Port Forwarding difficulty with uTorrent
Doc Doofus:
When I have talked to Charter techs, they seem to know well how the usual P2P clients work.
There are plenty of good reasons to use utorrent that have nothing to do with pirating. I'll give you a GREAT example: I have been downloading all the old Doctor Who episodes from the 60's, 70's, and 80's. I like the Tom Ford (the fourth doctor( episodes from the late 70s the most, although some of the early black and white Hartmann (first doctor) episodes are great. I particularly recommend the 2 1/2 hour black and white episode(s) "Invasion of the Daleks."
Torrent links here:
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/20103992/the+first+five+doctors?tab=summary
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/17775765/fourth+doctor?tab=summary
The Fourth Doctor torrent is particularly fast.
--- BACK TO SERIOUS BUSINESS NOW ---
Poor Lion. Maybe this will help.
I tried installing a new wifi router on my system last night and followed the directions at portforwarding.com to set it up for utorrent. It does ask you to provide a Static IP, and even gives you directions on how to set up your config so you do have a static IP, but I just ignored that part. And that is what Lion was asking about. You don't absolutely need a static IP. Your router assigns you a dynamic IP, and that's good enough because it usually doesn't change.
You can find out what your current IP is by opening a Dos Box and typing in "ipconfig." It will tell you your current IP, as well as irrelevant things like yuor subnet mask, etc. Very likely, it will tell you that your current IP is something like mine. 192.168.2.2 Just treat that as if its a static IP.
Downside: There is a chance that your router will assign you a different IP if you turn the router off and on frequently with more than one computer online. Personally, I have never had it happen, but just in case, I open up a firewall port for 192.168.2.3 and 192.168.2.4, just in case. That way I can also use utorrent on my laptop. But this is all extra credit work, not necessary to get you going.
Lion:
Thank you Doc ;D I may go back to fiddling with utorrent again once I understand the security issues better.
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