Configuring Extreme for Bittorrent

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Configuring Extreme for Bittorrent

Can anyone provide me with some tips for configuring the Airport Extreme with relation to bittorrent? I'm after the correct port forwarding techniques.

I'm using Windows XP Pro.

Thanks in advance.

Ken

Dell, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Apr 13, 2007 3:02 PM

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Answer 1

Tesserax

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Apr 13, 2007 3:12 PM in response to kshane

In a nutshell, you need to perform, at least, two steps:
- Assign a static IP address to the device, that will be hosting Bittorrent.
- Set up Port Forwarding on the AirPort Extreme Base Station identifying the ports required for Bittorrent communications.

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kshane Author

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Apr 13, 2007 3:30 PM in response to Tesserax

Ok, can you be a little more specific? I know what the ports are (6881-6889), and the ip address. How do I enter that information in the configuration utility?

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Answer 3

Apr 13, 2007 4:21 PM in response to kshane

Using Airport Utility, select your AEBS by double clicking, then click on the Internet icon. If your AEBS is set up to Share a Public IP address, then there should be a tab labeled NAT. Check Enable NAT Port Mapping Protocol, then Configure Port Mappings. Click on Port Mapping on the next panel, then + to enter the mappings.

As previous poster indicated, you should assign a static IP on your private LAN to the computer that is going to be doing all the Bit Torrent heavy lifting. There can only be one.

All else fails, consider reading the Apple manual:

Designing Airport Extreme 802.11n Networks.pdf downloadable from the Airport support pages.

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