What's the difference in HTTP & UDP trackers?

[Skiz]

What's the difference in HTTP & UDP trackers? :huh:

[j0hn]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol
udp is windows xp only
i wouldnt really advise using only a udp tracker, most sites offer both.
e.g
http://tracker.sitename.com:1234/announce
udp://tracker.sitename.com:1234/announce

i'd add both trackers when downloading.
that way u get the http users, who dont run windows xp (and who simply dont use udp)
and also the windows xp users who arent using the udp tracker.

[ilikechikin]

UDP is considered faster, but less reliable. I've never used it.


Abbreviated UDP, a connectionless protocol that, like TCP, runs on top of IP networks. Unlike TCP/IP, UDP/IP provides very few error recovery services, offering instead a direct way to send and receive datagrams over an IP network. It's used primarily for broadcasting messages over a network.