Help with BitTornado

[joshbr7257]

ok im tryingto use bit tornado i have a D-Link router and a kerio personal firewall installed on my computer. im using windows xp which i think has a firewall to? well my problem is: when using bt it just stays yellow and wont go green, can someone please help me?

ps: dont just give me a link to thier faq site, iv allready read it like 10 times...no help.

[TalkingOctopus]

The light is yellow because people cannot connect to you directly.  You need to open a incoming port by configuring your firewalls and router.

[joshbr7257]

im confused

[pointdablame]

im confused

he explained exactly what you need to do.  IN order to share correctly on bittorrent, you need to be on an open port, or port range.  Read your router manual and figure out how to open up ports.  Then set up bittornado to use those ports specifically (or the port range if you use a range)

[joshbr7257]

ok i did the 192.168.*** stuff and opend up a port called bit torent and opened up the range to 6881-6889 but now how do i do it inside of bit torent?

[TalkingOctopus]

After you open a port, go to the preferences in bit tornado and change the port number to whatever port you opened.

But since this wasn't clear enough:

1) Open a bit tornado
2) Start a torrent
3) Click on Prefs in the upper right
4) Change the port number range in the upper right
5) Have fun downloading!

[knuttz]

If you absolutely cannot figure out how to configure your router (and assuming you are running windows) you can try BitComet.  It does some kind of voodoo magic and gives me fast downloads even with no open ports.  I used it when I was at school and didn't have access to their router.

[joshbr7257]

every time i try to download BitComet it says no server or something iv tried 3 places, can you get me a link?

[Jabba]

www.bitcomet.com

Fully agree with previous comment made on BitComet.

Prolly the best Torrent software on the net. It's fast, and full of good statistics...