Configuring D-Link DI-624 for BitTorrent

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General Setup

To configure D-Link DI-624 Wi-Fi access point to work with BitTorrent you have several options. One of them is to use trigger ports.

Steps to follow:

1. Open web control panel of D-Link DI-624 by connecting to http://192.168.0.1 (this is default direction, which can be changed by administrator).
2. Enter login and password for administrator. Default login for administrator is admin.
3. Go to Advanced, select Applications.
4. In Applications screen:
   1. Check Enabled.
   2. Fill BitTorrent in Name.
   3. In Trigger Port put 6881 and 6999.
   4. In Trigger Type select TCP.
   5. In Public Port put 6881-6999.
   6. In Public Type select TCP.
   7. Press Apply.
5. The DI-624 will reboot.

Now you can use BitTorrent from any computer on both LAN and WLAN local networks in automatic way.

BitTornado Setup

If you use latest experimental BitTornado client you can give a good use toUniversal Plug and Play (UPnP). You just need to enable UPnP on D-Link DI-624 and BitTornado will work on any computer in your local network without any requiered intervention from your part.

In BitTornado:

1. Run BitTornado
2. Click on Prefs
3. Locate UPnP Port Forwarding and select type1 (fast)

In DI-624:

1. Log in as administrator
2. Open Tools (main menu)
3. Select Misc. on the left
4. Locate UPNP Settings and select Enabled

References

D-Link site
DI-624 product page
DI-624 support page
Official BitTorrent web site
BitTornado - popular BitTorrent client

© 2004 Oleg Titov from Aleph Technology

Updated on August 17, 2006 11:27 (CST)