Port foward checker says Error: port not open, but I am dloading slow

[airbob]

Hello, first time user and very green!

I went through the portforward.com tutorial and set up port forwarding and started a 'torrent'. I first off checked to see if port forwarding was open for my specified port through the Utorrent port checker and it said that the port was not open. However, I seem to be downloading my 'program/torrent' albeit very slowly. I am confused should I be able to download this torrent in utorrent if that port is not open?

Thanks in advance,

Airbob

[Lord Alderaan]

You can download without an open port but speeds can be slow because you cannot connect to everyone. Opening a port unlocks the full potential of BitTorrent.

[LostOnTorrents]

Hello,

Also new on torrents.

Went to PortForwarding found my router Zyxel Prestige600HW61 everything is fine until I got the page where I need to insert Password only (not asking for username). I've tried: blank, admin, 1234 but none of them work. Any known trick to guess the password so I can set the port forwarding?

Without the port forwarding option I still can download but very slow. The red button on the application status bar is telling me: Not connectable. A firewall/router is limiting the amount of traffic. You need to open a port so others can connect to you.

Any suggestions on how to fix this will be appreciated.

thanks a lot

[xxdbdxx]

resst the router. there will be a way to do a hard reset and you can most likely find it in the manual on the manufacturers site. once reset the router will use the default password

[Lord Alderaan]

Look in the manual how to reset/restore the router to factory settings/defaults. You will have to reconfigure the whole router again including settings for your internet connection.