Ok. Here's the deal. I'm trying to use Bittornado (please don't laugh) to download torrents. I'm running Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall and have forwarded ports 6881-6889 in that application. All the settings in BitTornado are fine.
My problem (I believe), is that my desktop is connected via a wireless netowrk card to the router downstairs. The connection isn't super speedy, but will do. Anytime I try to download torrents, my status light remains at yellow (obviously indicating that I have some sort of firewall issue) and will not turn green. Most torrents will still download, but it makes me a leecher by doing it this way, aside from the fact that it's super-slow.
Now my first thought was to access the router settings downstairs (which doesn't belong to me but I could do - living in an apartment/house) and forward the ports to the router, BUT the gentlemen downstairs have been downloading torrents since I moved in with no issues. This leads me to believe (although possibly foolishly) that the ports have already been forwarded to the router and that the issue is with a setting on my computer.
Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cory
You would have to set up your Bittornado through the router anyways as the two of you should not be using the same port for bittorrent.
BTW I have Sunbelt Kerio (free) and you might get a CPU issue when using a bittorrent program.
At the Kerio Configuration>Overview>Connections tab, right-click in an empty area and make sure that the Resolve Address option is unchecked.
I allowed my bittorrent application as opposed to its ports, it was easier, but you can do it either way.
Ok, so I've replaced BitTornado with BitTorrent (the client you suggested) and I allowed the application to be open instead of the ports, in Kerio Firewall (actually, I might have done both - but can easily change that).
I also unchecked that "resolve address" box (thanks).
I used the program to check if the randomize port it selected was open and it obviously still said no. So are you saying now that the only way to open that is to do it on his SMC router? There's nothing I can do from here?
At this point, it is downloading, and uploading, but again, fairly slowly.
If opening the port on the router is the only option, and it asks for a username and password once we plug in the router IP, is that something that he would have from the company?
Sorry about all the questions. Just trying to do this as painlessly as possible.
Quote:If opening the port on the router is the only option, and it asks for a username and password once we plug in the router IP, is that something that he would have from the company?
Once you choose your router, it will take you to a screen to choose the program you want to forward.
You should choose uTorrent (see below).
The guides are a little out of date as far as the bittorrent programs, but the username and password information for the router (and its configuration) will be right.
I actually did not suggest BitTorrent (it is automatically underlined here at AfterDawn) but it is a good client.
The confusion comes because bittorrent is a generic name for all bittorrent programs (Azureus/uTorrent etc) and a brand name for a particular bittorrent program (BitTorrent).
The newer BitTorrent actually is uTorrent (with BitTorrent DNA added) and for purposes of forwarding, the uTorrent info will be what you need.
Some of the guides have outdated uTorrent screens, so if it does not match post back and I will see if I can post an updated screen shot where you need it.
