Antares Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Does it only affect my seeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfire Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 What does it affect then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfire Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 See, now that's a better question. Yes or no question will only get you a yes or no answer.Anyway, without ports properly forwarded, you won't get any decent speeds whatsoever unless you get very lucky. That affects both downloading and uploading, so you're better off making sure it's done right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Alot of people are firewalled -- my estimate is 50% to 80%...Nobody firewalled can download or upload with another firewalled person. (Not yet anyway!)For those who think I'm not on the money here:NAT Transversal won't be a cure-all for this, it will only help the firewalled-by-router issues...many firewalls or ISP blocking will always be firewalled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Ok, I went to the portforward.com and followed the instructions on there, until I got to the part where I'm supposed to enter ip address of my router into a web browser. I entered the ip address into the web browser, but there was a problem loading the page. According to the guide from portforward.com, I'm supposed to be taken to a page with settings for my router, so I don't know what's wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 You entered the default gateway IP? Did it automatically place a http:// before the IP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I entered the default ip address without the "http://" part, but the page wouldn't load, even though it added the "http://" part itself. I tried entering it w/ the "http://" part, but the page still wouldn't load. How do I find out what the ip address of my router is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 The default gateway IP address should be the IP address for your router ;o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Ok...I type in "172.16.0.1" into a web browser but the page always has a problem loading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 There are multiple gateways for a few systems -- you might be entering your ISP's gateway for the LAN node you're on. These map directly to internet ips, but they have their own internal LAN ips as well! It is remotely possible that you entered in the right ip address, but your router is too overloaded to complete your request. To rule that out, shut everything down, turn everything off for at least 1 minute....then turn on your computer and router but NOT your modem. Do not run µTorrent or any other net-using application. Shut down any that attempt to run on startup.Now try the ip address in your web browser.If that doesn't work, turn on your modem again and let it come up. Get the info from your router maker's website on how to do a factory reset...and get the latest firmware update for it. This should reset the user name and password on the router, but it is complete overkill to do it this way. And if something goes wrong in the process you may need to buy a new router! Not all routers are like many Linksys ones -- which can recover from "bricking" due to a failed firmware update. (Happened to me on my Linksys router.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Yea, I don't think I can do it that way since I live in an apartment with 5 other people, so I can't really shut down the modem since they need to use the Internet. Is there another way to solve this problem? This is so complicated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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