> > That allows the client to make outbound connections. It will be able > > to contact the tracker and find a list of potential peers - it can > > then make outbound connections to those peers AS LONG AS THEY ARE > > FULLY WORKING. What will fail is inbound connections, so other peers > > cannot connect to you and that means you will most likely NOT be able > > to seed once you have completed your download - tut tut. > > I haven't studied the matter closely, but my understanding is that > most clients notice that their inbound path is broken, and simply > start making connections to other peers at random and then try to send > them stuff. On an active torrent, they won't take long to find > something to upload.
If that is how it works then that would explain it. - Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
