From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 16 05:12:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B2216A417 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:12:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951B313C478 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:12:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 22883 invoked from network); 16 Oct 2007 00:12:23 -0500 Received: from 124-170-139-87.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.139.87) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 16 Oct 2007 00:12:22 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:12:19 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: aminuddin@datarunding.com.my Message-ID: <20071016151219.1be4aded@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <47134e09.15bb720a.6eac.ffffdd13@mx.google.com> References: <20071015080151.E436E16A4E9@hub.freebsd.org> <47134e09.15bb720a.6eac.ffffdd13@mx.google.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: amin.scg@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Listening ports - vpn, proxy + p2p. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:12:24 -0000 On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:24:44 +0800 "Aminuddin" wrote: > How do I get FreeBSD open and listen to those connections so that P2P > clients can broadcast and listen using the proxy? With firewall off, all > ports should be open but still p2p clients keep saying ports firewalled. are you doing nat? or actually providing REAL , routable IPs for your users? if you are doing NAT, the only thing you may be able to do is to port forward specific ports to each client. That may not work for all clients - emule may be different to, say, limewire. B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.