hadd2022 Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Hi guys, if this question has been answered somewhere I apologize, I have looked at alot of documentation/faq but none have given me the answer i need.My situation: I am living in an appartment complex that provides cox highspeed internet, 11kbsdl/9kbsupload on dslreports. I have to sign up and register an acct to use the internet. From what I have read, it appears that there is no way I can forward ports since I dont have the access to do that. (is this true?)I have been told that there are open ports on the network, but short of testing 10000-60000 manually with the speedchecker built into utorrent I do not know how to uncover these ports. Is there any program I can use that can detect ports that would allow incoming connections?Also if low ports such as the 400s are open, is it alright to try and use them? I know that other programs use these ports and its not suggested but as a last resort? I have been using port 443 but it is still not working. I am not sure if you have to use a 10k+ port or I have something else messed up to make 443 not work.Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 http://www.grc.comAnd try Shields Up link... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadd2022 Posted May 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 I could only find a method to test 64 ports at a time. Are there any alternatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 This method won't work. All you can do is ask whoever runs the network in your complex to forward it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadd2022 Posted May 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Ah really? Thats not good news. Bittorrent is not supposed to be used. If i said i needed a port forwarded for another application, could i go ahead and just use that port for bittorrent?Basically what I am asking is, if i ask them to forward a port do they just "open" it for anything, or only for a specific program?*edit* Would a proxy be a possibility? I was trying to set one up but it was not working, am i doing something wrong or am i wasting my time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Yes, any port will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Alderaan Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Basically what I am asking is, if i ask them to forward a port do they just "open" it for anything, or only for a specific program?Open is a misleading word. Forwarding is more accurate. The router should forward incoming traffic on the µtorrent port to your PC. There is almost no chance a port is forwarded to you right now so you will have to ask your admin to forward one to you. A lot of games require a port forward if you want to host a game. You *could* use that as excuse. However Bittorrent traffic is easy to detect and the chance a decent networkadmin finds out you are running it especially after you ask for a port forward is fairly large.Proxy is useless in this case. If anything connecting through proxies makes forwarding ports even more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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