Short answer: Use the --ip x.x.x.x option
Long answer:
My internal network uses the private ip space of 192.168.1.0/24. The firewall/router NATs the private IPs to a single IP address (for DSL users this may be dynamically assigned each time).
We have a very tight firewall so I had to allow new connections out on 6969 and all connections on 6881-6889. New connections to the public IP address had to be forwarded to the private computer running bittorrent.
Finally, when running btdownloadcurses.py I had to specify --ip x.x.x.x where x.x.x.x is the public IP address everyone else sees. Else, BT used my private IP which doesn't do anyone any good.
btdownloadcurses.py --ip pub.lic.ip.add --minport 6881 --maxport 6889 --max_upload_rate 100 my.torrent
The transparent proxy could cause you troubles if the IP is not the same as your router IP.
Often I check for transparent IP servers by going to http://www.grc.com. Steve Gibson has the useful ShieldsUp! tool that among other things probes your common ports. It will tell you exactly what IP address it sees you surfing with. If it is different than your router or your PC than there may be a proxy between you an grc.com.
How do you bypass a transparent proxy you don't control?
I set up a Celeron computer with two 80 gig drives. I put the computer in a separate building from the office, but still connected to the LAN.
Using rsync, I synchronize the main fileserver over to the backup computer on a regular basis. You can 'snapshot' days and weeks of data without using lots of hard-drive space by using the fine tutorial written by Mike Rubel.
I set-up the workstation's "My Documents" default to point to a shared drive (S:) on our fileserver. This automatically points everyone to the right place without even looking at their system. I also harp on how important it is to save files to the shared drive.
Everytime they start their laptops, a batch file in the startup group opens. They can choose to abort (if they are not connected to the lan) or continue with a backup.
Because it uses rsync, only their changes are saved to the backup computer. This usually only takes a minute or two. Most users have other things to do while it is backing up.
The system cost $600. I have had two complete laptop failures since then with full recovery. Not only that, I can recover files accidently written over almost two months later. The investment was worth every single penny!
Go to a school, business, or other municipality who is threatened with an audit and make an offer to switch their system to Linux.
For example, the school in Oregon says it will probably have to pay $500,000 to be in full license compliance.
Switch would come and offer to change all internal systems for the school over for $400,000 to a complete Linux system. The school saves $100,000 and gets a license free system in the process.
My favorite suggestion from this horrible show is that the astronauts could not possibly have ridden on the Saturn V because the rockets were so loud, the astronauts would never be heard over their radios.
I guess whenever I fly on an Boeing 767 they use sign language to talk to the tower and any conversations I have with other passengers is just my imagination.:)
Freshmeat is great for listing software, but it does not evaluate its usefulness.
Furthermore, not all software is listed. For example, the link you gave does not list Zelerate, an open source system that competes with commercial packages costing thousands of dollars.
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Short answer: Use the --ip x.x.x.x option Long answer: My internal network uses the private ip space of 192.168.1.0/24. The firewall/router NATs the private IPs to a single IP address (for DSL users this may be dynamically assigned each time). We have a very tight firewall so I had to allow new connections out on 6969 and all connections on 6881-6889. New connections to the public IP address had to be forwarded to the private computer running bittorrent. Finally, when running btdownloadcurses.py I had to specify --ip x.x.x.x where x.x.x.x is the public IP address everyone else sees. Else, BT used my private IP which doesn't do anyone any good. btdownloadcurses.py --ip pub.lic.ip.add --minport 6881 --maxport 6889 --max_upload_rate 100 my.torrent The transparent proxy could cause you troubles if the IP is not the same as your router IP. Often I check for transparent IP servers by going to http://www.grc.com. Steve Gibson has the useful ShieldsUp! tool that among other things probes your common ports. It will tell you exactly what IP address it sees you surfing with. If it is different than your router or your PC than there may be a proxy between you an grc.com. How do you bypass a transparent proxy you don't control?
Using rsync, I synchronize the main fileserver over to the backup computer on a regular basis. You can 'snapshot' days and weeks of data without using lots of hard-drive space by using the fine tutorial written by Mike Rubel.
I set-up the workstation's "My Documents" default to point to a shared drive (S:) on our fileserver. This automatically points everyone to the right place without even looking at their system. I also harp on how important it is to save files to the shared drive.
For laptop users, I setup a cygwin-minimal-rsync system. All backups are encrypted through ssh. Furthermore, the backup server is restricted to only running rsync backups.
Everytime they start their laptops, a batch file in the startup group opens. They can choose to abort (if they are not connected to the lan) or continue with a backup.
Because it uses rsync, only their changes are saved to the backup computer. This usually only takes a minute or two. Most users have other things to do while it is backing up.
The system cost $600. I have had two complete laptop failures since then with full recovery. Not only that, I can recover files accidently written over almost two months later. The investment was worth every single penny!
Business idea for Linux company:
... say ... Switch.
Let's call the company
Go to a school, business, or other municipality who is threatened with an audit and make an offer to switch their system to Linux.
For example, the school in Oregon says it will probably have to pay $500,000 to be in full license compliance.
Switch would come and offer to change all internal systems for the school over for $400,000 to a complete Linux system. The school saves $100,000 and gets a license free system in the process.
Too many times I've opened a site that uses all the fancy features of IE5/NS6 and actually contains no really useful information.
It is the sites that use basic HTML (even hand coded) that I often find the best and most useful information.
Content and usability are king. If you can find a compelling reason to use DHTML, then use it. Otherwise, forget it, stick to basic code.
CrzyLune
My favorite suggestion from this horrible show is that the astronauts could not possibly have ridden on the Saturn V because the rockets were so loud, the astronauts would never be heard over their radios.
I guess whenever I fly on an Boeing 767 they use sign language to talk to the tower and any conversations I have with other passengers is just my imagination. :)
Please, give us a break, Fox!
CrzyLune
Freshmeat is great for listing software, but it does not evaluate its usefulness.
Furthermore, not all software is listed. For example, the link you gave does not list Zelerate, an open source system that competes with commercial packages costing thousands of dollars.