Bittorrent

[Brian Kelsay]

Azureus (http://freshmeat.net/projects/azureus/ ) is a Java Bit Torrent client for the viewers at home.  Rich, why would you want UPnP to be able to run a BT client? 

 I mentioned Bit Tornado ( http://freshmeat.net/projects/bittornado/ ) because it ran on Windows and Linux as Azureus should and it is a smaller download, although to build the Windows installer yourself you need Python installed and the Nullsoft installer.  There is even a BUILD.Windows.bat that will build it for you after you have the pieces.  Under Linux you need wxpython.  There are prebuilt Windows Bit Tornado binaries out there.   The readme for Bit Tornado gives all the info you need to build it and install under either platform.  There are about four lines required to install either one.   Then, as I've said several times, you open a range of ports.  The default is 6881-6889, but you can change this after it is running.  How hard is that Johnathan?   All within about 3 pages max of readme and FAQ.  

All the extra pieces you might need for building are easily acquired from Google in a few minutes.  If you choose the Java route, good luck.   You may have Java installed already, so that may be an easier route for you.  For some it has been troublesome.  The last time I installed Java, I got a dead easy j2re installer from java.com.  You run from the CLI and just have to agree to the license.  You will probably have to change some permissions along the way, but I have already digressed too much.


Get Bit Tornado here: http://freshmeat.net/redir/bittornado/52212/url_tgz/BitTornado-0.3.7.tar.gz  only 173Kb
Get Azureus here:   http://freshmeat.net/redir/azureus/50968/url_bz2/Azureus_2.1.0.4_linux.GTK.tar.bz2 4.3Mb



Brian Kelsay

>>> "Richard A. Franklin" <> 10/07/04 06:33PM >>>
Brian Kelsay wrote:

>With Bittorrent and its brother BitTornado, getting a file becomes as easy as double clicking on it and choosing where to save.  That is pretty easy if you ask me.  Now for those with a firewall, there are simple instructions on the BitTornado site.  You do need to know how to login to and alter your firewall.  I opened a range of ports quite easily on IPCop, which I then disable after I finish getting the torrent and serving for a while.
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Okay, I continue to glean useful hints, and actual instruction, by 
opening kclug mail ... and curiosity overcomes total laziness. Besides, 
I just bothers me to use Windows to latch onto a Linux distro ISO 
torrent to feed to my finicky laptop.

After reinstalling Azureus (azureus-2.1.0.4-0.gbv.3.i586.rpm ... using 
SUSE 9.1 PRO), I received "NAT Error" when testing my setup with the 
config wizard ... after checking a couple of router "how to" sites, it 
seemed that I perhaps needed to adjust my router settings. Like, maybe 
enable UPnP? I still did not know for sure, so I toyed with it a bit.

Enabling UPnP had no effect; however, all is well after disabling the 
SUSE firewall (DUH?) ... Azureus opens little info windows, indicating 
which ports are being opened, and for what purposes, and it just works, 
regardless of whether I have checked, or unchecked the UPnP box in my 
router setup.