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    Bittorrent blocked by Dell security software?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by arrow, Sep 5, 2006.

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    I am having trouble connecting to bittorent files using BT clients such as bitcomet. I know that its not my campus network because people tell me that it works on the university network. I am suspecting that it is one of those Dell preinstalled security software which I signed up for(one of them is Trend Micro Pc-cillin, not sure about the rest).

    What can I do??? Help!
     
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  2. Minger

    Minger Notebook Consultant

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    This may sound dumb, but try opening the port on the Windows Firewall.
     
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    I have already listed Bitcomet as one of the exceptions not to be blocked by the Windows firewall
     
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    outkastland Notebook Evangelist

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    There would be absolutley nothing I can see dell being able to do to stop you from using bit torrent.
     
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    Try Azureus and run its test to see if your firewall is playing nice. It's probably the best Bittorrent GUI out there anyhow.
     
    brianstretch, Sep 5, 2006
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