How Do I Route Bittorent Through My Firewall?

[olibomb]

It says on my Shadow bittorent client that i should find how to route bittorent thorughy my firewall so it goes faster, could somebody tell me how to do this? thanx

[olibomb]

Thanx for moving this, it's not as if it's a question...

[Skank]

Just tell your firewall to accept incomimg connections on ports 6881 - 6999

[olibomb]

How do i do that? sorry if i sound like a n00b

[Skank]

What firewall are u using?

[olibomb]

I really am a noob, i dont know that either! how do i find out?

[Skank]

Oh my god!!! Have a look in your system tray and hover your mouse over the icons and see what names come up



System tray is in the bottom right cornor next to the clock

[olibomb]

apparently for me its not

[Skank]

Well I cant help u..If I dont know what firewall your using i cant tell u wht u wanna do....

In the event that u find your firewall..u need to create some rules..this will be in the F/W's options and allow for incoming connections on ports 6881 -6999

[Dapadipz]

Originally posted by Skank@25 September 2003 - 18:03
Well I cant help u..If I dont know what firewall your using i cant tell u wht u wanna do....

In the event that u find your firewall..u need to create some rules..this will be in the F/W's options and allow for incoming connections on ports 6881 -6999
is this dangerous? allowing these ports to allow incoming connections?

[Skank]

Why?..you dont have to create a rule thats gonna be running all the time.....just create one that runs with bit-torrent ..If ya firewalls any good at creating rules it s quite easy

[Dapadipz]

Originally posted by Skank@25 September 2003 - 18:52
Why?..you dont have to create a rule thats gonna be running all the time.....just create one that runs with bit-torrent ..If ya firewalls any good at creating rules it s quite easy
im using Norton IS 2003? is this ne good for setting rules?

[muchspl2]

no
also can'timport thebad ip list from pg
look into a upgread to zonealarm, zygate, outpost
these are great & allow the importaion of bad ip's
then you don't have to run the resources hog pg, also sience it works @ tcp/udp level, much faster than pg could ever be

[abu_has_the_power]

how do u allow the ports in zonealarm?

[MUSLEMAN]

why not just have your firewall warn you when there is an incoming or outgoing that way you can allow that session

[muchspl2]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@26 September 2003 - 01:02
how do u allow the ports in zonealarm%ve
Author=24475
heres the best guides for importing the list
http://www.peerguardian.net/forums/index.php?showforum=15

[junkyardking]

It may not be a software firewall, do you connect though a modem or do you connect though a modem/router e.g. whats the brand, model ect, as with the router you have to forward ports usally though a web interface.