Azureus - Port Forwarding & Whats the best version?

willhub · 15 Sep 2007 at 00:45

Hi.

When I am setting up Azureus I need to enter a port, but any port comes up as connections refused etc.., I've tried forwarding those port but with no luck

I have a Netgear DG834V3 Router.

Also, what is the best version of Azutrus, this new one comes with a totally different interface and seems to be slower.

Whats the best torrent app currently out?

Thanks
Willz.

Caged · 15 Sep 2007 at 00:51

uTorrent. Turn UPnP on in your Netgear settings.

willhub · 15 Sep 2007 at 00:56

Caged said:
uTorrent. Turn UPnP on in your Netgear settings.

Ok thanks, will I get faster speeds with Utorrent too?

UPnP is on, how should I configure it tho? or do I just not touch any of it's settings?

VeNT · 16 Sep 2007 at 01:08

upnp should be on anyway by default, make sure its on in azureus (better than utorrent tbh) current ver is fine but make sure to set everything to advanced so you don't have to mess around with vuse

A2Z · 16 Sep 2007 at 01:25

VeNT said:
azureus (better than utorrent tbh)

agreed, utorrent is for total noobs who need something simple looking

JayMax · 16 Sep 2007 at 10:19

I personally don't agree with enabling UPnP on a router.
Have a look at portforward.com and see if you can get the rules set properly.

How is Azureus better than utorrent?

willhub · 16 Sep 2007 at 12:08

I've tried using PFConfig, also disabling Windows Firewall, still Azureus says the ports aint working:

Testing port 4871 ...
Unable to test: Invalid port given, or test service failed.
Another application may already be using this port..
(Error: Read timed out).

Street · 16 Sep 2007 at 12:17

Try using a higher port.. In the around 50k. Give yourself a static IP and then forward that port on your router to your IP address.

I would advise against using UPnP and set it up manually. Also Azureus seems to be better than Utorrent just make sure you are using v2.5 instead of 3!

willhub · 16 Sep 2007 at 12:44

Street said:
Try using a higher port.. In the around 50k. Give yourself a static IP and then forward that port on your router to your IP address.

I would advise against using UPnP and set it up manually. Also Azureus seems to be better than Utorrent just make sure you are using v2.5 instead of 3!

AOL uses Dynamic IP's tho, so that means static IP's are useless right?

I tried setting it to static IP in the router but then my connection died.

iMacMart · 16 Sep 2007 at 13:02

Utorrent all the way!

willhub · 16 Sep 2007 at 13:51

tweakinfreak said:
Utorrent all the way!

Why?

VeNT · 16 Sep 2007 at 14:22

because he can't cope with anything more advanced

sushi · 16 Sep 2007 at 16:12

willhub said:
AOL uses Dynamic IP's tho, so that means static IP's are useless right?

I tried setting it to static IP in the router but then my connection died.

he means setting your pc/laptop up with a static ip in the TCP/IP properties of your network card.

willhub · 16 Sep 2007 at 17:33

sushi said:
he means setting your pc/laptop up with a static ip in the TCP/IP properties of your network card.

Oh, I dont know how to do that

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TheVoice · 16 Sep 2007 at 18:12

What's wrong with using uTorrent? Seems fine to me.

iMacMart · 16 Sep 2007 at 20:41

VeNT said:
because he can't cope with anything more advanced

Yeah you got it? :rolleyes:

I find it a great tool, light on processes easy to tweak to get the best speeds!

Haven't used anything else for months since finding this!

NeilF · 17 Sep 2007 at 11:31

VeNT said:
because he can't cope with anything more advanced

Another vote for uTorrent here!

After trying a number of different bittorrent clients I settled for uTorrent in the end. Does everything I need, easily!

alexakasloth · 17 Sep 2007 at 11:42

VeNT said:
because he can't cope with anything more advanced

that would be my reason

Wicksta · 17 Sep 2007 at 21:27

I moved away from Azureus as I found it to be a complete resource hog. uTorrent seems to work a lot better for me.

Street · 17 Sep 2007 at 21:34

sushi said:
he means setting your pc/laptop up with a static ip in the TCP/IP properties of your network card.

Yeh thats what I meant..

willhub said:
Oh, I dont know how to do that .

Just go into the TCP/IP properties of your network and assign a static IP. That is probably why the port forwarding isn't working! You need a static LAN IP.

Alternatively, you could do it through your router and assign a certain IP to your MAC address..