Originally posted by: Darth Mallwalker

Originally posted by: andy_k_250
If someone could also help me finish up Special Edition Hype off of MySpleen, I would really appreciate it

I never got it so I cannot seed, but here's a piece of friendly advice:
trip42 is seeding it. You can't see each other because you're both behind firewalls.
I think it's the seeder's prerogative to use a firewall if he chooses, and the leechers (if they want it badly enough) should configure their own firewalls properly to allow the seeders to connect to them.

When the pizza delivery guy knocks, do you open the door for him ?
Or do you refuse and sit inside starving, safe behind your firewall ?

I didn't realize that. Thanks for pointing it out.

How can I configure my firewall properly? I am new to torrenting (and high-speed internet in general) so I am not surprised that I did not have this figured out.

When I first started torrenting, I read some information of configuring the firewall properly, but I was never able to understand it/figure it out - I started torrenting and it worked so I just ran with it.

If someone could pm me or email me with detailed, newbie instructions on how to do this, I would really appreciate it. I am running Windows XP, using BitTorrent and I have SBC DSL, with a 2wire modem/firewall unit.

Despite all this, my share ratio has been at least 1:1 whenever possible (like, until my hard drive fills).

Thanks for putting up with me!