# torrent help needed **URL:** \ **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:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/21 "2005-11-05T12:38:17Z")
lol u need the router password and port forwarding is a bitch, i had to do that for my ftp, took me hours to figure it all out ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/22 "2005-11-05T12:39:09Z")
yeah im not about to spend too much time explaining that shit, but thats wat u need to do in order to get it to work EDIT: Just Fucking Google IT ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/23 "2005-11-05T12:41:55Z")
your best bet is that theyre network admin is a dummy. hes prolly not tho. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/24 "2005-11-05T12:46:49Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > your best bet is that theyre network admin is a dummy. > > hes prolly not tho. He probably is if he hasn’t secured his wifi. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/25 "2005-11-05T12:59:20Z")
there’s also a tech shool in the same complex. it’s erie 1 boces. it could be free for the students. i don’t really know. if i do log in the router and give my IP to the port, would that be blatantly obvious to the admin. i’d rather not mess up a good thing for a copy of photoshop and a bootleg of FF7 advent children. know what i mean? ---
**Author:** ![Poose22](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poose22/32/7252_2.png) [@Poose22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Poose22)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/26 "2005-11-05T13:01:12Z")
> [@Dex](#): > > 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. i shouldnt have to explain, you should know it’s just all around better ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/27 "2005-11-05T19:09:58Z")
> [@Dex](#): > > there’s also a tech shool in the same complex. it’s erie 1 boces. it could be free for the students. i don’t really know. > > if i do log in the router and give my IP to the port, would that be blatantly obvious to the admin. i’d rather not mess up a good thing for a copy of photoshop and a bootleg of FF7 advent children. know what i mean? yes it would be, and he’ll also have ur mac address logged, which is the physical address of your computer ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/28 "2005-11-05T19:11:04Z")
> [@Poose22](#): > > i shouldnt have to explain, you should know it’s just all around better ur wrong i run windows, but prefer linux 10000x better. OS-X is also very good but i dont have a mac so i suck EDIT: linux and OS-X are both unix based so essentially theyre the same thing ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/29 "2005-11-05T19:14:56Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > ur wrong i run windows, but prefer linux 10000x better. OS-X is also very good but i dont have a mac so i suck > > EDIT: linux and OS-X are both unix based so essentially theyre the same thing The linux kernel is based on unix, while osx has a BSD kernel which IS unix. Sounds the same but they are different. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/30 "2005-11-05T19:18:18Z")
:word: ur right, ide say that the two operating systems in general are extremely similar when using(depending on distro). SUSE linux is a good example ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/31 "2005-11-05T19:26:33Z")
Back on-topic… Azureus (or any other BT program) should still work with the port closed, it just won’t let you share the file… While that sounds like a Good Thing, with BT it actually isn’t because if you don’t upload any of the file it will limit how fast you are able to download. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/32 "2005-11-05T19:32:02Z")
> [@itsJim](#): > > Back on-topic… Azureus (or any other BT program) should still work with the port closed, it just won’t let you share the file… While that sounds like a Good Thing, with BT it actually isn’t because if you don’t upload any of the file it will limit how fast you are able to download. If u dont share it at all it will take u forever to download ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225/33 "2005-11-07T11:27:37Z")
tools \> options \> connection \> incoming tcp listen port. change it to 10032. ports 6881-6999 are heavily monitored and the admin will quickly realize what is happening. you’ll only be able to initiate your own connections (can’t accept connections initiated by others) without port forwarding, but you can still dl. just not as fast as you otherwise would be able to… damn we need a fucking torrent FAQ… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/torrent-help-needed/4225.md?page=1)