[ccrider895]

Originally Posted by Racketguy25

Alright, I guess I underestimated the kindness of strangers, can someone at least just point me in the right direction . . . ?

Er, okay. First of all patience might be a help, as this is the weekend, and lots of us are off doin' stuff that we can't do during the week.

As far as a BT client I would recommend either Azuereus or utorrent. Probably utorrent if you're a newb. It's a little easier to work with, and uses less bandwidth.

once you install your new BT client, change the default port # your client uses to a random one:

PORT RANGES

A range within the region 49152 through 65535 is preferable, cf. IANA. Notice that some clients, like Azureus 2.0.7.0 or higher, use a single port for all torrents, while most others use one port per open torrent. The size of the range you choose should take this into account (typically less than 10 ports wide. There is no benefit whatsoever in choosing a wide range, and there are possible security implications).

Write down the 5 digit port number you chose, as you will need it to forward your ports and become un-firewalled.

You first should forward your port number in McAfee. You need to get into the firewall tab and keep hitting "advanced" options until you get to the port section. I think it's called something else like "utilities" I don't use it anymore so I don't remember exactly.

When you find the section you must "add" the name of the bittorent application, and then enter the port number you chose into all the ingoing & outgoing connections (like 4 times).


next, this link: http://www.portforward.com/

will tell you how to configure your router to open your bitorrent ports. Just look up your router & follow directions. There's a few messy ones that require a static ip, so if that's the case you will have to get one from your isp.

You can still use bitorrent if you are firewalled, but it works so much better when you're not. If you get on a torrent with only one seed who's also firewalled, then you're SOL. Ya dig?

*Last, but important. If your isp happens to be Comcast, then you're probably being "sandvined". You can look that up on this site if necessary. Long story short, you'll also need to enable encryption in your BT client.



Whatever one you choose, just search out the wiki for your new client and read more about it before you need to ask questions that will be answered in there.

Good luck!