On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 23:06 -0400, Celejar wrote: > 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.
Yes, that's the main thing. If the ports aren't open... nothing is going to happen.. :) > 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. Yes, nowadays I use transmission and it only needs one port. You can check in the settings if the port is open or not so there is no guessing. -- 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/1288756660.5279.3.ca...@debian.ok.shawcable.net
