uTorrent (or any client) in firewall server access not required..

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i decided to try something....

first of all my connection is 1Mbit/256k (114kb/s - 26kb/s)

and i use uTorrent of course, my modem is a D-link 210 USB

with no router, NAT or any other things, simple adsl modem,

my firewall is ZoneAlarm Free and Nod32 antivirus.

NOW, i decided to disable SERVER ACCESS in the firewall for uTorrent

and see what happend, so i closed utorrent and rebooted pc,

when i loaded uTorrent and started downloading i still get same speeds UP and DOWN.

that is 95kb/s down - 20kb up and while the bottom thing is YELLOW

it doesnt seem to make a single difference.

so why everyone including utorrent, bitcomet, azureus and all other clients

say you must give SERVER access to your bittorrent client?

i'd be glad to know.

Thanks.

[Firon]

Because they open a listening port so you can receive incoming connections.

http://bt.degreez.net/firewalled.html

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i want to get attention from peers....so i enabled Server Access to uTorrent again now.

Thanks a lot for the great website Firon, much appreciated.