Firewall must allow BitTorrent Traffic
February 9, 2008
Make sure your firewall do not block BitTorrent traffic. It is of no use, if you properly tweak your BitTorrent client, just to find out that your firwall is the culprit for limitting your BitTorrent client.
If you are using Windows XP’s default Firewall, Go to:
Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Exceptions
Than add your BitTorrent client execute file to trusted programs, and the ports you configured.
I strongly discourage using Windows XP Firewall. Get a decent software firewall like Comodo Personal Firewall, PC Tools Firewall, or Sygate Personal Fiewall (discontinued product). These are free and much better than the one that came installed with Windows XP SP2.
Another way is to use a combination of both software and hardware firewall. The hardware firewall I am referring to is your wireless router (this feature is nowadays found on most wireless routers).
