Connecting to bittorrent through Internet Explorer Ports

[abrown666]

I'm in a halls of residence, where there seems to be an external firewall in place, as I have been unable to use bittorrent whilst I have been here. I guess that means the ports have been blocked. Is there anyway I can use p2p through the internet explorer ports? Anyone have any suggestions for my problem?

Thanks

[Oryx]

well get a BT client like abc and change the default ports to 80 or 21 usually they are open in university dormsss
but if your dorms are like mine and have every single port blocked then your outta luckk
uu can still use BT but it would be really slow

[Potato]

I used bt for some file... it took about 39 hours.

(i'm in a dorm on a campus where they block everything like crazy)

[ourthing2]

as far as port 80 goes, that is the remote port, not the local port in use when you surf the web,
if an admin has you limited to only accessing remote port 80's kazaa might be the best p2p since it uses 80 as an alt-port on the supernodes and sources you will need to connect to for searching and downloading.
however if your admin is limiting the local listening ports
you might try port 443, as thats the local port IE uses for encripted web sites
you may not be able to view secure web sites in IE while running p2p apps in port 443 though

[shawners]

Shouldnt you all be getting an education rather then free music and such? I just wish i had the money or the finances to get in to college. I wouldnt waste it sitting in front of a pc but experience the whole college life =)

[phalkon30]

Well, if your UNI is anything like Platteville, you can't use port 80. They use an advanced packet shaper that detects and limits any non http, pop3, or inbound ftp.

Cpu has tried to help me get through, and we couldn't find a way. The only thing I have noticed, is our school has a few ports open, we figure for some kind of network services or something, that are completely open. So we have to randomly search around and find the new port every week or so.

[Oryx]

phalkon and how do you search it ?? u just keep guessing?

shawners we are experiencing the whole college life but we still need music,movies burned to dvd and then watching them in the commmon room with the bottle of jim beam beside you and a beer keg infront of you,,, P2P for life

peace

[cpugeniusmv]

Take down any firewall you might be running (temporarily) and take note of any "unstealthed" or "closed" ports. (The terminology I used is used on the GRC ShieldsUp test, I'm not sure about the others.)

https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
http://www.auditmypc.com/
http://www.dslreports.com/scan

[Oryx]

nothing is open :(
Ares is the way to go :)

[cjules13]

Shouldnt you all be getting an education rather then free music and such? I just wish i had the money or the finances to get in to college. I wouldnt waste it sitting in front of a pc but experience the whole college life =)
shawners you should look into financial aid.

I was dirt poor with no money, no car, and a shit job. The feds trusted me and gave me some loot to get an eduation. Sure I got a monster bill to pay now, but I can afford it now that education gave me a decent job. Let me know if you have questions... :)