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Article: Setting up a router for Bit Torrent.
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- Computer Act!ve
- Article date:
- February 21, 2008
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Setting up a router for Bit Torrent
Bittorrent can be very useful for downloading some legal but large files but in order to use it effectively, it may be necessary to make some adjustments. You may need to customise the Bittorrent client's advanced options, change firewall settings or open certain ports on your router.
If your router and firewall are both compatible with Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), then speed problems can be fixed easily. In the Bittorrent software click View, then Settings. Click the Network tab, and put a tick in the box next to 'Enable automatic port mapping (UPnP)'. Note that it may also be necessary to enable UPnP on your ...