Re: help with rtorrent
On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 23:06 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:24:20 -0700
> Alan Ianson <agianson@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.
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