On 4/22/2013 13:51, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: > On Apr 22, 2013 11:14 PM, "staticsafe" <m...@staticsafe.ca> wrote: >> >> On 4/22/2013 13:18, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm looking for a torrent client which can listen to an interface > instead >>> of ips. Any pointers? >>> >> >> I don't understand, why would a torrent *client* listen on anything? >> >> -- >> staticsafe >> O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org >> Please don't top post - http://goo.gl/YrmAb >> Don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on. >> > > Torrent clients listen for peers on a port. It always picks the default > interface or route. It becomes a problem when you have two Internet > connections. > Oh right. I don't think any clients allow you to specify an interface. Only IPs and ports.
Like in rtorrent: -b <a.b.c.d> Bind the listening socket to this IP -i <a.b.c.d> Change the IP that is sent to the tracker -p <int>-<int> Set port range for incoming connections -- staticsafe O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please don't top post - http://goo.gl/YrmAb Don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on.