[Marxism] Bittorrent

[Craig Brozefsky]

Les Schaffer wrote:
> Louis Proyect wrote:
>> I think email from Bhaskar Sunkara cleared up why I was having problems. 
>> I am using a Linksys router and apparently you have to open up some 
>> ports since the router has a built-in firewall. Given the headaches I 
>> have had with my router over the years, I am not sure it is worth it.
> 
> bittorrent works fine for me with a Linksys router and no port 
> forwarding specifically for bittorrent.

Depends on the firmware version, and if it supports (and has enabled) 
UPnP, which is how your bittorrent client tells the router which ports 
to forward from its external interface to your laptop.