Custom firewall setting ignored

[Andrew Adamson]

I've modified my firewall settings using the 'Sharing' interface in the 10.3.8 System Preferences panel to allow anonymous Bit Torrent requests, but I'm not convinced the new settings are working. When I do a local scan of these ports (with or without a BT client running), they do not report back as open. I know for sure that something is amiss, because I have yet to receive any remote requests via BT. I do use a router and I have forwarded the ports to my mac and I have used similar settings in the past to forward these ports to my Windows machine.

My settings are:

Port Name: Other
Port Number, Range or Series: 6881-6889
Description: Bit Torrent

I've followed the instructions on opening ports on various mac sites, and I can't see what I've missed. Any ideas?

 

[scruffy]

They should normally show up as closed, where the other ports should show as filtered.

I don't know if BT normally listens on those ports, or only does so when it expects a peer to be connecting...