My ISP blocks all ports except for port 80 as far as I know. How do I know this? I asked them. Why do they do this? They want me to pay extra CASH for a static IP. I know...they suck. I have never been able to port forward to use any of the applications that require it.
I confirmed this on http://
My question is different.
I can see that my port - 8999 which Bittorrent uses (We can choose any port we want) according to Bitorrent is closed.
Port 8999 is shown as closed for my public IP on the above website. However, data still gets through and I can upload as well to fellow peers.
How is this happening? I am very much interested. I'm also studying Computer Networks, so I know a bit about this stuff as well...like TCP and UDP framework, peer churn, etc.
I confirmed this on http://
My question is different.
I can see that my port - 8999 which Bittorrent uses (We can choose any port we want) according to Bitorrent is closed.
Port 8999 is shown as closed for my public IP on the above website. However, data still gets through and I can upload as well to fellow peers.
How is this happening? I am very much interested. I'm also studying Computer Networks, so I know a bit about this stuff as well...like TCP and UDP framework, peer churn, etc.