how to forward port 11038 ?

[shraddha]

my utorent shows the following message -

"not connectable. a firewall/router is limiting your network traffic.you need to open up a port so that others can conect to you."

on following the link to check whether my port was being forwarded properly i got the following message:

"Checking port 11038 on 59.178.19.170...

Error! Port 11038 does not appear to be open.

"

i have already checked my firewalls and they are ok.

my adsl router is:

dsl 502t

the downloads on but it aint fast at all. i have around ten seeds for my download.will doing this 'port forwarding' thing make it easier?

i hav windows xp.

[DreadWingKnight]

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Dlink/DSL-502T/Utorrent.htm

http://bt.degreez.net/firewalled.html

[shraddha]

thnx.

nowi hav got stuck on getting a static ip adress.needto call up my ips.

[DreadWingKnight]

No you don't.

Follow the static IP guide in the port forwarding guide.

[Switeck]

You're needing a static LAN ip behind your router, but you'll still have a dynamic internet ip from your ISP.

[shraddha]

i tried the guide but it dint work.my isp just told me that hey will give me a static ip adress in the next few days.

i guess it shall be allrite after that.

i'll wait for the static ip and then get back to the forum

thanks a lot to everyone!

[DreadWingKnight]

That won't help.

The static IP needs to be on your computer, not on your modem.

If it didn't work, you didn't do it right.

Most (read: all I've encountered so far) routers (including yours) need to have the static IP of any machine they forward to be outside of the DHCP range but in the same 192.168.x block.