It is very important to enable this option, not only for yourself, but also for your peers in the torrent swarm. The option enables or disables encryption. Although, rTorrent allows a range of ports, a single port is recommended.Īdditionally, make sure port forwarding is enabled for the proper port(s) (see: Port Forward guides). It is recommended to use a port that is higher than 49152 (see: List of port numbers). The network.port_t option sets which port(s) to use for listening. The following schedule2 option is intended to stop rTorrent from downloading data when disk space is low. Schedule2 = tied_directory,5,5,start_tied= Schedule2 = untied_directory,5,5,stop_untied= Schedule2 = watch_directory,5,5,load.start=/home/ user/watch/*.torrent Also, be careful when using this option as rTorrent will move the torrent file to your session folder and rename it to its hash value. Remember to create the directory that will be watched (e.g. Saving a torrent file to this directory will automatically start the download.

The schedule2 option has rTorrent watch a particular directory for new torrent files. It is recommended to create a directory in home directory (e.g. The option allows rTorrent to save the progess of your torrents. The option will determine where your torrent data will be saved (could be a relative path): It checks for errors in your completed files. The _t option executes a hash check when rTorrent is started. The values for the following options are dependent on the system's hardware and Internet connection speed.

Note: See the rTorrent wiki article on this subject for more information: Performance Tuning

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