Zanwolf Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hi, I'm new to the forums and yes I have searched the forums and read the FAQ, other forums stickies etc but can not find anything useful that will help.I have been onto the portforwarding.com site that uTorrent redirects you to when you try to check if the port is forwarded properly.I have set up a static IP address and added the ports, IP address etc to the Linksys set up router setup page. I have checked the right boxs in the preferences in uTorrent and done everything properly, double checked my settings etc and everything is right.BUT the port, when checking to see if it is forwarded properly, it tells me it isn't. I don't understand why. I only have Windows Firewall installed, no anti-virus software of another Firewall on here and I am using Windows XP Vista.Does anyone know how to get my little indicator in the buttom to go from a yellow caution sign to a green symbol because it isn't working, I have even checked and unchecked the Enable Encryption box and still, nothing. I don't understand what I have done wrong. Can someone please give me advise, show me a better website or whatever so I can get my download speeds to be at maxium to what they can be rather than 60kbps, which is annoying when I've had over 200kbps before, now it just won't forward the port and I don't understand why.All help is appriciated.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Did you make sure the static IP you set was outside of the router's DHCP range? It won't forward unless it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanwolf Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 How do I do that exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Look through the settings and find the DHCP settings. It's probably listed as starting address and number of clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanwolf Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 What settings, those through the cmd prompt, router's address or when I go into the properties of the connected connection?What do I do once I find the DHCP address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Router settings. Once you find it, use a static IPa outside the range to make sure it port forwards correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanwolf Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Ok, got it. But how do I forward it outside? Do I have to type in the DHCP somewhere?Sorry to be a pain. I used to know a lot about this stuff but haven't worked with routers for about 6 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 You already set your static IP. Just pick a new IP that's not in the range of IPs your router uses for DHCP (which it will tell you in its config page). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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