bittorrent, azureus, ports and routers

[Thufir]

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:08:45 -0400, Peter Reed wrote:

> Thufir wrote:
>> I'm presently downloading a torrent with the bittorrent-gui, which seems
>> to be progressing fine.  However, I've previously run into problems with
>> azureus.
>> 
>> Azureus is a bittorrent client.  What's happening that bittorrent, itself,
>> works fine, yet azureus doesn't work due to blocked ports?  What is a port?
>> 
>> Apparently bittorrent works regardless of blocked ports.  What is it about
>> azureus that's different?
>> 
>> 
>> thanks,
>> 
>> Thufir
>> 
>> 
>>
> You will have to open ports in your router to get azureus to work
> properly.
[...]

I don't have the password to the router :(


-Thufir