madhouserevival Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Ever since I discarded port forwarding (still using static ip, though, and I've used it with several different routers) and started using UPnP, my downloads are exceedingly fast! I'm using a VT2442 router.My Wan setting is is DHCP enabled, Nat enabled, Firewall disabled.In Advanced settings I've checked Allow Incoming Ping, and enabled the DMZ with my static IP address. I haven't had to forward any port, and my BT is rocking my socks off!Is it just the VT2442 router is UPnP friendly, or is portforwarding in general all that important to begin with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 If you use DMZ, you shouldn't NEED to use UPnP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhouserevival Posted October 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Just know that DMZ improved my downloads for some reason. By the way, I just discovered that the utorrent port testing site is INCORRECTLY reporting my port as closed. Other sites report that it is open and working. Should I contact admin or is posting here good enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 A manual port forward should help just as much as using DMZ, and it will be less of a security risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhouserevival Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Well, I figured things out and am flying high now. See my post http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=28203 I'm more worried about my upload speeds than my download. Anyway, I changed my static ip per http://portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm Apparently, it helps to have them find the static ip address you should use. So far, no nat problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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