Procedure
pCDN client is a light-weight software running on your computer, which services requests from podcast clients by exchanging podcast files among users. Installing pCDN client is simple. Please follow these steps:
- Download and install the latest pCDN client software.
- Install a podcast client. A list of available clients can be found here.
- Locate the pCDN client on your list of programs (for instance, find the software from Start Menu -> Programs on Windows) and run it. The software display a taskbar icon in the notification area. Right click on it allows you to enter Session Info windows and Preferences editor.
- Run the podcast client and use this podcast feed: http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/tmp/cbcradio3.xml.
- Upon successful feed, you should see a list of 10 available podcasts.
- Choose one of the podcasts from the list. Your podcast client should start fetching the selected file.
- To check what podcasts are being downloaded (uploaded) to or from other peers, please double click on the taskbar icon.
Note
- pCDN client attempts to automatically detect your IP address. It, however, may fail if two or more network interfaces exist. Please make sure you are using only one network interface. In case more than one interface is available, please use only one by disabling others from Control-Panel -> Network connections.
- If a software-based firewall is running, please either disable it or add pCDN client to the list of allowed programs. For Windows firewall, you can add pCDN client to the list of allowed programs by going to: Control Panel ->Security Center -> Windows Firewall -> Exceptions. Make sure you tick the check box after adding pCDN client.
