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Old 2006-03-27, 10:15 AM
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Re: firewall exceptions

Yes, if your port number is red, then you are firewalled and it could mean that you aren't getting the best upload/download rates possible. If you are firewalled, then you may not 'talk' to anyone else who is firewalled. So, it limits the number of peers to may upload/download with and thus make your speeds lower than they could be if you could 'talk' to all the peers. If you aren't firewalled, then you may 'talk' to all the peers and get better speeds.

You need to forward your ports in your XP firewall, input the same ports into your bittorrent client (make sure you turn off random ports if your client has an option for that) and you must forward those same ports through your router/modem (go to portforward.com for instructions for your particular router/modem).
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