On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:24:20 -0700 Alan Ianson <agian...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 21:35 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward TCP 6890-6999 to > > my bittorrent machine, per my .rtorrent.rc file. > > That sounds right for a classic bittorrent client. I used to open about > the same ports years ago with the first bittorrent client from Bram > Cohen when that was all there was.. :) I don't think it actually makes a difference, as long as the firewall and the program are configured for the same ports. And IIUC, one port is really all you need for normal usage. I don't remember what the point of multiple ports is, but I don't think that basic, normal usage needs them. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101102230605.c04873dd.cele...@gmail.com
