FatRat:- Only 4 digit port numbers for bittorrent?

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Suo_Eno

FatRat:- Only 4 digit port numbers for bittorrent?

Post by Suo_Eno »

It's a nifty additional protocol feature to have in a dl manager but yes that's my issue?I thought it'd be tidier if I don't have to have a separate bt client installed but the only way I can get the port numbers up to 5 digits are by entering 9999 and scroll up (click arrow up or scroll button on mouse) from there?Copy paste trick won't work.Which is a very tedious thing to do considering that I've forwarded ports 49158-49159 on my router.Anyone else with this issue?
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conslie

Re: FatRat:- Only 4 digit port numbers for bittorrent?

Post by conslie »

Not sure what client you are using, but this seems buggy if nothing other is available Or maybe you have not found the "how." Try Deluge and go to preferences/network and you should see a random 5-digit port. Open it in your firewall and go. On the other hand, 6881-6891 are standard for torrents, and provided as step one for new users.
Suo_Eno

Re: FatRat:- Only 4 digit port numbers for bittorrent?

Post by Suo_Eno »

conslie wrote:Not sure what client you are using, but this seems buggy if nothing other is available Or maybe you have not found the "how." Try Deluge and go to preferences/network and you should see a random 5-digit port. Open it in your firewall and go. On the other hand, 6881-6891 are standard for torrents, and provided as step one for new users.
Thanks for your reply :) It's FatRat Download Manager.Still keeping it for FF's Flashgot and normal dls.Yes I have the latest Deluge 1.3.0 from the ppa installed and it works as expected.
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