Quote Originally Posted by docjerry
.... The only firewall on this computer is from the router, and I'm told they are pretty good. I did notice that uploads were occurring during my download, although by the time I shut down my computer only about 1.5 gigs had been uploaded vs 4.14 gigs downloaded. I didn't see anything in the Bittorrent FAQ's about configuring router firewalls. That seems like a whole new area of expertise!
Wow, I had assumed that you had indeed configured your router (both because I had tried to stress how important it was previously and because I didn't expect that you would get the file in anywhere near 14 hours without configuring the router. I guess you got lucky, most likely because there are currently so many more seeders compared to downloaders. But you'll want to configure it for best performance and certainly if you try to download other things or if you try to get a newer version of Knoppix that has fewer seeders or more downloaders. I'm not going to write up a whole tutorial on this subject, there are plenty already. You just need to forward the ports that you will use to get to the proper computer on the local side of the network. I suggest that you do a Google search on the terms bittorrent router configure and read a few of the things that float to the top. I'll try to answer questions if needed.