Bittorrent With Firewall Running

[abu_has_the_power]

my speeds are usually fine with zonealarm running, but now, my speeds are 0kb/s. should i keep firewall running when dling to keep the bad ips that i added to zonealarm out of my comp? should i just turn it off and use peerguardian? and u can allow ports 6881-6889. i've asked this millions of times, and no one answered my question. how do i allow the ports 6881-6889 in zonealarm? and that guide that people post doesn't tell u shit bout zonealarm

[muchspl2]

you have asked plenty of times and got the same anwser from different people
you should leave za on but you need to configer it correctly
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~hamilton/btclientconfig.html
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heres another link same idea
http://www.research.earthlink.net/confmgr/firewalls.html

re-edit
and another
http://www.geocities.com/dameatster/router.htm


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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-...ng+on+zonealarm (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=port+fowarding+on+zonealarm)
rinse and repeat till nessecery

[justin_9733]

I went to the first link, did port forewarding and now my average BT speed went from 2-3KB/s to 80-90KB/s, thanks for the link.

[muchspl2]

n/p glad to help
I have giving him links and tried to walk him throe it several times, can't believe he still doesn't get that you leave the firewall on and just configure it, guess he needs someone to physically come over to his house and walk him through it :rolleyes:

[james_bond_rulez]

zonealarm is really the idiot proof program to use so if you still dont know how to use it i dont know what to call you...

just allow it to access internet and server rights, it works perfectly fine for me

oh and btw if you use a router you need to configure THAT, not za <_<

[justin_9733]

I did port forewarding on my linksys router, have not changed anything in ZA and it works fine.

[muchspl2]

well if you open your ports in za, you get even faster speeds

[justin_9733]

I have the internet zone security set to medium so I shouldn&#39;t have to do anything else.

[abu_has_the_power]

i use shadow&#39;s exp and it uses ports 6881-6999 is that normal? cuz the guide says 6881-6889

and i&#39;m guessing i input the port #&#39;s in the allow incoming UDP and incoming TCP ports rite?

[abu_has_the_power]

bump

anyone wanna help?

[Adster]

I diable my firewall I dont run on enow it pisses me off causes more problems then protection

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@18 October 2003 - 03:13
and i&#39;m guessing i input the port #&#39;s in the allow incoming UDP and incoming TCP ports rite?
can u or anyone else confirm that i have to allow these ports in the frwall? and how come shadow&#39;s exp uses 6881-6999 when the guide said they go to 6889?

[justin_9733]

This is from the guide that u said didn&#39;t say shit about ZA.

ZoneAlarm Pro v. 3.5.166
ZoneAlarm Pro is a popular software package used to perform basic packet filtering and other security-related tasks. Here is how we got ZoneAlarm to work with Conference Manager:

Doubleclick on the ZoneAlarm icon in the system tray, navigate to the "Firewall" section, and then to the "Internet Zone Security" section.

You can proceed in one of two ways:


Set "Internet Zone Security" to "Med.".
or


Leave "Internet Zone Security" set to "High", but adjust which UDP ports are allowed past the ZoneAlarm firewall/packet filter. Click "Custom" in the "Internet Zone Security" area, scroll down to and check "Allow Incoming UDP ports", then enter "15900-15999" (omit the quotation marks, but include the hyphen) in the associated text input field. Click "Apply".

[abu_has_the_power]

oh, thank u so much. now, only the udp ports? or tcp as well?

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by justin_9733@18 October 2003 - 06:22
This is from the guide that u said didn&#39;t say shit about ZA.

sory, i must have been talking about another guide

[justin_9733]

ur a dumbass

[muchspl2]

I refuse to help him any more, I gave him that very same link at least twice before
and my only conclusion is he is a dumbass, I&#39;m sorry to say

[abu_has_the_power]

ok, i&#39;m a dumbass, but just answer the tcp and udp question. do i allow 6881-6889 on both, or just udp?

[danne]

Why would BT use UDP ? Using UDP means you don&#39;t care if the data gets through completely or not, and that&#39;s not quite what you want now is it ?

Have you ever thought of reading the FAQ for BT? http://btfaq.com/

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by danne@18 October 2003 - 13:12
Why would BT use UDP ? Using UDP means you don&#39;t care if the data gets through completely or not, and that&#39;s not quite what you want now is it ?

Have you ever thought of reading the FAQ for BT? http://btfaq.com/
dude, the guide up there said udp

[danne]

Prior to version 3.2, BitTorrent by default uses ports in the range of 6881-6889. As of 3.2 and later, the range has been extended to 6881-6999. (These are all TCP ports, BitTorrent does not use UDP.) The client starts with the lowest port in the range and sequentially tries higher ports until it can find one to which it can bind. This means that the first client you open will bind to 6881, the next to 6882, etc. Therefore, you only really need to open as many ports as simultaneous BitTorrent clients you would ever have open. For most people it&#39;s sufficient to open 6881-6889.


Now, which part of this do you NOT understand ? (and yes, that&#39;s from the guide about setting up BT with your network)

[j4y3m]

Originally posted by danne@18 October 2003 - 14:28


Prior to version 3.2, BitTorrent by default uses ports in the range of 6881-6889. As of 3.2 and later, the range has been extended to 6881-6999. (These are all TCP ports, BitTorrent does not use UDP.) The client starts with the lowest port in the range and sequentially tries higher ports until it can find one to which it can bind. This means that the first client you open will bind to 6881, the next to 6882, etc. Therefore, you only really need to open as many ports as simultaneous BitTorrent clients you would ever have open. For most people it&#39;s sufficient to open 6881-6889.


Now, which part of this do you NOT understand ? (and yes, that&#39;s from the guide about setting up BT with your network)
One Says TCP And The Other Says UDP.....What Ones Do I Open? I&#39;ve Done Both For Now But I Would Like An Answer :P

[SniperInTheShadows]

From what i&#39;ve read, i&#39;d say the following -

Open TCP
Do &#33;&#33;not&#33;&#33; open UDP

Sniper.

[j4y3m]

Wow It Works :D