Settings for torrent box with utorrent or similar

far_ken_beauty

Hi all,

I have done a bit of searching on the best way to setup (NAT rules and port forwarding) to dedicated torrent machine using utorrent or similar. I have tried a few things and can't seem to max out my connection.

There always seems to be torrent traffic blocked because of the ports the traffic comes in on.

I tried the settings below and it speeds the torrents up alot. But is this to open? Basically everything nearly open to the one machine. Machine will be just used for torrent.

NAT port forward rules
WAN TCP/UDP 82 - 65535 192.168.xxx.xxx (ext.: xxx.xxx.xxx.250) 82 - 65535

Firewall rules
TCP/UDP * * 192.168.xxx.xxx * *

Thanks.

GruensFroeschli

For bittorrent you need:
Allow "all ports outbound"
and allow "a single port inbound" on which your torrent client is listening.

You dont need to forward all ports. Only the one you configured in the torrent client.

far_ken_beauty

Thank you.

So the default LAN rule should cover "Allow all ports outbound" as below.

Proto Source Port Destination Port Gateway

LAN net * * * *

I would just need to create a NAT and port rule to allow "a single port inbound" on which your torrent client is listening like..
This example would be if my torrent client was listening on port 22000.

NAT
If Proto Ext. port range NAT IP Int. port range
WAN TCP/UDP 22000 192.168.xxx.xxx (ext.: 59.167.xxx.xxx) 22000

RULES
Proto Source Port Destination Port Gateway
TCP/UDP * * 192.168.xxx.xxx 22000 *

GruensFroeschli

Yes like this.

padial

Hi, I wanna know if I can make the same posted before, but with more than one machine, and how to do it.
Thanks a lot….

GruensFroeschli

You add more than one port forward?

Did you even try? ???

gerd

i don't know utorrent (i don't use that kind stuff under m$ enviroment) but i know most of torrent clients need more than one forwarded port (e.g. clients of torrentflux)
they usually use one port per torrent (10 torrents => 10 ports) but you have to open exact the same with portforwarding which are configured in the clients config.
i know only one or two for *nix which need only one port (e.g. rtorrent) (okok one additional fuer udp dht)

ciao gerd

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