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wireless help

10-08-2005 05:13PM

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ricey

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i got wireless set up today from ibb and everything is fine for now
but i cant get bitcomet to work any help would be great.

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#2 10-08-2005 08:37PM

MarkR

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Is your firewall blocking it?

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#3 11-08-2005 08:53AM

gordonnet

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did you open the relevant ports on the router:

TCP: 6969
TCP: 6881 - 6889

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#4 11-08-2005 08:54AM

gordonnet

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if you dont have a router open them in the windows firewall, bitcomet.exe can also be added to the allowed list.

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#5 11-08-2005 09:20AM

Wolverine_1999

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I wouldn't advise using that Windows built-in firewall, only causes trouble. use something like mcafee or blackice

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#6 11-08-2005 10:30AM

ricey

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Ya i got it now all is cool. i never use windows firewall pice of crap.
and most of the torrent sites i would use block them ports.
use bigger ports like 60000 or 54636

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