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SP2 is Service Pack 2. Microsoft has made XP more secure and it includes a more robust firewall than the original XP. You might already have it if you use the automatic update feature of XP. I'm sure it can be found at microsoft's site. Alot of people will tell you that it messes with alot of your programs but I have had no problems with it. But I'm not much of a power user at home so who knows.
Hope this helps!
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Okeedokee - I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks for your help - really appreciate it. :thumb:
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Hey everyone,
The tracker is off and running at a great pace right now, but I have one nagging problem. It seems that there are some users of AOL who can't download/connect. They can log in, and download the .torrent files; but they can't connect with their BT Client software.
Any help is appreciated.
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Hugh23, I use Compuserve alot, and it is pretty much AOL.
I used to sign on through Compuserve, then I just used IE for anything else.
If you have a cable connection, which if you are doing BT's I assume you do, couldn't you just click on IE and use that? Instead of ever starting AOL?
I know there are things Compuserve would not let me do, but then I just used the other browser.
Or you could always download Firefox or something if you do not want IE.
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Hi all,
AOL does weird things with IPs. When you are connected to the net via AOL, you do not get one IP. Your IP will vary slightly while connected.
I check our company's web hits, and in the log, the AOL hits all look the same... Something like (these are made up):
24.91.123.32
24.91.123.31
24.91.123.28
This is the same user session of the site and the IPs all trace back to AOL.
So... If the tracker (or BitTorrent) needs a set singular IP to work properly, AOL users may be SOL. If this is the case, I'm not sure what kind of workaround could be used to fake the tracker or BT into using the shifting IP.
Hope that helps,
Jerremy
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Hugh - glad it worked.
One last thing.
Since you are on a cable connection, and always connected - you should not have to start/logon to AOL to access IE.
IE should automatically connect through the cable connection just by opening it up. The only time I ever open up anything other than IE is to check some mail.
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Woo Hoo!!!! It's taken nearly 9 months, but we cracked the 1,000 member mark! Thanks for making this such a success, and for sharing all the great music and videos.
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chris Wrote:Woo Hoo!!!! It's taken nearly 9 months, but we cracked the 1,000 member mark! Thanks for making this such a success, and for sharing all the great music and videos.
Thats great Chris, and we should say a big "Thanks" to you for doing such a good job of hosting it and keeping it going. Cheers. :thumb: :thumb:
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