topic title: does Lysi have a firewall?
Posts: 48
r3bol
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
#1
I want to see if I can improve my torrent speeds. Low download speeds could be the result of a firewall or a NAT thing.
So, does Lysi have a firewall?
If so can I turn it off?

I don't really understand about the NAT thing at the moment so I'll leave it until I understand it a bit better.

Thanks.
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eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#2
Antix comes with iptables. In a terminal as root type iptables -L. This will show you any rules you have. If you have not set up anything then there should be nothing there. I don't think this is your problem.

eriefisher
r3bol
Posts: 48
r3bol
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
#3
/sbin/iptables -L
Are these rules?

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Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target        port opt source        destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target        port opt source        destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target        port opt source        destination
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n2j3
Joined: 19 Nov 2007
#4
r3bol wrote:/sbin/iptables -L
Are these rules?
I think these rules basically mean there are no rules (i.e. all incoming/outgoing connections are allowed). Iptables has always been a topic of confusion for me since I trust my hardware firewall for most of the stuff. I'm sure there's several GUI frontends for it though so if that's convenient for you look them up in synaptic or via apt-cache search
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eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#5
How do connect to the internet? I think you may have another issue depending on what kind of speeds your getting?

eriefisher
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r3bol
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
#6
eriefisher wrote:How do connect to the internet? I think you may have another issue depending on what kind of speeds your getting?

eriefisher
I connect to a local hotspot (dhcp) using a wireless net card.

I'm using a couple of BT clients, one of which says...
(No incoming connections received) - means that the tracker is ok, you're connected to peers, but you don't have any remote connection (default on port 6881). You may have a NAT problem if your torrents stay on yellow status all the time
The bandwidth is 100kB/s, which I get (nearly) when not using bittorrent for downloading.
When using bittorrent its either very slow or stalling. Uploading seems to be much better though.
eriefisher
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eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#7
I would pay a whole dollar for 100kb. I max at 61 on satellite. I think your problem is with band with limitations place on you by the admin of the hotspot. He/she is probably controlling it with limits per connection.

eriefisher