Configuring firewall for Azureus

[Paul Smith]

On 9/2/05, Michael Wiktowy <mwiktowy at gmx.net> wrote:
> >>>I have followed the instructions given in the section "Azureus for
> >>>bittorrent" at
> >>>
> >>>http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Fedora_Core_4_Linux_Installation_Notes#Bittorrent_and_bittorrent-gui:
> >>>
> >>>to configure the firewall in order to have Azureus running on my
> >>>computer. However, Azureus does not make connections after that
> >>>configuration procedure. Any advice?
> >>
> >    All should work fine, if not, write back and tell me what version of
> >java you use, or start Azureus in the terminal and look for errors in
> >the printout.
> 
> Recent connection problems that I have had with Azureus had nothing to
> do with the firewall and more to do with multiple version of java
> installed on the same system.
> Azureus should run and connect even incoming ports are blocked ... it
> just won't run very quickly. If it is running on some old Java Runtime
> Engines (JRE) it will start but then it will have a connection errors
> when trying to connect to the tracker and the torrent won't start
> properly. Other than that it seemed to be running fine.
> My problem was resolved by noticing that there were multiple versions of
> java installed and that the /usr/bin/java symlink was not pointing to
> the new one and still pointing to the old one.
> The main java stuff gets installed to a directory
> /usr/java/<jre_version>/ (don't quote me on that though since I don't
> have my system in front of my to check) and /usr/bin/java just points to
> the java executable in that directly tree.
> - Download the lastest JRE from Sun and install it.
> - Uninstall all the old JRE
> - Correct the link by removing the old /usr/bin/java and remaking using
> the command "ln -s <location of the new java executable> /usr/bin/java"
> 
> Just giving you something else to try. I keep around the python
> bittorrent client included in the yum repository just as a backup (see
> instructions on that just before the instructions regarding Azureus on
> that link you quoted). It is much simpler and less flexible but is
> really quite good. Useful when you are trying to troubleshoot whether it
> is your firewall that is causing you grief or java.

Thanks, Mike and Scott. I have just solved the problem by inserting
the path to java in the script azureus. So, the problem was not caused
by the firewall.

Paul