danieljames Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 When I run utorrent my firewall (zonelalrm pro) begins to register many intrusions incoming, as many as 5 a second. The downloads and uploads I make go at a rate as high as 3kb/s, which is to be expected as my bandwidth is restricted. These intrusions are adressed to a range of ports, none of which are the one I selected for utorrent's use.I assume these are wasting my bandwidth, is there anything I can do about them?edit: By the way, the intrusions continue after utorrent is closed untill my ip adress is changed. Of the nearly 2 million i have recieved, 7 are "high rated."Also, while I'm asking, the FAQ recomends ports over 1000. I was just wondering what's so good about them as I couldn't get ports in that range to work, and am using number 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Your firewall is wrong.http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#Help.21_.C2.B5Torrent_is_sending_e-mails.2Faccessing_the_web.2Fetc.21The second part is caused by you receiving UDP packets from peers the DHT network. Turn off the blocking, it's not blocking any intrusions, it's a dumb firewall blocking legitimate connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 @danieljames: Ports over 1000 are recommended because ports below 1000 are reserved ports for services, and so you run the risk of the port you choose being used already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danieljames Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Ah thanks, i don't know how i missed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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