[wplug] netstat and a worrying connection
Terence J. Golightly
t.golightly at verizon.net
Thu Nov 12 18:11:51 EST 2009
George,
On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 15:25 -0500, George Larson wrote:
> I was gonna ask you if 40981 was your chosen Vuze port, because that
> would give us a hint.
I'm using 263xx numbered port.
> I think I'm gonna grab the new (11.2.) openSUSE tonight, via Vuze on
> an Ubuntu box with a 'ufw' firewall. I'll keep an my netstat after
> I'm done and see how mine behaves.
>
> Might there be some other controlling mechanism? Y'know, like the
> connections stay open until they are closed by... I dunno, the
> tracker, or something?
>
Well, Google Was Mu Friend. I found a link to the Vuze Wiki. It says
to deselect a box under tools==>Options==>Files. Under Fast resume
mode==> Save peer connections for quick reconnects. That did it.
Thanks again,
Terry
PS I discovered a nice utility iftop. Its in the repositories. It
displays all perceived network traffic.
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Terence J. Golightly <t.golightly at verizon.net>
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