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Firewalling for the Microsoft Windows XP Firewall






 

BitComet chooses a random port to listen on when you install it. Before we can open ports for BitComet, we need to find out what port BitComet is using. Go ahead and open BitComet.



In the menu at the top of your screen, click Options. Clicking Options will cause a menu to drop down. In this new menu click Preferences.



In the menu on the left the top option Connection should be selected. On the right hand side of this window you should see a Listen Port option. That is the port that you need to open. You can change it if you like. Please enter the listen port below.

BitComet's Listen Port:

There is one more thing we need to do. We need to shut off the UPNP of BitComet.



In the menu on the left hand side under Advanced, click Connection. There should be an Enable UPnP Port Mapping(XP only) checkbox on the right hand side. Make sure it is unchecked.

Go ahead and open up Microsoft Windows XP Firewall. There are a variety of ways that you can get into the Windows XP Firewall. The method that we are going to list should work for most people. Start by clicking on the Start button on the bottom left of your screen and then click on Run. You should see the Run dialog box.


Type the word control into the Run dialog box and click the Ok button. This will take you to the Control Panel.


Click the Security Center link near the bottom left of the page.

Your control panel may look different. If it does, then find the link called Windows Firewall. This will take you straight to the firewall settings page.


Click the Windows Firewall link near the bottom right of the page.




Remove the checkmark from the Don't allow exceptions checkbox.

Click the Exceptions tab.


We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to setup Windows XP Firewall's firewall for BitComet. Go ahead and enter the settings shown below into the Add Port menu.

Click the Add Port button to open up the Add a Port window.
Add A Port
    
Use these settings to open a port through Windows Firewall. To find the port number and protocol, consult the documentation for the program or service you want to use.
       
       
Name  
Port Number  
  UDP  
       
What are the risks of opening a port?
 
Click the Ok button when you have entered all of this data. When you are finished, click the Ok button to close the Windows Firewall. You're done!