hidingfromreality Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Just curiousCoz wont it be quite dangerous ?And another off topic question..Would DL speeds suffer if i enable WinXP firewall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anoxan Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 to answer your first question, yes you can port forward without a static ip. the only reason your need the static ip is if you have more than one pc on your router the ip with the forwarded port could be assigned to another pc.to answer your other question, no.hope that helped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hidingfromreality Posted November 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Ic thanksId like to make a follow up questionIs it true that port forwarding could be dangerous?Can other people access my router if they simply typed the "default ip" said in the guide of port forwarding?Also, is it just me that the utorrent status light became a triangle again/Or I have to wait a little for the status to update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Port forwarding is only as dangerous as the program that is allowed to listen on the forwarded port allows it to be. µTorrent (program listening on the forwarded port) is secure, so it's safe to forward the port for µTorrent's use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Static LAN IP address is NOT dangerous in the least bit. Your internal IP address isn't even available from the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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