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NAT port forwarding help

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  • 12-10-2004 3:59pm
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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭


    Ok, so I've got a small home network with internet access through IOL zyxel router. Everything working fine... I have a bittorrent client on one pc and have allowed port forwarding for it's ip address etc, great! Now what if I want to get a second pc's bittorrent client to operate? The router will only allow the port forward range for one ip address and will reject any attempt to use this range on a second ip address! So, my question is..can this be done?
    Can the port range be divvied out between pc's? If so what is a good number (of ports) to use for each pc?....
    Hope somebody can assist.
    :cool:


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    Chalk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭Chalk


    change the range of ports by bt on the second pc...

    ie use 6881-6889 on pc1
    and use 7881-7889 on pc2


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭degsie


    Thanks Chalk, just one point of clarification... I thought that bt port range is 6881 - 6889 (or i've seen 6881 - 6999). So is it ok to use a range outside these limits :rolleyes: ?
    Ta


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    Chalk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭Chalk


    its better to use ports outside the range
    try going up over 49152 into the private port range

    it wont matter too much in ireland as isps dont monitor / throttle ports here
    but its still better to be safe

    if your azureus you only need 1 port per pc
    if its tornado you need one port for every torrent you download
    usually no more than 4 or 5 on 512kbps


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