Sending large files across the internet is a little bit tricky. If you just sending your photos with size 1 MB each, you can send it via email. But email service have limitation with large attachments. In Gmail you have 25 MB max attachment size, Yahoo 25 MB and Hotmail 10 MB. So how about sending 1 GB–5 GB of data across the internet?
The easy way is using Skype peer-to-peer connection or MSN send file feature. But this feature cannot resume download when your connection is not good. Imagine if you already reach 99% download process, and you lost connection — you have to download it from the beginning. It will waste your time. So the other solution which is easy too, is using BitTorrent protocol.
What is BitTorrent? BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data. BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files. Basically, you share your files to the internet and create a pointer (called torrent file) to your file location, and your friends can download it to their computers directly from your computer.
So how to send large files with BitTorrent? Follow the steps below:
1. First you need BitTorrent client. You can use uTorrent.
2. Open uTorrent, and File > Create New Torrent.
3. Choose a file or a directory.
4. You need trackers, so your friend’s computer knows where the files are. Fill in Trackers as below:
http://open.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce
http://www.torrent-downloads.to:2710/announce
http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
udp://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
http://www.sumotracker.com/announce
http://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce
udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce
http://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce
udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce5. Check start seeding.
6. Create and Save as. Now you have a torrent file.
7. Send the torrent file to your friend.
To download it:
1. Open uTorrent.
2. Click File > Add Torrent, choose the torrent file.
3. Press Start.
4. Wait until it finishes download.
Now sharing large files is easy. So if you have thousands of photos or videos and want to send it to your family, you can use BitTorrent instead of email.