BitTorrent ports?

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:49 pm

my dsl at home changed so i have to reconfigure all the ports n whatnot.

i opened up port 6881 till 6999 for bittorrent, yet azureus still gives me blue health

am i missing a port?

ta sirs

Post by **Don Carlos** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:50 pm

I use a thingy with random ports

Post by **Denz** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:53 pm

The ports that you have listed are the ones I use and it works.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:12 pm

Lots of ISPs block the default ports (6881-6889) nowadays. Switch to something in the 40,000-50,000 range - and remember to reconfigure your firewall and/or router too - and all should be well again.

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:22 pm

thanks kids

Post by **iambowelfish** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:34 am

I don't understand this stuff. If I get an NAT error does that mean the port is blocked?

Shouldn't windows firewall tell me if its blocking something? It is set to.

Post by **rep** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:01 am

When I ran a shoutcast server, I switched it to 27960 after being hastled.

I really can't believe they shut me down for my own personal shoutcast server, with my own ripped CDs, with 2 listener slots available.

Nazis. I bet right next door there was some asshole downloading warez on Kazaa.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:46 am

iambowelfish wrote:I don't understand this stuff. If I get an NAT error does that mean the port is blocked?

Yes.

iambowelfish wrote:Shouldn't windows firewall tell me if its blocking something? It is set to.

Most routers function as a firewall too. So if you use one, make sure it's properly configured.