Bittorrent

[h90]

I used "Transmission" opened the port for the IP on the router and it worked super fast.....

After an update (but I am not sure if that is the reason) of the system yesterday. The port is reported closed. I still have the same IP and the same port and the router is OK.

Possible that Ubuntu has closed that port and what is the way to check that?

[Richard-BKK]

One of the easiest ways to work with a Linux firewall, for ex-MS-Windows users is to use the package “firestarter”. Firestarter is a graphical firewall which makes it easy to control in a similar way some MS-Windows firewalls will work.

You can install firestarter by your Synaptic Package Manager, if you cannot find it you can search for it.

After you have installed firestarter you can easily open ports, close them, analyze incoming connections, block traffic from IP addresses, or open some traffic but block other...etc

By the way we use Azureus/Vuze, mainly because it works on all computers we have (Win/Mac/Linux), but I have never complained about the configurability or download speeds, even with a ToT connection (which to some is the worst provider in Thailand).

[thaimite]

I have never had a problem with Ubuntu and ports. I have firestarter installed on my home system as it was previously the easiest way to set up Internet connection sharing, but that is feature now part of Ubuntu. so I have not installed a firewall on this laptop.

For Torrenting I mostly use Qbittorrent which is open source and like Vuze works on all platforms. I say "Mostly use" because it is not an allowed torrent for thebox.bz, although they contacted me last week to say they would start testing for inclusion on their white list if they can have enough volunteers to assist.

Qbittorent is lightweight, fast and is tryng to be the uTorrent for Linux. The developer is very receptive to ideas and it is very much an ongoing project. Give it a try

[h90]

One of the easiest ways to work with a Linux firewall, for ex-MS-Windows users is to use the package “firestarter”. Firestarter is a graphical firewall which makes it easy to control in a similar way some MS-Windows firewalls will work.

You can install firestarter by your Synaptic Package Manager, if you cannot find it you can search for it.

After you have installed firestarter you can easily open ports, close them, analyze incoming connections, block traffic from IP addresses, or open some traffic but block other...etc

By the way we use Azureus/Vuze, mainly because it works on all computers we have (Win/Mac/Linux), but I have never complained about the configurability or download speeds, even with a ToT connection (which to some is the worst provider in Thailand).

No, it does not show the port a blocked. Something else in ubuntu must block it.

[h90]

found the answer....Either true or the router is blocking the port.

Reason: unknown

It isn't a OS issue