10:21 PM

A few changes to things around the old network:

1. Added to arbonne:/etc/rc.d/rc.local to get the netgear MA311 PCI card to work on bootup:

/sbin/modprobe orinoco_pci

2. Got BitTorrent working to download Fedora Core 2 following these instructions:

• Download bittorrent:
  local rpms for rhl 7.3, 8.0, 9 and fc1
  from the homesite
• install bittorrent
• Open up ports 6881-6999/tcp so other clients can contact you for bits
  First forward those ports on the router
  Then open up the ports in your /etc/sysconfig/iptables file
• To download run: btdownloadcurses.py --max_upload_rate 350 --url $torrent-URL-here
• Once your download is complete please leave your downloader running so it can help upload to the other clients. This is what makes bittorrent efficient.

3. Having completed the download in record time (no comparison to HTTP or FTP, they both stalled out last night - BitTorrent took less than three hours) and having left the upload running all day, I shall now attempt to upgrade al-rassan to Fedora Core 2.