d3box1 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 yes, i have had this problem with every torrent downloader i have used. i own an actiontec router w/ broadband internet connection. i am unable to get any incoming connections and my download speed is stuck at around 15kb/s. i don't understand, i have a 20mb connection! at the bottom of utorrent, there is a yellow sign saying unable to get any incoming connections. i have done everything from port forwarding to static ip, ect, everything on portforwarding.com. wtf, i am sick of getting this message!!! i do have a firewall, but i have allowed access to the internet for this program. also turned off upnp port mapping! router-actiontecmodel number- mi-424-wrplease, some 1 help!!! i have tryed everything! even read all forums regarding this topic and nothing helped me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3box1 Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 also, tested port, port is not open, followed portforwarding.com step by step, no change in status. turned off all of my firewalls, didn't work. tryed setting up a static ip, didn't work. its even worse now, it now shows a red icon. nothing works and im getting tired of this, i have spent 6 hours straight trying to figure it out myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 What firewall are you using? The Actiontec is your modem too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3box1 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 i use two firewalls, the one with the router, actiontec, and also have a windows live firewall. Actiontec is my broadband router, yes. it is wireless or i can connect via LAN. i tried turning off both firewalls, but this had no affect. also when i set up a static ip, i had no internet because the dns was wrong or something, called the company and they sayed use the automatic setting. so, no static ip and i get a red light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3box1 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 also, tested my speed on speakeasy.net/speedtest, i got 15000 kb/download and a 4700kb/ upload, so my connection is not the problem. i have configured my router and my stock firewall to accept utorren, incoming and outgoing connections, and file sharing. by the way, thanks for responding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 (You already said the ActionTec was your router before, but still haven't specified whether it was your modem too)At this point, the only two possibilities I can come up with is that either it's a user error (misconfiguration), or your ISP's being stupid and blocking ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3box1 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 hmmm, it might be that my isp is blocking ports. i think my router comes with an internal modem. if it doesn't, i have no clue where if any, my modem would be. i have tryed to open the port with various technquies, but nothing works. if it is my isp that is blocking the ports, is there ne way around it? also, even though i have a red light, i still upload at 450kb and download at around 250 kb, but i know i could be downloading at 4 mbs and uploading at 2mbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3box1 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 red message is that my router/firewall is limiting traffic, open a port for faster speeds.i know its not my firewall because i tried turning it off, and that doesn't do anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3box1 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 nvm, called my isp and they walked me through it, thanks ne way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Any chance you're confusing bandwidth values in kilobits/sec and megabits/sec for file transfer speeds of KiloBYTES/sec and MegaBYTES/sec? (It takes 8 bits to make 1 byte, and takes even more bandwidth to actually transfer a byte of a file.)Is your connection fiber-based by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Fry Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 If you don't mind, how did you correct this problem? What was the error causing it? I have a very similar router on a 20meg fiber with lacking torrent speeds. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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