agonizonai Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Hello. I've been using utorrent for awhile, but have recently run into troubles. I've been keeping up on the newest posts within this forum, but finally decided to become a member. I have done everything that has been suggested here. I am well versed in computers, but still can't seem to get results. I am not sure if it is my router, the program itself, or just shoddy local internet that is provided by my apartment complex.Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 No suggestions if you don't even tell us what your problem is, but if the problem is port forwarding from within a connection that you don't own/control, then there's not much we can do about it if UPnP doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agonizonai Posted February 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Sorry. I would have posted my problem, but I wasn't sure where to start, and didn't want to post it in it's entirety. My issue is port forwarding. I know how to do it from within the router, and have even set my IP address statically (as portforward.com recommended). We do have control of our internet here, but we are only allowed to use the service that our complex has a deal with. I have access to the modem and whatnot. After I have set up everything (static ip, port forward), I've used the utorrent speed guide to see if the port is forwarded correctly. It comes back with its error saying that it isn't forwarded properly, but the weird thing is that it gives an ip address that isn't thrown out by my router. The standard Linksys 192.168.1.1 range. So that is my dilemma at this point. I have disabled UPnP as well. From my understanding it was more hurtful than helpful.Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 What did you set your static IP to? It should be outside of the DHCP range in the Linksys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agonizonai Posted February 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Ok. I set it within the Linksys range. I only did that because it was the only way that offered the most information (DNS, def. gateway, etc). I know the IP address that is coming in from our provider, but I know nothing else about it.EDIT: Also I forgot, that when you do go to forward a port within the Linksys control panel (http://192.168.1.1) it only lets you forward to ports within that range. You can specify the last let of numbers (say if I am the first IP .101, .102, etc). There are no text areas in which I can specify an entire IP address, like the one I receive from our provider. Does that make sense? I find it hard to articulate these things some times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 That's because you don't set your computer's static IP via the router configuration.http://www.portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agonizonai Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I didn't set it up within the router. I did it within the Network Connections. I am curious though, since my provider has given essentially only one IP address, should I set it statically to that? When I go to any of my room-mates computers and do an IPCONFIG it will show the standard Linksys 192.168.1.101 etc. I am not sure if I am clear. This seems really ambiguous. To avoid frustration, because I know you deal with this junk all day, I'll run it down quickly. We have the modem which our signal comes in, it's sent to the router, and we have 5 machines behind the router. The IP address, before the signal is routed, is different. When I use any machine in the apartment, say on a website that determines IP, it shows the original IP address and not any of our Linksys ones.Thanks again for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Nope, you should set it to something outside of the DHCP range. Linksys routers, by default, have the range go from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.150, so you'd be best setting your static IP to something like... 192.168.1.160 or something, and forwarding to that IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agonizonai Posted February 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Ok. I've set it to something outside of the routers range. Is there anything I need to do inside the routers configuration? I have the port forwarded to my new static ip. I have completely disabled UPnP also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 What router are you using? What modem? What firewall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agonizonai Posted February 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 I am using no firewall. I turned windows off. I am using a Linksys BEFSR41 v2. The modem, is some piece of crap I've never even seen before, and am not even sure if there is a brand name on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Do try to find the modem model, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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