On Sunday 05 February 2006 01:28, under.actuate@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >Hey all, > >What's the best way to go about opening the required firewall ports to > allow Azureus? > For the newest bittorrent 4 something, I'm using this script, located in /etc/sysconfig directory: --------------- #!/bin/bash BTFORWARDADDR=192.168.71.3 PORTSTART=6881 PORTEND=6999 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i ppp0 -p tcp --dport $PORTSTART: $PORTEND -j DNAT --to-destination $BTFORWARDADDR /sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -s $BTFORWARDADDR -p tcp --dport $PORTSTART: $PORTEND -j ACCEPT --------------- called iptables-pass-torrent, and although I'm all eth0 and eth1, that ppp0 isn't hurting it. Then, to shut it back off, I just do a service iptables restart, which reloads my default rules. Don't forget to port forward those ports in your router too. :) >-jared -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
