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University Firewall - Advice Please
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Join Date: May 2003
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OK so I am having trouble connecting to ANY P2P programs whatsoever on OS X. I have tried Acquisition, XNap, eDonkey, Poisoned, SoulseekX, etc.
I would like to avoid the morality issue here as well. I download music, and if I like it I buy it.
The confusing thing is, all the PCs in the same dorm building can access Kazaa Lite, which apparently uses port 21, and if not that then port 80. I have tried changing ports on the Mac programs but it does not work. This is really frustrating as I am not in the States and wish to keep up to date with some TV shows and music I cannot get here, and P2P is one of my only options.
Anything I can do to get my Mac downloading music and movies? Or am I stuck being one of the only ones without P2P access?
Thanks!
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Try BitTorrent. I'm able to download stuff using it despite the fact that my school has a fairly rigid firewall. If it doesn't work out of the box, try changing the ports that it uses (in the Preferences). I have it set up to use 1024-1030 right now.
A good place to look for Torrents for TV shows and movies is suprnova.org. Good luck.
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Thanks for the tip, but I tried BitTorrent as well and it will not connect.
I wouldnt mind if this was a general ban on P2P, but the fact that PC users can use Kazaa without a problem is frustrating. Anything else to try?
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Originally posted by justinf77:
Thanks for the tip, but I tried BitTorrent as well and it will not connect.
I wouldnt mind if this was a general ban on P2P, but the fact that PC users can use Kazaa without a problem is frustrating. Anything else to try?
Is it possible that you have a firewall running on your Mac that's blocking the programs? Go to terminal and then type this
sudo su - (switches you to root user)
ipfw -f flush (flushes all your firewall rules)
now try the P2P apps you want.
Nate
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Tried that now and still nothing. XNap now lets me connect to one server through port 1720, but the server has almost nothing to download.
Very frustrating 
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