OK, I've got annoyed with not being able to access any web whilst the rest of the house has P2P running etc...
If I block all ports from 1025 to 65534 are there any obvious ones that I'll need to open in order for the web to work in general?
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by Fogmeister » Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:43 pm
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Re: Port blocking
by JJW009 » Mon Jul 05, 2010 12:02 am
Most games, VoIP and instant messenger apps use ports in that range. For example, MSN uses TCP/UDP 1025 - 65535 for various things.
The best solution for file sharing is a router which supports some kind of bandwidth management. A lot of different routers have various options.
Incidentally, I use ports 443, 80 and 8080 for bittorrent. It helps other people to get around their firewalls to improve my download speeds.
The best solution for file sharing is a router which supports some kind of bandwidth management. A lot of different routers have various options.
Incidentally, I use ports 443, 80 and 8080 for bittorrent. It helps other people to get around their firewalls to improve my download speeds.
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by Nick » Mon Jul 05, 2010 12:54 am
What router do you have? As JJ says a lot of routers have software that mean you can throttle certain IP/MAC addresses and/or protocols and/or ports to certain speeds.
Even if your router doesn't support this sort of stuff out of the box, software like DD-WRT/Tomato gives you those features and cab run on nearly all routers.
Even if your router doesn't support this sort of stuff out of the box, software like DD-WRT/Tomato gives you those features and cab run on nearly all routers.
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