Separate Computer for Downloading

[PastTense]

If you are concerned about the legal ramifications of downloading via bittorrent you might get a seedbox:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedbox

[Cabalo]

I used one for a short time, running debian. I just abandoned the idea, because my whole point for having a separate box was to free resources on my main PC, and have several other home PCs connected, creating increased load on the HDDs thus reducing overall system performance.

[managedhybrid]

If you are paranoid or not sure get another computer via either RDP / VPS or like other users have said seedbox.

If your trying to see if the costs from a 2nd computer vs legal fees I think a 2nd computer out-weights the consequences. Depending on what your doing of course.

[absent_today]

I have been using my Wireless router 24X7 flashed with DD-WRT saves a lot of electricity bills .

[john88online]

I am also in this trouble.I want to shear my downloads with another pc but i was unable to do it.

[anon]

I am also in this trouble.I want to shear my downloads with another pc but i was unable to do it.

I use FTP. If you want to seed a file that's on another computer in the network, you can use SMB, i.e. Windows' network support.

[Cabalo]

I am also in this trouble.I want to shear my downloads with another pc but i was unable to do it.

If it's for some casual sharing of not so big files, I'd recommend a free service like Windows Live Skydrive (5Gb) or Dropbox (2Gb).

[Sporkk]

Even if it gets infected, it's isolated, and presumably doing nothing but running p2p apps, so there's probably no harm.

If it gets some kind of botnet virus can't they use your pc and connection for whatever they want? Avast is free and minimal nags so I see no reason not to run a virus scanner unless its really old hardware. Last time I tried linux samba sharing worked fine for me. I think that would be ideal if you want to go without a virus scanner.

[telecore]

I am using an old machine (Celeron 1.8 GHz with 2 GB of RAM) running transmission (ubuntu). This configuration is more than enough for all your torrenting needs:


and even with over 1000 HD torrents does not load the CPU in full:


The most important parameters: number of SATA connectors (or slots for additional SATA cards) and power supply. It is highly advisable to change the PSU every two-three years.

I used RAID in the past, but found this is complicated, a waste of space (If you do not store your bank passwords and the precious home made porn on it) and it is expensive. Just get used that sometime in the future some of your disks may fail and you will need to re-download those kinky older womens movies again.