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i'm trying to run ktorrent in gnome desktop environment on the edgy distribution of ubuntu
my internet connection is through a proxy which looks like this ip: port

And your question is ?

i think his question is :
how to configure ktorrent to download through proxy (socks ? http ?)

in kcontrol (sudo apt-get install kcontrol ?) you can specify a proxy for kde but i think ktorrent won't use it.

KTorrent will use KDE default proxy if you set it via KControl. This applies to KDE session, I don't know if this would work on GNOME. As far as I'm concerned I think it should work.

so how would i set the proxy in GNOME for all the programs that connect to the INTERNET?

gobot wrote:so how would i set the proxy in GNOME for all the programs that connect to the INTERNET?

Just open konqueror or the KDE control center and set the proxy. Gnome will probably have it's own setting for the proxy, but that has no influence on KTorrent.

so what you're saying is that ktorent can't use the proxy which i configure in GNOME from SYSTEM > PREFERENCES > NETWORK PROXY ?
what other torrent program should i use in gnome so that i can be able to setup a proxy to be able to download torrents?
thx

My ISP requires all data to go through an HTTP proxy.

How do I set the proxy and torrent transfer data to go through an HTTP proxy without changing my proxy in my linux environment?

Thanks,
John

You can fill in your own proxy in ktorrent (in the advanced settings, check the do not use the KDE proxy box and fill in your proxy). But this is only for HTTP tracker connections.

It is not possible to use a HTTP proxy for bittorrent connections.

It is possible to use an HTTP proxy for bittorrent connections as long as all the torrent data is TCP protocol. It has not been implemented into any bittorent clients, but it is possible. It is possible because a TCP HTTP proxy can route bi-directional data.

johndoe32102002 wrote:It is possible to use an HTTP proxy for bittorrent connections as long as all the torrent data is TCP protocol. It has not been implemented into any bittorent clients, but it is possible. It is possible because a TCP HTTP proxy can route bi-directional data.

Well, is it then still a HyperText Transfer Protocol proxy, strictly speaking?;)