# torrent help needed
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [November 5, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225 "2005-11-05T11:30:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/1 "2005-11-05T11:30:44Z")
so i decided to get in on the whole torrent thing. i downloaded azereus to my iBook. found the torrent i needed, and opened it. i got an error saying i needed port 6881 open in order to DL it. i’m sure you can use any port as long as it’s open in the router, but this is where it gets complicated. there’s a business complex a couple hundred feet down the street from my house that broadcasts an unencrypted wi-fi signal off of a T1. i’m not exactly paying for a cable modem. is there anyway to get around this? my room mate is able to do it on his computer, so i know it’s possible, but he doesn’t know how he did it.
thanks guys.
EDIT: i’m running OS 10.3.7 if it matters.
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/2 "2005-11-05T11:32:09Z")
unencrypted t1… holy shit gold mine.
you might be able to change the port in azereus… i havenet messed with that in a long time… and my laptop is mia for the time being 😢
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### Author:  [@Poose22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Poose22)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/3 "2005-11-05T11:32:13Z")
if you sell some phones i’ll tell ya…just kidding, i have not idea dude
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/4 "2005-11-05T11:37:55Z")
> [@krazyjon](#):
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> unencrypted t1… holy shit gold mine.
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> you might be able to change the port in azereus… i havenet messed with that in a long time… and my laptop is mia for the time being 😢
you wouldn’t believe my excitement when i plugged in my wi-fi card for the first time and saw something besides “Linksys” as a network there. it was a great day cancelling adelphia.
i don’t really understand the whole port thing i guess. do i just try random ports until i get something that’s open? since i’m stealing the connection, i can’t exactly call them and ask them what to do.
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/5 "2005-11-05T11:38:50Z")
> [@Poose22](#):
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> if you sell some phones i’ll tell ya…just kidding, i have not idea dude
couldn’t you just have looked up from your computer 5 feet across the kiosk from me and told me that?
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/6 "2005-11-05T11:44:23Z")
i betting that the wifi you are connecting to are blocking the ports that you need…
can you get on the net regular like? like browse yahoo…
btw what you are doing is illegal… just so you know :snky:
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/7 "2005-11-05T11:45:18Z")
lol im thinking if its a business its blocked, the SSID might be there but the ports are blocked.
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/8 "2005-11-05T11:49:51Z")
> [@Dex](#):
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> couldn’t you just have looked up from your computer 5 feet across the kiosk from me and told me that?
🤣
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/9 "2005-11-05T11:57:35Z")
> [@krazyjon](#):
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> i betting that the wifi you are connecting to are blocking the ports that you need…
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> can you get on the net regular like? like browse yahoo…
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> btw what you are doing is illegal… just so you know :snky:
i suspect it’s illegal, but i’ve also heard from numerous sources that because it’s unencrypted, it’s legal. i don’t really know, but i’ve been using it for about 6 months with no problems other than varying bandwidth and range issues. i sometimes drop the signal. using the net for browsing is fine. no issues at all.
as for them blocking the port, i’m not sure that’s the issue. i’ve been using limewire with NO issues at all for awhile now.
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### Author:  [@Poose22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Poose22)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/10 "2005-11-05T11:58:11Z")
> [@Dex](#):
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> couldn’t you just have looked up from your computer 5 feet across the kiosk from me and told me that?
i think it was just funnier to post instead.
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/11 "2005-11-05T12:01:41Z")
its def illegal, but only if u get cought 🙂
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### Author:  [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/12 "2005-11-05T12:08:54Z")
Damn if there is no encryption on the wifi than chances are there is a default password on the router…
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/13 "2005-11-05T12:11:41Z")
> [@BuickGN](#):
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> its def illegal, but only if u get cought 🙂
it’s been 6 months and both me and my room mate use it heavily, so i’m not too worried. thanks for the heads up though :tup:
> [@itsJim](#):
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> Damn if there is no encryption on the wifi than chances are there is a default password on the router…
there’s no password at all. the password isn’t the issue, it’s the port. i don’t understand what you are saying.
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### Author:  [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/14 "2005-11-05T12:18:12Z")
> [@Dex](#):
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> there’s no password at all. the password isn’t the issue, it’s the port. i don’t understand what you are saying.
The password to administer the router, not to use the wifi… From there you could probably setup port forwarding (if it uses NAT). There probably are ways to get around the port issues tho… Sounds like a question for google if no one has an answer.
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/15 "2005-11-05T12:21:15Z")
there is a pw on the router, i set mine up that way, since we get ppl around here searching for wifi all the time, lol
dummies
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/16 "2005-11-05T12:29:14Z")
> [@itsJim](#):
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> The password to administer the router, not to use the wifi… From there you could probably setup port forwarding (if it uses NAT). There probably are ways to get around the port issues tho… Sounds like a question for google if no one has an answer.
oh cool. i see what you are saying. how would i get into the router settings and what is a default password? i know nothing about computers. sorry.
and i did google it. i came up with this [portforward.com](http://portforward.com) site. it just confused the hell out of me and i said fuck it, i’m gonna post in the huge nerd corner. lol.
and word buickGN, we had ours like that too when we had adelphia.
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### Author:  [@Poose22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Poose22)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/17 "2005-11-05T12:32:28Z")
maybe you should just get a Dell.
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/18 "2005-11-05T12:34:49Z")
way to be that guy. maybe i should walk across the kiosk and punch you in the face. you still have yet to give me one reason why i should switch to windows.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/19 "2005-11-05T12:35:37Z")
log into the router and give ur ip adress access to the port necessary to use bit torrent
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/20 "2005-11-05T12:36:48Z")
heh. that sounds great…
how do i do it?
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