Opening ports

I'm trying to open up some ports so I can use Azureus to download torrents. I know I have to go to Sharing, then to firewall, and add 'Azureus' as an option, but how do I enter in all the ports without typing them all in. For example, i want to enter ports 6881-6999 (ports for bittorrent I think) but don't want to type them all in manually. Any help?

 

Did you ever enable the Firewall, because it is Off by default?

To answer your question:
System Preferences --> Sharing --> Firewall, then Select New, Port Name: Other, then type 6881-6999 into the TCP/UDP and type Azureus as the Description.

However, you can configure Azureus to use a specific port. Just Open Azureus and select Azureus --> Preferences --> Connection then type in the port you want to use (I use 60606 for TCP/UDP - it's easy to remember). Alternatively, you can use the Azureus Configuration Wizard to do this.

Are you using a router? If so, which one? Because you'd need to configure it as well.

 

As eternal mentioned, if your firewall is off (which it should be by default unless you turned it on), there'd be no need to open up ports in it.

www.portforward.com is a good place to figure out how to configure your router. Depending on your router though, you might not even need to do that.

 

Yes, I'm using a router. It's a Linksys BEFSR41. So I'm assuming I have to open ports with the router, too.


Thanks, eternal.

 

Yes, but there are several different versions of that router so just find the right version here (it's the same link as taelrak, just directly to the Port Forwarding Guide Section).

Also for more help check out the Azureus Wiki and Nat Problem or post additional questions on here, of course.

 

Is there any to go around setting up my router again (right now its dynamic ip, but it should be static from what i gather) and using a different bt program. On my old pc I just used BitLord and never had to mess with my router to get good speeds.

 

Well, you still can download without forwarding your ports on any client. It'll just be much better with your port open. (i.e. you should've done this for your old PC too to get optimal speeds).

www.portforward.com has instructions on setting a static ip address. In OSX, you go to system preferences > network > ipv4 > manual, and then enter your info there.

You can find out the rest of the info either on your router's admin site, or through your isp, but portforward.com has instructions.

Can't you just enable NAT port mapping though and let your client do all this automatically? Or does your router not support upnp and nat-pmp??

 

Alright I followed this http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm guide on how to setup a static ip. Wasn't too hard but I have a question: Do I need to repeat this process on my two other computers (my MBP and another PC)?

 

Only if you plan on forwarding ports on them too.