...your IP changes...But remember, there's a reason that it works better. You've just opened up your front door so the world can enter..It's your choice, but you might want to read the information at the link below. If you're not already aware of the dangers of P2P software, you should be..:
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6121-0.html?forumID=45&threadID=47818&messageID=567394
Hope this helps.
Grif
I am not on a network, i use a 512 dsl connection on 1 computer. I recently opened a port range to accomodate faster downloading with bittorrent and it works. When opening the ports one by one you have to enter your ip. My ip changes frequently, will this affect my ports. Do i have to edit the settings every time to enter the new ip? Or should i just enter the ip of my gateway?

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