Port Forwarding through Windows XP Internet Connection Sharing
Is your Azureus client running on a computer behind Windows XP ICS? ICS is a bad excuse for a router in quite a lot of ways but it can be configured to forward services (read: ports) to other machines in the local network.
To do it:
* On the ICS computer, open Control Panel|Network Connections.
* Right click on your Internet Connection (eg, Local Area Connection X - that accommodates your dial-up/broadband modem connection) and click Properties.
* In the "Local Area Connection X Properties" dialog, go to the Advanced tab.
* Now click the Settings... button in the Internet Connection Sharing group.
* You get the Advanced Settings dialog and a list of services.
* Click the Add... button to display the Service Settings dialog.
* For "Description of service:", type in something to remind you that this is for Azureus' Distributed DB, eg., Azureus DistDB-T.
* In the "Name or IP address ..." field, type in the local network name of the computer that is running Azureus, eg., livingroom.
* In the "External Port ..." and "Internal Port ..." fields type in the port number you have configured your Azureus to use (the port number in Azureus' Tools|Options|Connection).
* Choose TCP (should be default) and click the Ok button and you are done. You now have the DistDB-T service in your Advanced Settings dialog.
* You need UDP access to the port as well, so you have to repeat the above steps to add a UDP service. Just change the service name (eg., Azureus DistDB-U) and remember to choose UDP instead of TCP this time.
You could follow the "Make sure you really have a NAT problem" advice to check if you've done it right, but, really, the more enjoyable test is looking in "My Torrents" to see your smileys start to turn green as soon as you have closed the Advanced Settings dialog.
