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Firewalling for the Microsoft Windows XP Firewall






 

Since you are reading this guide, I'm going to assume that you have Bit Tornado installed. Open up Bit Tornado.



Close to the top you will see a Prefs link. Go ahead and click that link now.



The Port Range box defines the ports that Bit Tornado will use. These are the ports that you need to open to your computer. Bit Tornado does not need the full 50,000 ports that come predefined. Go ahead and uncheck the Random checkbox. Enter 10000 into the From box, and enter 10010 into the To box. If you expect to download more than 10 files at the same time, then you should make this range of ports larger.



On this page there is a UPNP Port opening drop down box. Open it up and set that box to disabled. We are not going to use UPNP to open our ports. Now go find your router on our routers page, and open the port range you set above.

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 BitTornado. 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.

You should see another page of settings below that need to be added to Windows XP Firewall. Open up a new Add Port page and enter those settings.

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.

You should see another page of settings below that need to be added to Windows XP Firewall. Open up a new Add Port page and enter those settings.

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.

You should see another page of settings below that need to be added to Windows XP Firewall. Open up a new Add Port page and enter those settings.

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.

You should see another page of settings below that need to be added to Windows XP Firewall. Open up a new Add Port page and enter those settings.

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.

You should see another page of settings below that need to be added to Windows XP Firewall. Open up a new Add Port page and enter those settings.

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.

You should see another page of settings below that need to be added to Windows XP Firewall. Open up a new Add Port page and enter those settings.

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.

You should see another page of settings below that need to be added to Windows XP Firewall. Open up a new Add Port page and enter those settings.

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.

You should see another page of settings below that need to be added to Windows XP Firewall. Open up a new Add Port page and enter those settings.

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.

You should see another page of settings below that need to be added to Windows XP Firewall. Open up a new Add Port page and enter those settings.

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.

You should see another page of settings below that need to be added to Windows XP Firewall. Open up a new Add Port page and enter those settings.

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!