[nflug] bittorrent setup

[Franklin Kumro Jr]

You might have, I don't use those programs so I don't know the ports.  
Check the individual program settings...

Don't share -> that's how they get you

On Nov 18, 2007, at 6:41 PM, Joe wrote:

> 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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