Tutorial for Utorrent with Comodo Firewall 3

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[itsdesp]

Thanks for your reply Xplorer 4x4,
                                               i cant believe what a dumb idiot ive been. I had related the word "above" in the sentence to meaning (possibly) a set of rules that Ragwing had written in Option 1 ?. What a Richard head. Anyway Xplorer 4x4 thanks for your swift reply.

[itsdesp]

Hi everyone,
                  ive followed Ragwings option 2 settings to the letter to setup utorrent. The only changes that have been made in utorrents preferences is the 4 boxes in the connection settings are unticked, as i just run a virgin cable modem. Although i have not used utorrent yet ( more reading to do first) it would appear that it is working ok. The problem that i have is the utorrent button that should indicate green / yellow / red is missing from the GUI 99% of the time. On the very rare ocassions that it has been visible, the only colour it has been is green, and when i run the mouse over it, it says the system is all running ok. There is nothing i can do to make it visible, it seems to have a mind of its own.  Is this a bug ? or is there something further i need to do ?  Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks.. Des.

[Ragwing]

Hi everyone,
                  ive followed Ragwings option 2 settings to the letter to setup utorrent. The only changes that have been made in utorrents preferences is the 4 boxes in the connection settings are unticked, as i just run a virgin cable modem. Although i have not used utorrent yet ( more reading to do first) it would appear that it is working ok. The problem that i have is the utorrent button that should indicate green / yellow / red is missing from the GUI 99% of the time. On the very rare ocassions that it has been visible, the only colour it has been is green, and when i run the mouse over it, it says the system is all running ok. There is nothing i can do to make it visible, it seems to have a mind of its own.  Is this a bug ? or is there something further i need to do ?  Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks.. Des.

I used to have a bug with µTorrent before that made my icon always show that I had no incoming connections, so it's probably a bug. Also note that the icon won't show if you don't have any active torrent.

To test if your PC accepts incoming connection on the port you want, just use this address:
http://www.utorrent.com/testport.php?port=0 (where 0 is replaced with the port number you're using)

[itsdesp]

Hi Ragwing,
             
                 thanks for taking the time to post your configuration rules on the site, its a big help to us without the experience or knowledge. Ive just clicked on your link but it just takes me to a non active page with the following written on it:

Welcome to the µTorrent Port Checker.
A test will be performed on your computer to check if the specified port is opened.

Missing port

I hope that wasnt the actual test otherwise ive got problems, lol.  Ive just retried the speedguide test again, and it states my port is ok, open and accepting connections. When you mention the green button (etc) is visible when the connection is "active", do you mean when a d/l or u/l is in progress ?  OR when the port is functioning/setup correctly ?    Thanks.. Des

[Ragwing]

Hi Ragwing,
             
                 thanks for taking the time to post your configuration rules on the site, its a big help to us without the experience or knowledge. Ive just clicked on your link but it just takes me to a non active page with the following written on it:

Welcome to the µTorrent Port Checker.
A test will be performed on your computer to check if the specified port is opened.

Missing port

You'll need to copy the address and exchange 0 for the port number you use.

Ive just retried the speedguide test again, and it states my port is ok, open and accepting connections. When you mention the green button (etc) is visible when the connection is "active", do you mean when a d/l or u/l is in progress ?  OR when the port is functioning/setup correctly ?    Thanks.. Des

With active, I mean when a download or upload is in progress. If not, you won't see any icon, as µTorrent isn't receiving any incoming connections.

[itsdesp]

Thanks for the clarification Ragwing,  it looks like im all set to go now.

[Metalfyre]

Hi, I have a question.

I made the rules according to the tutorial. But since there is 1 tracker that anounces on port 81, these rules block it:

Rule 2
Action = Allow
Protocol = TCP
Direction = Out
Description = Rule for outgoing TCP connections
Source Address = Any
Destination Address = Any
Source port = A port range = (start port = 1025 / end port = 65535)
Destination port = A port range = (start port = 1025 / end port = 65535)

Rule 3
Action = Allow
Protocol = UDP
Direction = Out
Description = Rule for outgoing UDP connections
Source Address = Any
Destination Address = Any
Source port = the port of utorrent
Destination port = A port range = (start port = 1025 / end port = 65535)

So I made 2 exactly the same rules but altered the destination ports to start:81 end 82. However when I apply these rules it says these rules already exist (I say yes anyway).
My question is now will the ports until port 81 and after 82 til 1025 still be blocked? Maybe a silly question, but I like to know nonetheless

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