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| 372105 | 2005-07-14 11:12:00 | ok i jsut installed azureus(torrent client) on my comp in my room(attatched to home network direct male to male connection my comp is windows xp sp2 but the host/amin comp is windows 2000 pro) but whenever i test the NAT / server port the test fails(port 6881 azureus default but i have tried other ports to no success :( ) so can someone pelase tell me how i would go about setting up port forwarding so that azureus can actually connect to the net??? btw im running zone alarm pro on both machines if that helps =S thanks for any help Codex |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 372106 | 2005-07-14 13:27:00 | Basically you needa get your Win2K PC to be forwarding port 6881. IIRC this can be done in the network settings somewhere. There are programs that do just that, but I cant think of any other than sshWindows and PuTTY combined. Wait and see if somebody else knows how to send the port - Otherwise do a search for specific apps... Tweak'e recommended me a free proxy server a while back, a*x but I cant remember what was in between the a and the x in the name :-/ Its been a good few years. Ah well.... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 372107 | 2005-07-14 13:36:00 | Hi, I recently did this to get direct connect working in active on my network. I found this (www.portforward.com/) site to be very useful. You basically choose you router from the list on the site then choose the application you want to foward the ports for, it gives you step by step instructions with screenies to help you along the way. It even shows you how to set up a static IP for your pc on the network with easy instructions and screenies. Hope this helps. [Edit] Zone alarm *should* not disrupt your network as it should detect it as soon as you attach your pc to it. Just allow access to the network with the wizard and allow the torrent app access that it needs. Zone alarm does do some weird things sometimes like blocking access to a network when you have allowed it, this happeded to me a few times with older versions but it seems ok with the current version (to solve the problem on older versions disconnect from the network and restart zone alarm then reconnect). [/Huge Edit] |
cold_fusion (6537) | ||
| 372108 | 2005-07-14 14:23:00 | thanks for trying but nothing has worked so far :( | Codex (3761) | ||
| 372109 | 2005-07-14 21:59:00 | cold_fusion: Its not a router in this case however... I am under the impression its a Win2K port-forward to a WinXP client?! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 372110 | 2005-07-14 23:57:00 | ummmm :S you knida confused me there, the windows xp comp needs to connect to the net throguh the windowss 2000 pro comp, wihch it does through ics, but i need azureues to be able to use port 6881, and that s what im stuck on | Codex (3761) | ||
| 372111 | 2005-07-15 02:55:00 | Yes, so you need the Win2K PC to be forwarding port 6881 to your WinXP PC. No router has been mentioned yet, which is why I was suggesting that cold_fusion may be on the wrong path there.... If nobody has posted an appilcation to forward the ports, I'll tell you how to use SSHWindows later tonight Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 372112 | 2005-07-15 02:57:00 | I don't think microsoft ICS has any port forwarding capabilities. try a different program. A proxy won't work - they are only for outbound connections (in my limited experience). |
Greven (91) | ||
| 372113 | 2005-07-15 03:16:00 | Gotta say, I've tried bittorrent, bittornado, and Azareus amongst others, and the only program that could beat it past my dumb router was BitComet. Truly recommend it. The problem with not having an open port is that other bittorrent users can't connect to you, you have to connect to them, thus if both users don't have an open port they will never connect to eachother, and never share data. For a long time I tried portforward.com and other sites getting it all right, but my bittorrent programs wouldn't receive incoming connections. Bitcomet somehow busted past all my NAT/router firewall crap, and as proof I have a lot of connections initiated by "Remote". Heavily suggest you try BitComet, as soon as you get Remote connections, you know that you've busted through the "yellow light" or NAT problem. PS here are the options which BitComet has which can be helpful: Enable NAT/Firewall Configuration in ICS/ICF (XP only) Enable UPnP Port Mapping (XP only) Remove Port on NAT/Firewall (XP only) Use NAT Traversal via UDP |
Ramon_Herber (8467) | ||
| 372114 | 2005-07-15 05:16:00 | But its _NOT_ a router issue! Azureus also does UPnP etc The problem is getting Win2K to forward a port to WinXP Its _not_ an ICS issue, you're right Greven, and i had not suggested it was. IIRC though you can go into the Network COnnection Properties and amend certain things, one of which I was thinking might be a Forwarding option. So let me spell it out: WHAT IS NEEDED: A program that runs as both a client, and a server, on Win2K + XP, and forwards ports between them! |
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