Anyone willing to help with port problem?

[jma]

I have read all the stickies and tried all the checks at PFconfig and all that but still when I test to see if the port is forwarded properly it tells me the port seems to be closed. Using actiontec 701wg router.

[jewelisheaven]

I'm not sure if it is covered at http://www.portforward.com

After you change settings on your router you can try Open Office and see if that gives you GREEN icon under taskbar.

[jma]

I tried everything I found at portforward.com from static ip to port forward to dhcp availability, when I open a torrent it just stays inactive.

[jewelisheaven]

OK that is a different problem. If under "Status" column in the torrent pane you see inactive or stopped or queued, it means your Ctrl-P -> Queue settings are keeping you from downloading.

What you want to do is make sure the torrents you WANT are within the range.

Generally speaking the lower number of active torrents the better your speeds are.

On ANY connection I recommend 3 max downloads and up to 5 total as long as you are using upload slots which give EACH PEER you connect to (6 torrents @ 1 slot each = 6 peers) at least 5 KiBps.

that can accomodate a .25 Mbit upload line.

If you want to keep slow speeding lots of torrents increase that if you have a higher upload, OR if you keep the SAME NUMBER of torrents, increase the number of slots

[jma]

Still have the little orange triangle at bottom center of screen, says "no incoming connections." I have read that it may be a problem with Qwest DSL blocking torrents. Or could it be that I am stuck between the wireless gateway and the actual modem on my gt701wg actiontec?

[jewelisheaven]

If your modem has a router built-in you need to disable it or turn it into "bridge mode" since you have ANOTHER hardware firewall behind it.