On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Gary <[email protected]> wrote: > BitTorrent or apps that use P2P technologies (e.g. Skype) do not need > an inbound open port in order to work as they were designed with NAT > in mind. That kind of traffic not easily blockable on SOHO networking > gear unless something like DD-WRT has been installed on them which has > an option to block P2P traffic.
BitTorrent can download from seeds or peers that are not behind NAT (or port forwarded) but cannot find a BitTorrent peer that is blocked by NAT. If your BitTorrent client is behind NAT, once you begin to download from someone who is not behind NAT, they will be aware of you, and can download from you, but others who you aren't connected to yet won't be able to find you. So NAT will limit BitTorrent seeding and downloading, but not stop it. -- Michael Weinberg Volunteer Personal Telco Project, Inc. A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit -- The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
