Every day, you are downloading files from the internet, sometimes without even knowing.

While downloading a document from the Internet is easy, most Internet browsers supporting downloads, it was not always easy to share files with other people. Usually, someone had to create a web site or a FTP and store the files there, just so that people had access to them.

File sharing programs like Napster and Audiogalaxy have simplified this whole process by allowing you to share your music with your friends or with other people. Other file sharing applications have appeared allowing you to share any kind of documents with other users of the application.

Everything was fine back then, downloading a MP3 file of some pictures was no problem, even if it was slow. Most users had only dial up connection or a cable modem, everyone considered the average speeds of 5-50 KB/second more than acceptable.

As the world evolved, Internet connections have increased in speed but also the size of files a user would share also increased. It is now more and more common to see large files being offered for download on the Internet, for example the complete open source FreeBSD operating system, totaling 2 x 700 MB CD images.

There was a need for a better and smarter file sharing application, one that would shorten the time a file was delivered to a user, one that would take advantage of the modern Internet connections and computers.

BitTorrent is the new kid on the block.

In this guide, you will find everything you need to know about the BitTorrent protocol and information regarding the installation and configuration of a BitTorrent client called Bitcomet.

First, a quick note about how BitTorrent works.

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