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| Thread ID: 77039 | 2007-02-25 01:34:00 | Help with Linux... | ronyville (10611) | Press F1 |
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| 527883 | 2007-02-26 18:33:00 | Hi. How are you connecting to them? via "run" and typing the IP addresses? I assume you have Samba installed on the Linux box? |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 527884 | 2007-02-27 05:24:00 | Hi. How are you connecting to them? via "run" and typing the IP addresses? I assume you have Samba installed on the Linux box? All 3 of the computers are connected through a switch ( if thats what u are asking me but doesnt seem like it..) and yes samba is running on the linux machine. Another Problem!! I installed bittorrent on the linux machine ( after struggling with it for 3 days) and the d/load rate is really slow (around 5 - 12 kbps) .. How do I get the bittorrent to bypass the firewall??? I found some info in certain commands that open up ports that bittorrent uses but it a bash file and i got no idea on how to use it or where to put it!!! (Please keep in mind that m a linux newbie... dont kno too much about using linux in command mode..) cheers |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 527885 | 2007-02-27 06:57:00 | All 3 of the computers are connected through a switch ( if thats what u are asking me but doesnt seem like it..) and yes samba is running on the linux machine. Another Problem!! I installed bittorrent on the linux machine ( after struggling with it for 3 days) and the d/load rate is really slow (around 5 - 12 kbps) .. How do I get the bittorrent to bypass the firewall??? I found some info in certain commands that open up ports that bittorrent uses but it a bash file and i got no idea on how to use it or where to put it!!! (Please keep in mind that m a linux newbie... dont kno too much about using linux in command mode..) I mean how are you getting to the explorer window of them? IE run then typing the IP address or PC name to get into it or are you going via network places? Are the ports open? is there a fair amount of seeders? try the same torrent on a Windows box that you know runs well with torrents (if you can) Well all I can say is Google (www.google.com) ;) |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 527886 | 2007-02-27 07:36:00 | I mean how are you getting to the explorer window of them? IE run then typing the IP address or PC name to get into it or are you going via network places? Are the ports open? is there a fair amount of seeders? try the same torrent on a Windows box that you know runs well with torrents (if you can) Yup, I go to network places and access the files from there. I do not know how to check for the open ports but the torrent clients shows icons saying "firewalled, downloads will be slow". I also tried putting the ports on the firewall exception list but when i access the firewall options again it gets removed. I disabled the firewall and the download rate started accelerating... but the firewall turns back on again after a few minutes.. by itself. Any way of configuring it in the GUI mode... ( i m really bad at doin things in command mode..) cheers |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 527887 | 2007-02-27 07:58:00 | I have found the network places to be a horrible way to get to things... try opening a run box and typing the IPs of the machines that you want to connect to, that might make a difference. I am not sure how to open the ports with the firewall cause I don't know what you are using... |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 527888 | 2007-02-27 08:05:00 | I am not sure how to open the ports with the firewall cause I don't know what you are using... I m just using the default firewall on fedora core 6.. |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 527889 | 2007-02-27 08:15:00 | I use KDE under Fedora so I am not sure where Gnome hides items on the menus if you are using that. Have a look around for Security Level and Firewall or just use ALT-F2 and enter in system-config-security and then your root password when prompted. This will give you a GUI for the Firewall. Personally I tried adding the appropriate ports under "Other ports" but it didn't really make a difference to the download speeds with torrents for me. A bit naughty, but I just turn off the Firewall when I need to download the odd file as my router uses NAT anyway. I turn the Firewall back on again as soon as I am finished. One day when I can be bothered I will see if I can sort out the Firewall to allow the port rule to work properly, but I don't grab that many Linux ISOs these days so it doesn't really worry me. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 527890 | 2007-02-27 08:21:00 | I use KDE under Fedora so I am not sure where Gnome hides items on the menus if you are using that. Have a look around for Security Level and Firewall or just use ALT-F2 and enter in system-config-security and then your root password when prompted. This will give you a GUI for the Firewall. Personally I tried adding the appropriate ports under "Other ports" but it didn't really make a difference to the download speeds with torrents for me. A bit naughty, but I just turn off the Firewall when I need to download the odd file as my router uses NAT anyway. OK... like i said that i do turn off the firewall but it turns bcak on again (by itself) after a few minutes.. How do you keep yrs off altogether? I dont even know what desktop (KDE or GNOME) m using.. lol (bloody linux newbie...haha) |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 527891 | 2007-02-27 08:47:00 | If you find most stuff on the menus start with a K and the taskbar is located at the bottom of the screen with a letter K for the "Start" button equivalent, then you are using KDE. You would of had to select the KDE desktop as an extra during the default install to get this. If you have the taskbar across the top of the screen with maybe a footprint for an icon, then that is Gnome. Not sure why your firewall doesn't stay disabled as I haven't had that problem. Maybe this was a bug that was fixed in an update? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 527892 | 2007-02-27 08:53:00 | If you find most stuff on the menus start with a K and the taskbar is located at the bottom of the screen with a letter K for the "Start" button equivalent, then you are using KDE. You would of had to select the KDE desktop as an extra during the default install to get this. If you have the taskbar across the top of the screen with maybe a footprint for an icon, then that is Gnome. Not sure why your firewall doesn't stay disabled as I haven't had that problem. Maybe this was a bug that was fixed in an update? Ok .. thanks .. so now I know that m using KDE (most of the stuff start with K).. only thing left is the firewall (its stuffin up my downloads ::angry ) anyways i'll keep googling it till i find something.. if not than back to the old windows life for downloading :) cheers |
ronyville (10611) | ||
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