dalamscius Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I've been doing a lot of reading on how to get around double NAT issues. My current BT speeds average around 5-30k but my http downloads can go up to 300k, so I know there's potential to be unlocked.My set-up is the typical ISP provided router and my own Linksys WRT-Gv4 (With DD-WRT firmware loaded on). The unique problem I have is that I do not have access to the ISP's router and can't go in there to forward the ports or turn it into a bridge. I tried turning my linksys into a switch but it doesn't help since I can't forward the ports in the original router either.So, does anyone know of a workaround to try and solve this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 If you can't control the outermost router, then no, there's nothing we can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalamscius Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I called my ISP and asked that they change the the outer router into a bypass mode and let my local router handle the routing. The guy was pretty nice and did it for me, so I entered the IP's he asked for my static IP connection.The problem I noticed was that the address were in the 172.x.x.x range (private ip's). When I asked him about that he said that the way they work is by connecting everyone through their network and then out through a fibre connection (I have radio frequency wireless by the way).He assured me that there is no port or protocol blocking along the way and taht I should only be behind a single NAT at this point. He also pointed out that many other people have asked for this bypass so they could properly use VPN.Well, after all that hassle, the ports are still not considred 'open' or 'connectable' so I'm back at square one. Could it be on my side this time?I have the port 53001 used by uTorrent and forwarded to my PC correctly on a static IP of 192.168.1.102. Any help please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Wireless providers generally don't provide users with WAN IP addresses. Connect your computer directly to the modem (bypass the Linksys router), if you can, and see if your ports are still blocked. If so, then your ISP didn't actually unblock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalamscius Posted December 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 The guy seemed pretty adament in helping me, should I ask him to do anything specific that would allow me to connect properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Eh? Did you try what I suggested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalamscius Posted December 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Yup, I tried it earlier with the same result. Just tried it again now and it still shows blocked.Is there anything I can ask my ISP to do in order to make this easy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Probably not. Wireless providers have been known to cause issues with port forwarding, and the only solution is to switch from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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