-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 So has anyone on here used bittorrent from behind a router/firewall? If so, what ports did you forward back into your client machine? I was hoping to get this going while I was at work but if I have to go and messaround with port forwarding and all that jazz, I guess this will have to wait <sigh>. On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 10:49:44AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > Well I got it going by typing btdownloadcurses.py > slackware-10.0-install... but the performance is downright horrible! > try rates worse than dial-up 1.2 kb/s and slower. I haven't tried the > many route yet. Perhaps I'll kill this current process and see if I > can get something better going. I'm initiating this from my remote > connection at work and cannot alter my router so not sure now if that > is an issue anymore or not. > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 12:16:27PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 09:23:05AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > Does being behind a firewall / router have anything to do > > > with it? > > > > Yes. From running btdownloadheadless.py without arguments: > > > > --minport <arg> > > minimum port to listen on, counts up if unavailable > > (defaults to 6881) > > > > --maxport <arg> > > maximum port to listen on (defaults to 6999) > > > > There also seem to be some indications that it uses http port 80, but > > I think that's only for getting data, like you do when you're > > browsing. I could be wrong though. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > -- > > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA2yFmWSjv55S0LfERAsBjAKCgWBwqC75RD0mfZuWYZoMcjCFVAACg6nK1 v61XtSWKpwNbAS+WkSsp4LM= =Ygqm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
