimes take a few min-utes to begin).4.14.1. Download Page SettingsTECHNICAL NOTE: The download manager is only available toadministrators.Below the list of downloads are several settings (Fig. 74).TCP Listening port: Choose a router port through which the torrentservice will operate.Download limit rate: Type a number here to restrict maximum down-load rates.Upload limit rate: Type a number here to restrict maximum uploadrates.Max. active torrents: Type a number here to limit the number oftorrents that can download/upload simultaneously. Type zero forno limit.TECHNICAL NOTE: Because the torrent client service uses band-width and system resources, multiple simultaneous downloads canimpact d2 Network 2 performance. Additionally, even after a down-load has completed, it may continue to use system resources if it isuploading, as long as the torrent is active.Fig. 72Fig. 74Fig. 73