BitTorrrent

[Rich]

Does anyone have any thoughts on why bittorrent might be not working on
my new spangly Ubuntu box?

BT works on the laptop - which is behind the same router.

[Chuck]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:36:52 +0100, Rich wrote:

> Does anyone have any thoughts on why bittorrent might be not working on
> my new spangly Ubuntu box?
>
> BT works on the laptop - which is behind the same router.
>

What are the symptoms? Are you having problems dl torrents or uploading?
Also, I'm kinda assuming you are using the built-in Gnome-Bittorrent
client on Dapper. Let us know if you're not.

--
Chuck

[Rich]

Chuck wrote:

> What are the symptoms? Are you having problems dl torrents or

uploading?

The client fails to connect to the tracker (usually),very occasionally
it manages, but only connects to 1 or 2 peers.

> Also, I'm kinda assuming you are using the built-in Gnome-Bittorrent
> client on Dapper. Let us know if you're not.
>

I've tried both that, bittornado and azureus.

[Toby Newman]

On 2006-04-14, Rich <nntp@taylormadesolutions.net> wrote:

> Does anyone have any thoughts on why bittorrent might be not working on
> my new spangly Ubuntu box?
>
> BT works on the laptop - which is behind the same router.

The router may be forwarding BT's ports to the laptop rather than the
ubuntu box.

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[Rich]

Toby Newman wrote:

> On 2006-04-14, Rich <nntp@taylormadesolutions.net> wrote:
>

>>Does anyone have any thoughts on why bittorrent might be not working on
>>my new spangly Ubuntu box?
>>
>>BT works on the laptop - which is behind the same router.

>
>
> The router may be forwarding BT's ports to the laptop rather than the
> ubuntu box.
>

Well... I have a fix - just stuck the ubuntu box into the DMZ. Not
ideal, but it'll do for now!

[SINNER]

* Rich wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:

> Toby Newman wrote:

>> On 2006-04-14, Rich <nntp@taylormadesolutions.net> wrote:
>>

>>>Does anyone have any thoughts on why bittorrent might be not working
>>>on my new spangly Ubuntu box?
>>>
>>>BT works on the laptop - which is behind the same router.

>>
>>
>> The router may be forwarding BT's ports to the laptop rather than the
>> ubuntu box.
>>

>
> Well... I have a fix - just stuck the ubuntu box into the DMZ. Not
> ideal, but it'll do for now!
>

It is very simple to fix the problem. The BT site has pointers to FAQ's for
just about every model router.

--
David