<html> <head> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link media="all" rel="stylesheet" href="../styles/TransBody.css" /> <title>Portforwarding the Mac OS X Firewall</title> </head> <body> <div id="mainbox"> <a href="../index.html">Home</a> <div id="pagetitle"> <h1>Portforwarding the Mac OS X Firewall</h1> </div> <div summary="To do this" id="taskbox"> <ol> <li>Open Transmission, go to Preferences >> Network and enter a number for the port. It is recommended you pick a random number between 49152 and 65535. Let's use 50001 for now. Then quit Transmission. </li> <li>Open System Prefs >> Sharing >> Firewall. Click "New." In the "Port Name" pop-up menu, select Other, and fill in the settings as follows: </li> <ul> <li>TCP Port Number(s): the port you chose in step 1 - eg 50001. </li> <li>UDP Port Number(s): the port you chose in step 1 - eg 50001. </li> <li>Description: Transmission </li> </ul> <li>Click OK. </li> <p>NB: To disable the firewall, click Stop. </ol> </div> <a href="../index.html">Home</a> </div> </body> </html>