When a client wants to download a file, it sends a request to the tracker, which responds with a list of other clients that have the file or pieces of the file. The tracker maintains a list of the clients that are currently connected to the network, along with information about the files they are sharing and downloading.
Last Updated: 11 December, 2022, EST What is a torrent tracker?Ī torrent tracker is a server that tracks the status of clients participating in a BitTorrent file-sharing network.
