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jealousmonk

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VPN and Firewall Issues

I'm not sure I really have a problem but, since I started using a VPN, I am getting wildly varying download speeds. The icon in the right section of the status bar shows a yellow triangle with an exclamation point with a message "No incoming connections." When I click on it and run the tests, both the Bandwidth and Network tests fail with these results:

Bandwidth
Results: Speed test failed.

Network
Neither NAT-PMP nor UPnP is enabled. Please check your preferences.

I say I'm not sure I have a problem because my download speeds sometimes approach 1 MB/s which I consider very good. But the speeds go up and down dramatically and often are very slow (0-50 kB/s), even non-existent at times.

My VPN is Witopia and I am running Comodo free firewall. In Comodo, I created a network zone containing the internal IP addresses assigned to my computer while connected to Witopia (10.119.116.0 to 10.119.116.255). Then I created rules for uTorrent that limit incoming to only that zone and outgoing only from that zone.

In uTorrent, I have "Enable UPnP port mapping" and "Enable NAT-PMP port mapping" enabled. I have my "Port for incoming connections" set to 37197. In my router's settings, I have UPnP enabled and I have 37197 forwarded for my computer. However, the setting for forwarding that port is for my computer's fixed IP address (192.168.0.111) which is not one of the IP addresses assigned while connected to the Witopia VPN. I'm not sure if that is creating a problem and I know of no way to make that IP address static.

Any advice or suggestions (or clarifiying questions) are greatly appreciated.

moogly

Member

Re: VPN and Firewall Issues

Using VPN implies a bandwidth reduction, it's normal. And the speed can fluctuate due to the charge of the VPN servers.

Anyway are you sure your VPN providers allows p2p applications & traffic?

If yes, does it provide a service of remote port forwarding (RPF)?
https://blog.perfect-privacy.com/2009/0 … orwarding/
or http://www.tuvpn.com/secure-vpn.php/wha … l/99?ln=en

jealousmonk

Member

Re: VPN and Firewall Issues

They don't do anything to disrupt p2p. Unfortunately, they do not provide RPF. I guess I should have done a bit better research. I just want to make sure I am doing all I can with settings on my end to make sure I'm not causing myself problems.

moogly

Member

Re: VPN and Firewall Issues

Ask them why your port stays closed. Maybe they have a workaround to you about forwarding a port (whatever it's for p2p, it can be a service X or Y).