Ipcop and Bit torrents

[Raptor]

Hi All

Well, i have finally become an adsl subscriber - thankfully it wasn't too painfull a process.

Got my Billion 5102S yesterday from Digital Planet - I must compliment them on some very quick service. Had a bit of a struggle getting it to work but got it working in the end - 320K downstream on a 192K line

Also thanks to Webafrica for the speedy connection - 5mins flat

So browsing is cool and everything, but

1. If I am using ipcop 1.4.9 do I need to run a firewall on my system?
2. Is there any other protective software that I need (I'm using firefox)?
3. How do i set up Ipcop/port forwarding/whatever so that I can downoad torrents ( i'm using bitcomet)
4. How do I get freeproxy/openweb

 

[thisgeek]

1) Not really - IPCop is good at blocking everything incoming, but it by default lets everything on green zone, out. Unless you install an addon which blocks all traffic by default.
So if you're worried about spyware on your machine etc, then run a decent firewall.
Personally, I just let XP firewall do its thing - having it switched off is annoying with those stupid warning message popups.

2) If you're using firefox - other than a decent antivirus, no.

3) Go to www.portforward.com - they've got general info there. - In IPCop admin interface, go to firewall->port forwarding. Ignore 'external access' - that is purely for access to the firewall itself - something you generally don't want.
4) Speak (PM) MrBeep or Clipse.

 

[Raptor]

3) Go to www.portforward.com - they've got general info there. - In IPCop admin interface, go to firewall->port forwarding. Ignore 'external access' - that is purely for access to the firewall itself - something you generally don't want..

Hey thisgeek

I've been to said website and it has all the stuff for my router but what about the static IP thingamabob - I mean aren't the adsl ip adresses dynamic

4) Speak (PM) MrBeep or Clipse.

will do

 

[Buddha]

Hi All

Well, i have finally become an adsl subscriber - thankfully it wasn't too painfull a process.

Got my Billion 5102S yesterday from Digital Planet - I must compliment them on some very quick service. Had a bit of a struggle getting it to work but got it working in the end - 320K downstream on a 192K line

Also thanks to Webafrica for the speedy connection - 5mins flat

So browsing is cool and everything, but

1. If I am using ipcop 1.4.9 do I need to run a firewall on my system?
2. Is there any other protective software that I need (I'm using firefox)?
3. How do i set up Ipcop/port forwarding/whatever so that I can downoad torrents ( i'm using bitcomet)
4. How do I get freeproxy/openweb

Hey Raptor...

1stly i appologise to RPM/MaD or any of the other mods... i havent read the readme's for the site 2well... but just helping a guy out (del @ will)

Anyway Raptor what THISGEEK said was true... firefox is GREAT (dont ge me wrong) but u still NEED a AV, there are some free 1's out there... and some are ok...some are BAD... IMO dont waste time/moeny and get Nortan...as its K@K!!!... rather head for something like Kaspersky AV, or NOD32 (get it HERE)
if you or whoever else wants... i have 30daytrials(& 60 day trials 4 corporates) of NOD32... which is what we use here... and what we've used @ all our corp clients....

so if you need a trial get hold of the call center @ renegade and ask to speak to buddha (aka Ruark)

-buddha

 

[thisgeek]

What do you mean?

It could be referring to an IP address on your internal network that needs to be static.

What I do is this: I have my IPCop run a DHCP server, and I add static assignments via MAC address to each of my workstations, so they will always have the same address.
(You can add hosts entries on SERVICES->EDIT HOSTS so you can have working internal dns - use something like mydomain.dom as your domain)

Then in port forwarding, you would add a source port - this is the port that the application would connect to your firewall on, a destination IP on your internal network. If the destination port is the same as the source port, you can leave destination port blank.
Make sure to specify if the protocol is TCP or UDP, add a remark to remind you what that particular rule is for, and click ADD.
If you want to restrict the source traffic to a particular IP addy, then enter it in the Source IP field - for bit torrent and the like, you would have this blank.

Check this screenshot.

It's my rulebase basically - alot of the rules are disabled, but you get the idea. I only enable certain rules when I need them.

 

[Raptor]

What I do is this: I have my IPCop run a DHCP server, and I add static assignments via MAC address to each of my workstations, so they will always have the same address.
(You can add hosts entries on SERVICES->EDIT HOSTS so you can have working internal dns - use something like mydomain.dom as your domain)

Then in port forwarding, you would add a source port - this is the port that the application would connect to your firewall on, a destination IP on your internal network. If the destination port is the same as the source port, you can leave destination port blank.
Make sure to specify if the protocol is TCP or UDP, add a remark to remind you what that particular rule is for, and click ADD.
If you want to restrict the source traffic to a particular IP addy, then enter it in the Source IP field - for bit torrent and the like, you would have this blank.
QUOTE]

I don't use the ipcop dhcp as i have static ips on three computers and a wireless router which is connected to another wireless on a friends network a few houses away - so i don't want to stuff up my home network. But if you can get the dhcp to always assign the same ips then that will be cool.

Looking at your screenshot - I need the last two - to what device is the 192.168.0.12 pointing to?

 

[thisgeek]

I'm using custom ports - they won't work for you. The machine is a linux box running azureus.

 

[Raptor]

I got the ports bit sorted - just the ip that i need to use, is it:

1. Router ip
2. adsl ip
?

i'm lost

 

[thisgeek]

What field? DEFAULTIP is always your ADSL IP.
If you mean 'destination IP', that would be the IP of the machine that's running your bit torrent client.

IPCop needs to know where to forward the traffic to.

 

[Raptor]

OOOOHHHHHH

So i need to put my machines ip adress in there - damn confusing if you ask me

But cool thanks THISGEEK, will try it tonight

you da man

 

[thisgeek]

No problem.

IPCop is quite simple, IF you know what they're talking about.