Port Forwarding And You!

docchimpydocchimpy Join Date: 2003-07-19 Member: 18266Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Or, Speeding Bittorent up.</div> I read something about Bittorrent download speeds going blazingly fast if I utilize the forbidden magicks known as "port forwarding". What's all this about? Have I gone mad? Is it easy? How do I do it?

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  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    Do you use a router?
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    I'll post a couple screenshots for visual aid...
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Routers by default strangle your ports so you don't get nasty virusii (I'm split between viruses and viruii). If you want, you can open 'em up with port forwarding, specifically the ones bittorrent uses. That makes things go much faster.
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    <img src='http://img207.exs.cx/img207/7997/screen18ay.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
    <img src='http://img207.exs.cx/img207/8786/screen25dt.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

    Basically your concern is to have the proper ports forwarding, enabling UPNP on the router, then setting your torrent program to utilize UPNP enabled forwarding set to Fast.
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  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    What brand of router do you have?
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Mar 27 2005, 07:13 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Mar 27 2005, 07:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Routers by default strangle your ports so you don't get nasty virusii (I'm split between viruses and viruii). If you want, you can open 'em up with port forwarding, specifically the ones bittorrent uses. That makes things go much faster. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You're thinking of "virii" <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • TrakenTraken Join Date: 2004-11-14 Member: 32797Members
    For all your questions and answers. PORTFORWARD.COM
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Traken+Mar 26 2005, 07:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Traken @ Mar 26 2005, 07:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> For all your questions and answers. PORTFORWARD.COM <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Seconded.

    AND,

    What kind of router do you use?

    What bittorrent proggy do you use? (I HIGHLY reccommend <a href='http://azureus.sourceforge.net/' target='_blank'>Azureus</a> because of it's stability, ease of use, and high level of configurability.)
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