Hi Everyone is recommending port 6881, great because that's what Bit-Torrent (uses) but this port is blocked by many companies to limit and restrict this kind of traffic.
Lots of people recommending that you choose some vast and strange port to get to the tracker, for example I use 44791, it's a random number I choose, and I nearly (provided there's seeders) have a smiley face. I recommend Azureus over any other BT client, though it does chew the memory being a Java application. The following website is good for instructions for lots of modems/routers to get port-forwarding working successfully! I see they have Motorola but not your model! Doh! Thanks, David Moyle --------------------------------------- Manjimup, Western Australia E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Hewitt Sent: Monday, 4 December 2006 12:29 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Anyone a guru on Bit Torrent clients ? Ok, I will assume you know nothing about IP networking. Basically each type of traffic is divided up into ports. DNS, for example, is port 53. HTTP is port 80, etc. Bit Torrent is usually port 6881 Port forwarding works by listening on a specific port number for any traffic and if a packet comes into that port it sends it to the specified address. <internet> ---> (packet on port 6881) ---> <cable modem> ---> (packet on port 6881) ---> internal machine So, you need to log into your cable modem via the web interface and look for a section called "Port Forwarding"...this might be under a section called "NAT". In this section you will say anything coming into this router on the external IP on port 6881, send it to the internal IP address of the PowerBook on port 6881...you should have an option for this to be TCP or UDP or both...so select both. Sorry I can't be any more specific as each modem differs in the way they are configured...but it isn't very hard to figure out. Cheers, Adam. On 04/12/2006, at 12:00 PM, Steven wrote: > Thanks Adam. > > I'm with you on all of your email except the first paragraph, ie. "The > easiest way is to port forward port 6881 on both TCP and UDP to > whichever > machine is running the torrent software." > > I'm not sure what port forwarding means exactly, and how to go > about doing > it. Can I please trouble you (or anyone else if they want to jump > in) for a > little more detail on that front? > > Many thanks, Steven > > > On 4/12/06 12:06 PM, "Adam Hewitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> On 04/12/2006, at 10:58 AM, Steven wrote: >> >>> Is there anyone out there who's a gun on Bit Torrent software? I've >>> tried >>> both Tomato and Azureus. With Tomato I've had no luck at all, and >>> with >>> Azureus I can get a downlooad happening but at a very unhealthy >>> download >>> speed (continual blue face shown in the health column). >>> >>> Based on what I've tried to nut out so far, I think it must have >>> something >>> to do with NAT and port mapping which I remain fairly clueless >>> about. But I >>> thought that if someone has a similar set up to myself, maybe I >>> could try my >>> luck and mirror your set up? >>> >>> I have a 17" G4 PowerBook running MacOS X 10.4.8 on an Airport >>> Extreme based >>> wireless network. The base station is plugged into a Motorola >>> surfboard >>> cable modem SB5101. My ISP is Optus (cable). If necessary I also >>> have access >>> to a G4 iBook running same OS. >>> >>> Cheers, Steven >> >> Hi Steven, >> >> The easiest way is to port forward port 6881 on both TCP and UDP to >> whichever machine is running the torrent software. >> >> Then in Azureus -> Preferences -> Connection make sure you specify >> 6881 for both TCP and UDP >> >> Then go to Azureus -> NAT/ Firewall Test and make sure that it works. >> In order for this to function properly you have to stop all currently >> queued torrents. >> >> If the NAT / Firewall test passes then either the torrent itself >> doesn't have enough 'seeds' (people hosting the file for you to >> download) or you are having other issues. I have found that torrents >> don't like going over wireless, but then I do have a 20Mbps ADSL2+ >> connection so I need all the bandwidth I can get. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Adam. > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Adam Hewitt WA Project Manager URSYS 13 Burwood Rd, Burwood, NSW 2134 Ph: 02 8745 2861 Fax: 02 8745 2828 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
