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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 340121" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Bittorrent is a give-and-take system, that is, the more you share, the faster you're able to download. So, you have to set your router's firewall to allow your machine to act as a server. Sitting behind a firewall, your machine is blocked from sending, so you get very little bandwidth in return from Bittorrent.</p><p></p><p>There are a number of tutorials for configuring your firewall (Google the terms: Configure, Firewall, Bittorrent). Here's an <a href="http://userpages.umbc.edu/~hamilton/btclientconfig.html" target="_blank">example</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 340121, member: 24098"] Bittorrent is a give-and-take system, that is, the more you share, the faster you're able to download. So, you have to set your router's firewall to allow your machine to act as a server. Sitting behind a firewall, your machine is blocked from sending, so you get very little bandwidth in return from Bittorrent. There are a number of tutorials for configuring your firewall (Google the terms: Configure, Firewall, Bittorrent). Here's an [URL="http://userpages.umbc.edu/~hamilton/btclientconfig.html"]example[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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