Topic: Now I'm Pissed (FIREWALL HELP URGENTLY NEEDED!)

[Patrick]

I have posted millions of threads on these boards asking how to open my ports for using Bittorrent.  I have done EVERYTHING that you have said, and also what countless web sites have said.  It still doesn't work, and now I am pissed.

I have a Wilco torrent on etree.org right now, and there are over 50 leechers, and I am the only seeder and no one is getting anything.

How do you totally turn off the firewall for a Linksys wireless router. I have tried this myself, but no changes that I make to my configuartion ever gets applies to my clients.  WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?!?

 

So mad...please help!

Thanks a bunch

[dnsacks]

1) have you set the pc your using so that it has a static (not dynamic) ip address?  This needs to be done via windows networking (tcp settings on your pc). 

2) If so, have you forwarded the necessary ports in the linksys setup TO that pc's static ip address?

3) If so, under DMZ settings for the linksys router, have you set your pc's static ip address as a dmz computer?

4) if so, have you disabled all firewalls (windows has one, as does norton antivirus 2005)?

[todd e]

sacks got it right.  put your computer into the DMZ (BE REAL CAREFUL THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)



oh yeah, (BE REAL CAREFUL THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(BE REAL CAREFUL THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(BE REAL CAREFUL THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(BE REAL CAREFUL THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(BE REAL CAREFUL THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

you are exposed to everything, no protection.  that will get you around your firewall.

[Diggin]

something things I have noticed with my router/bt client/etree

Look under the list of seeds to check what port you are using, I have been using non-standard ports lately since I let BitTornado choose one for me.  I then log into my router and add a new rule for the firewall allowing that port # to my local IP address

BitTornado also tells me what port I am using if I am not on a site that lets me look at seeds/leeches so I forward that port

[ethan]

What's your network environment?


Cable or DSL?

Do you have a router?

Does your DSL have multiple ports out?

Who's your ISP? Hopefully not MSN

What make/model of cable or DSL modem? What make/model of router?

-e

[Wiesel]

You could also turn on dhcp on your router... set your network adapter to obtain the adress via dhcp automatically and enable upnp (if the router features it)

Then you'll just have to use an upnp compatible bittorrent client such as azureus for example, and everything should be working perfect without having the trouble of setting your firewall etc... correctly.