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If you don’t have a static IP address then your computer is assigned a dynamic address via DHCP. You will need to give yourself a static IP address — we must do this to ensure every time you’re on your home network you will have the same IP address and therefore the torrent port will always be open and pointing to your computer (the green light).

- Open System Preferences: Network.
- Click the “Location” drop down box and select “Edit Locations”
- Click the plus (+) sign
- Type “Home” (or whatever you like) and click “Done”
- From within your new location, connect to your network as you normally would
- Write down the following info for your connection (for Airport connections, you’ll need to click “Advanced” then “TCP/IP” to see this information):
• 1) IP Address
• 2) Subnet Mask Address
• 3) Router Address
- Click the “Configure” or “Configure IPv4″ drop down box and change from “Using DHCP” to “Manually”
- Fill in the same numbers you wrote down for “Subnet Mask” and “Router.”
- For DNS or DNS Server, enter: “208.67.222.222″ and “208.67.220.220″ (these are the free opendns servers)
- For IP Address, use something similar to your old address, but make the last segment of numbers something higher (add 50) so it won’t be accidently assigned to other DHCP clients on your network. For example, if your IP Address was 10.0.1.5, make your new IP Address 10.0.1.55.
- Click Apply and make sure the internet works

If using airport, your settings should look something like this:

If using ethernet, your settings should look something like this:

Note: if you leave your home network, change your “Location” back to “Automatic” in Network System Preferences. You can quickly change your location by clicking the Apple Menu (top left of your screen) and clicking “Location.”

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