gnome Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 I noticed that programs such as Azureus or uTorrent etc instruct their users to open this or that particular port. Some even try to get you to switch to a static IP address. Something tha is impossible for some users such as myself. My question is, is their something similar in BitComet that i'm not aware of. I've been using the program for a while now and so far I on ly ever allowed the program access through my firewall and that was all I ever did. No port opening, no static IP nonsense, nothing else. I don't know if this has affected my download speeds or not. Although lower speeds I always thought were due to lack of seeds/peers rather than my own configuration. Maybe i'm wrong. Does anyone know if I should actually be playing around with ports? Is it just a factor effecting speed or is it critical to download a torrent at all (assuming i've already allowed program access through my firewall)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 If you don't have a L.A.N., then there is no need to setup a static IP address on your computers, nor forward ports in your router (since you don't have a router). If you do have a L.A.N, then its your internal IP addresses that have to be static, so your router knows which computer to send the data to. Suspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnome Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 I do have a ADSL modem though. Isn't that like a router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 If there is only one computer, then no, it is not a router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnome Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 IC - thanks for all the info. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBobJr Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Hey I am hooked to a home network and how would I get my PC to open ports on my computer using bitcomet to not use up all bandwidth on home network and still able me to download files online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kluelos Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Read and follow the settings guide, it will tell you how to do both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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