Port Forwarding Question

[cjreynolds]

Hi! Just joined the forum, and I hope I'm posting this in the correct place...

I'm new to the practice of torrent downloading - I learned that I can drastically increase my download speeds by Port Forwarding. As I understand it, it involves assigning a specific port for use by my torrent client, thereby streamlining the movements of packets being downloaded. However, the only information I can find on the subject shows how to open a range of ports for TCP and UDP access, and doesn't mention specifying the software client or where to enter the specific port to be used by the client. Am I missing something?

I am using a Clear Hub Express. Clear.com's instructions for port forwarding can be found here:

http://www.clear.com/cms/download_file/view/1129/81/

but as I said before, it does not describe opening a port for a specific client. I have gone through some instructions online written specifically for torrent users, but they are just as generic as clear.com's instructions.

Has anyone had experience with this?

Thanks,

joe

[LubTheStaringCat]

You may want to try http://portforward.com/
they have a tutorial section I think, with a lot a guides to work from.
Hope this helps.

Just a tip, pick an unassuming username or usernames...Never use the real thing.

[cjreynolds]

You may want to try http://portforward.com/
they have a tutorial section I think, with a lot a guides to work from.

Yes, this is one of the online resources I tried - They didn't have a section for my particular hub, but I looked at a couple of other brands/models and it was still the same info - They had me look up the port being used by my software (Tixati), but didn't show where I would enter that info in the modem settings...

[badknine]

great stuff :)