A Quick Bittorrent Guide (with screenshots)

caf4926 · #1 (**permalink**) 14-Dec-2008, 12:49

A Quick Guide to Setting up Ktorrent

First let me say, this is not a comprehensive guide and was written for OpenSuse 11.1 using KDE4.2

Start ktorrent and go to settings – configure ktorrent – Network
You need to enter your Port(TCP) and UDP tracker port. You can use the default or select your own as in the image. Write them down.

TORRENT CLIENTS

Ktorrent Network settings
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3...ettingsne3.jpg

Vuze/Azureus
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9...ettingsbp3.jpg

SUSE SYSTEM

Now open Yast - Security and Users and go to Firewall
Yast Security and Users
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/5792/firewall1iy1.jpg

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/922/firewall2jb9.jpg

Then to Allowed services
Yast Firewall go to Allowed Services
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5...rewall3mj9.jpg

Then the Advanced button. Brings a box. Here add the port numbers you selected for use in ktorrent or Vuze and wrote down!
Allowed Services – Advanced
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5...rewall4wq9.jpg

ROUTER

If you have a router, then the same ports need to be opened there too. The link here should help as it covers a wide range.
Port Forwarding for Routers
PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall
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Axeia · #2 (**permalink**) 07-Jan-2009, 04:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by caf4926

If you have a router, then the same ports need to be opened there too. The link here should help as it covers a wide range.
Port Forwarding for Routers
PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

Alternatively look in the configuration/options section of both Vuze and KTorrent for the 'uPnP' plugin. If your router supports uPnP and it's enabled all you have to do is enable the plugin.

geoffro · #3 (**permalink**) 07-Jan-2009, 05:25

The supplied pics are so low resolution that they are almost impossible to read

/Geoff

Axeia · #4 (**permalink**) 09-Jan-2009, 16:39

If you enable the webui plugin, take the same steps for opening ports but now for port 8080 (TCP only) for kTorrent.

For Vuze the port depends on the plugin you use as there is more than one web backend.

BenderBendingRodriguez · #5 (**permalink**) 10-Jan-2009, 14:05

The torrent clients are so unfortunate that Vuze is heave like hell while ktorrent looks good only on KDE 4 DE. I propose to add Transmission for a Gnome DE. Greatest ever

scraghty604 · #6 (**permalink**) 04-Feb-2009, 16:06

so i did everything till i got to the router i see were i am suppose to set the ports but i guess i need to have a static ip adresse how do i do that...

Axeia · #7 (**permalink**) 04-Feb-2009, 16:25

First, run
ifconfig (as root) in a console and leave the window opened while you go to:
Yast - Control Center > Network settings

On the first tab (Global options) set it to ifup, on the second tab edit the settings of the network card to reflect those that you find via ifconfig, once you're done hit ok and reboot.
(Okay.. it's linux and I'm sure there is a command or some other steps to take where you don't have to reboot.. but I don't know 'em)

Alternatively, look in your router to see if it has a setting to link your MAC address (unique address of your network card) to a set IP.
Your mac address is listed with ifconfig as well, called "HWaddr" there instead.

caf4926 · #8 (**permalink**) 04-Feb-2009, 21:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by scraghty604

so i did everything till i got to the router i see were i am suppose to set the ports but i guess i need to have a static ip adresse how do i do that...

I think you are mixed up. When you say static IP - I'm sure what you are meaning is your LAN IP.

Each device that connects to a router is assigned an IP on the LAN either by DHCP or by rules in the LAN IP setup according to the MAC address of each device.

For bittorrent you are better not to use DHCP assigned LAN IP. But assign each device that connects an IP in a range.

For netgear the router IP is: 192.168.0.1
so the first device that connects will be 192.168.0.2
and so on..

In LAN IP setup in the router you can specify a range, so say you have 8 possible devices that may connect the range will be starting from 192.168.0.2 and end at 0.9

You assign an IP in the range to the MAC of connecting devices, and for wireless you have to setup those in the access list in wireless settings.
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You don't have to do it this way, DHCP is possible but I don't find it works as well. You still need to add the ports required by your torrent client in to the firewall rules and select allow all.