Port foreward not working

[thegrimreaper]

i have utorrent 1.6 i have port foreward my port on my modem/router it did not work. i tryed the steps on www.portforeward.com it did not work. the port test says that the port is blocked. i tryed soe other things put they did not work.

i am running windows 2000 pro with sp4

no firewall (that i know of)

netcomm NB1300 plus 4 modem/router

can some one help

[Ultima]

Are you sure you forwarded everything properly? Set up a static IP?

[thegrimreaper]

I do a port scan from a web site and it said that the ports where open. i have a static ip and have foreward the right ports. i tryed other torrent programs but they did not work either.

i am runing Symantec AntiVirus corp 10 could that be doing it.

[Ultima]

Yes. Figure out how to forward ports through it (I don't use it, so I can't help you there). If you can't, then try uninstalling it to see if it is the problem.

[thegrimreaper]

i found the problem. if i don't set an upload speed of 6kbs it slows down my downloads

[Ultima]

Yes, it slows your downloads, but that doesn't necessarily mean your port is forwarded properly... what color is the light in the status bar?

[Switeck]

Do you have to set your upload speed DOWN to 6 KB/sec or UP to 6 KB/sec ...or get slowed downloads?

If 6 KB/sec upload speed is the fastest you can run, you may have a very slow line with lots of overload problems -- and probably need to reduce your max connections at once as well as half-open limit.

If you have to raise upload speed to 6 KB/sec, then things may be working as designed -- as BitTorrent can ONLY function as a whole if everyone shares. The sum of EVERYONE's download is actually less than the sum of everyone's upload -- so if people upload slowly, where are the fast download speeds supposed to come from?