kennyboy Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 My internet setup here is via a wireless signal from a cellphone tower nearby. (I am in Philippines) Is the antennae box thingy on my roof classified as a router for Port Forwarding purposes.Reason I am asking is I have been playing around with uTorrent in the hope of finding some old TV programs from home (UK) but can not get the program to work. I have configured my firewall (Sygate) (as much as I understand of it anyway) but still have no connection to anything. I have read everything I can about it, but most times am referred to Port Forward.com which is where I get lost. As I understand it, I only need to forward ports IF I have a router. Can anyone tell me if this is what I have got. By the way, uTorrent tells me "Unable to Map UPnP Port." The only other message I get is when I do a Port Test Check, it tells me that the assigned port does not appear to be open. I do have the feeling that this might be beyond my capabilities, but would really appreciate it if I could get it working.Many thanks for any help.Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caf4926 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 not familiar with your wireless setup, but with all wireless, the device which makes the connection (either a router or sometimes a linux box unit) will need to be configured. If you don't have access to setup the ports, then you have a problem. You really need to provide a more detailed account of your setup for help to be provided, if it can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyboy Posted October 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Thanks for replying so quickly. Dont know aht other info I can give........much too old to be climbing on roofs...Does it sound like a firewall problem, or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caf4926 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 you need to be the administrator to the hard wire side of the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 People on wireless connections normally don't have access to port configuration, and aren't given their own WAN IP addresses. AKA there's likely nothing you can do about being firewalled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Better to be firewalled but able to connect to unfirewalled people on torrents...than not able to download/upload torrents at all!With many torrents, you'll still max out your upload and possibly your download as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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