Firewalled?!

[Mr.Metal]

Hello, I hope someone can help me out on this one.

I have been seeding a bunch of DVDs that I have downloaded from the site, however it seems that I am firewalled and thus my ratio in some other sites it's taking a big hit. I want to seed a show here in metpage, but I have noticed that not everyone can connect to my computer.

Could anyone help me to have my torrent client open to anyone, but still have my firewall working for all my other stuff?

I don't know much about computers, so I don't know how to do that.

If it helps, I use Azureus and I use a Mac.

Thank you in advance.

[damage jackal]

control panel, windows firewall, exception tab, click add program and select your program. thats should be it, luck

[Kat]

control panel, windows firewall, exception tab, click add program and select your program. thats should be it, luck

He is using a MAC... so good luck on finding the control panel and the Windows firewall!

I can't help you from the top of my head, I will need to be back in my office on Tuesday to check that one on the Mac, I am still using a Windows computer at home (not for long anymore though ) ... if you can wait that long, I am sure I can figure something out

[Elmoz]

well you are using cable modem, many cable companies always block the ports, so there is nothing you can do about it.

[sjmike]

Do you use a router at all? That could be your problem.

[Mr.Metal]

well you are using cable modem, many cable companies always block the ports, so there is nothing you can do about it.

I don't know about that, I am with the same company and didn't have that problem with Windows, I was still using cable internet.

Do you use a router at all? That could be your problem.

No, a modem and that's it. But I went to the tradersden to download a show and when I came back, it said below my ratio:
FIREWALLED, so I am thinking that my firewall it's the only issue.

[sorrowman]

Sometimes you need to forward a port in the modem/router you use. Some ISP's provide their customers with a modem that is actually a moden and router in 1 device. And while some have uPNP (which means ports are forwarded automatically if need be) some older or cheaper modems require you to manually punch a hole in the modem/router firewall in order for Torrentz to work correctly/

[sjmike]

From my readings "Mac OS X has come with a built-in firewall since its very first release. By default it's switched off."

Open up the Sharing system preference, choose the Firewall tab, and press Start to enable it. There you can also configure it to allow certain ports or programs access.

[Kat]

Mike is right here, you have to open up the System Preferences, choose Sharing in the Internet & Network area, select Firewall, hit Start (<-should already be running, as you say you want it to keep on working for your other programs), New->Port Name: Other->TCP Port Number(s):*enter Port used by Azureus, can be set in Azureus->Preferences->Connection*... restart Azureus and you should be good to go.

Btw, did you ever try to use Transmission instead of Azureus? That’s what I use on the MAC, never had problems there...