[nflug] bittorrent setup

Joe josephj at main.nc.us
Sun Nov 18 18:41:55 EST 2007


By installing firestarter, did I just kill gnutella/Limewire file
sharing? Are there ports I need to open?

Joe

Franklin Kumro Jr wrote:
> I don't know what firewall is installed by default, I always had to
> install mine in Ubuntu ( I used firestarter, great GUI interface). Do
> you have your router configured to forward ports? If not your going to
> have to access its administration panel (website) and that depends on
> what kind you have.
>
> Open what ever firewall you have installed, and allow ports 6881-6889.
> If you don't see a firewall then install firestarter (sudo apt-get
> install firestarter) and then you can go to the policy tab, add
> policy, and select bittorrent.
>
> Now to the Azureus issue, I never used it do to it being a slow pig. I
> can only help you when it comes to deluge (http://deluge-torrent.org)
>
> On Nov 16, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Joe wrote:
>
>> Reply inline:
>>
>> Franklin Kumro Jr wrote:
>>> Usually you only need a tracker if your creating your own torrent to
>>> distribute. When I download I don't need any sort of tracker (the
>>> torrent responds to the tracker but I'm not hosting it). For another
>>> program try deluge and make sure to enable encryption.
>> Azureus started working, but now crashes as soon as soon as I run it and
>> it displays a splash screen and the next screen comes up.
>>
>> bigbird at sananda:~/pq$ azureus
>> changeLocale: *Default Language* != English (United States). Searching
>> without country..
>> changeLocale: Searching for language English in *any* country..
>> changeLocale: no message properties for Locale 'English (United States)'
>> (en_US), using 'English (default)'
>> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
>> Major opcode: 145
>> Minor opcode: 3
>> Resource id: 0x0
>> Failed to open device
>> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
>> Major opcode: 145
>> Minor opcode: 3
>> Resource id: 0x0
>> Failed to open device
>> #
>> # An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
>> #
>> # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xb3d57172, pid=12530, tid=3084282768
>> #
>> # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.6.0-b105 mixed mode, sharing)
>> # Problematic frame:
>> # C [libglibjni-0.4.so+0x9172]
>> #
>> # An error report file with more information is saved as
>> hs_err_pid12530.log
>> #
>> # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
>> # http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
>> #
>> Aborted (core dumped)
>>
>> The log has a ton of stuff in it starting with a bunch of messages about
>> "Thread blocked"
>>
>>>
>>> The ports you need open are defined by the program, just open your
>>> firewall for those ports, redirect ports on the router. After your
>>> download completes put the firewall up and block any incoming
>>> connections since your not sharing it anymore (unless you want to
>>> seed).
>>>
>> I have no idea how to do that. I have whatever firewall is built into
>> kubuntu. It works great, but I didn't put it there or configure it. Any
>> help?
>>
>> Joe
>>> -Frank
>>>
>>> On Nov 16, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Joe wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm trying to use a torrent for the first time. I am currently doing a
>>>> download using azureus (kubuntu feisty). I also tried ktorrent. Both
>>>> applications want me to set up a "tracker", but neither will tell me
>>>> exactly what it is or how to set it up. I think it's a utility to help
>>>> share my download with others.
>>>>
>>>> Howto?
>>>>
>>>> Also, even though azureus seems to be working, it complained about a
>>>> port being closed (probably for sharing the downloaded file). How do I
>>>> set that up?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Joe
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