mddr1day Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 I am having a major problem with utorrent and my speeds because apparently my ports won't forward properly. The thing is, I have nothing to block the ports that I am aware of. I am directly connected to the internet with no sort of router or even any sort of firewall. I disabled windows firewall and I am not using PG2 anymore since they kinda boycotted utorrent after merging with Bittorrent (so I boycott them ).I'm at a loss about what to do. I have done all the ipconfig mess and restarted multiple times and even left my computer off overnight to see if something would work after that. I'm still downloading but at VERY SLOW speeds. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBO Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 What modem are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mddr1day Posted February 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Sorry I didn't mention that I am directly connected to the LAN through the wall-jack. I haven't had this problem until recently and it may have been right after the upgrade to 1610. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Software firewall gone stupid?What are the first two blocks of your IP address? (x.x of x.x.y.y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mddr1day Posted February 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 I don't have a software firewall even installed on this computer. I have the windows firewall disabled.My IP is 204.111 and I know you are thinking it may be 192.0 or whatever. I am really at a loss on what to do here ... I used to download at 360 and now it's maxed at 50! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hursty Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 i also is having the same problemusing utorent speed guide port checker,i can stop/start utorrent as many times as i like,the ports are set to randomize each time,and each time i check them,i get the error message saying the port is closedi dont even use a routerutorrrent has full access with zone alarm proi do however have a new isp supplier pipexi have also installed a new modem (linksey) and and new 10/100 lan card,so i can connect via a ethernet cablewhats the deal with a ip that has 192?cause my internal lan has that i think?,it starts with 192.168whereas my external ip starts with 88.111any help,would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 192.168.x.x IP addresses are NAT'd (which means you MUST port forward.mddr1day, who is your internet provider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hursty Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Cheers for the reply mateyok, i thought port forwarding was for those with routers?any idea on what i should do next,apart from the obviuosas i have not much idea on what to do nextthanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 hursty, look up on http://portforward.com/routers.htm for your modem's model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hursty Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 done that,it seems there are no modems on there,just routers,of which i am not usingi have a linksys adsl2 modem,model no ADSL2MUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Well, considering you're getting an RFC1918 address on your computer (192.168.x.x), your modem IS a router.Try one of the other linksys models that looks close screen-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hursty Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 i have a lan ethernet pci card,which i think is showing that ip addyits just something i bought to connect the modem to pc via ethernet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBO Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 @hurstyThat modem doesnt support port forwarding with the standard firmware apparently, but a firmeware update sorts it!Check This forum threadHope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mddr1day Posted February 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 My forum thread was jacked! My ISP is NTC aka Shentel (http://www.ntc-com.com/). The thing is that my ISP has been the same ever since I got to college over 3 years ago Do you think they are blocking the utorrent IP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 it's not the uTorrent IP they'd be blocking.It'd be the traffic.http://opensource.depthstrike.com/openoffice/ make for some good test torrents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mddr1day Posted February 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 How's downloading something with a lot of seeds going to help me get rid of the red exclamation point in utorrent?I only download from private trackers which = uber fast downloads and always full bandwidth usage.I just need to get utorrent to cooperate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Results on that torrent lets us know whether it's a local problem or tracker/torrent problem...and yes that helps us sort out your red exclamation point in utorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mddr1day Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Okay I downloaded the whole file with the most seeds. My average is 140 which is still over 200 less than I am used to getting. Plus the red exclamation is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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