Bittorent

SuperGenius · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:22 pm

I have a couple questions:

How, exactly is it supposed to work?

What issues would i have using WinXP Pro sp2, firefox, and a router with firewall?

I downloaded an installer from http://bittorrent.com/ and ran it. I got a prompt that said it was installed. Then i went to a copule sites that I found links for in the "ultimate essential program list"

But when i try to download something, the progress doesnt move, its been at 0% for about 5 minutes now, and it says "connecting to peers"

josh · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:26 pm

I sometimes get that also.

I believe that bittorent works by spreading out the bandwidth among all the peers who are conncected that have the same file that you are trying to download. I think this makes it either run faster or more relieable.

I personnal;ly like the azureus bittorent client better then the one from bittorent.com (although I have used it only very briefly).

www.azureus.net

I believe that site also has a description of how bittirent works.

SuperGenius · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:40 pm

ok si i tried to download a small file, a trailer instead of a full movie, and it seems to be working to far. Would i get better performance by tweaking with the firewall?

rdrake · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:43 pm

Turn on port forwarding and you shouldn't have any more slow download speeds.

SuperGenius · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:48 pm

Ok, but what are the security implications of doing that?

rdrake · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:52 pm

Just open up the ports you need, don't DMZ anything, and there shouldn't be any real risk.

josh · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:53 pm

srry, i can't help u witht that.

I have zone alarm and mine wors fine

SuperGenius · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:53 pm

what do you mean by 'DMZ"?

rdrake · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:55 pm

DMZ basically opens your computer up to the internet so there's little to no protection from your router's firewall. It's as if you don't even have the router there.

SuperGenius · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:57 pm

What kind of speed should I expect.. ? the trailer only went to about 30kbps, which is what about what I would get on winmx from a single source, although its gone a lot higher when i was downloading a lot of stuff from lots of good sources..

Maverick · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:58 pm

watch port 1433 Twisted Evil

or ull get owned

rdrake · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:59 pm

It really depends on how many sources there is for the thing you're downloading. I've gotten up to 120 kbps which is the average for my connection, but I've also gone as low as 1 kbps.

SuperGenius · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:01 pm

Maverick wrote:

watch port 1433 Twisted Evil

or ull get owned

How do i do this, and what are the perils of not doing it..?

Maverick · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:08 pm

Too long to explain just trust me. And if u dont want your backdoor ass raped then 9500 wuld be good to watch too. Ive never had a firewall sdo i have no clue how to block certain ports

SuperGenius · **Posted:** Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:12 pm

I've got a router w/ built in firewall... are the ports you mentioned ones that I need to open to get bittorent going faster?

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