Dbajj Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 So basically last boxing day I got a bunch of parts on sale and put together my new shiny computer, wonderful and all but since then I have had no luck whatsoever with port forwarding.uTorrent is the main program I am trying to get working here, I have tried using two different routers. One was a Dlink WBR-1310 using the latest firmware and I tried everything with that, static IP, disabling firewalls, disabling/enabling UPNP and no matter what I did it would not show the port as open.I next tried a Linksys WRT54GS V2 with the default firmware on uTorrent, after the having the same results and reading the page on the forum I tried to flash the router with the latest DD-WRT firmware and that worked fine, removing any slowdown. But no matter what I did I could not get my router to show the port as open. Now at this point I decided it is probably a software issue since I tried two different routers, so I disabled the Windows Firewall, the NOD32 antivirus I run as well as put the router in DMZ.Through all of this I have had no luck at all with getting that green checkmark in uTorrent. The strange thing is however one weekend a few weeks ago I started up uTorrent only to find the icon yellow, and then green soon after. I was content so I set my downloads overnight and came back in the morning to find it still green. I restarted the computer only to find the uTorrent icon had turned red once again, and since then I have had no luck at all getting the port forwarding to work.So if anybody has any ideas as to what I can do I would appreciate it.Feel free to ask my about any details of the process I went through and I will be happy to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 What make and model modem are you using? What does the red icon say when you put your mouse over it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbajj Posted October 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 It is a Motorola SB5100, got it for free from my ISP when I upgraded my plan.The red icon says Listen Error: Please Change The Listen Port when I mouse over it, which I have tried multiple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Listen error means a firewall, virus, or another program is blocking µTorrent. Since you've tried changing the port already, it's probably a firewall. What firewall and/or anti-virus software are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbajj Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 The only firewall I am using right now is the default windows firewall, the router firewall and NOD32 Antivirus, but I don't think that NOD32 is functioning as a firewall, just an antivirus.I have tried disabling all of these when checking the ports and did not have any luck either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Have you messed with any advanced options? Particularly net.bind_ipAlso, have you ensured that the port you chose is not in conflict with any others? TCPView would let you see all listening connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbajj Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Well I looked at the net.bind_ip to find it set to 192.168.0.101, and since I haven't changed that before I decided to try and set it to my static IP.Turns out this is what it needed because now the checkmark is green and the port is open, so everything is good I suppose.Thank you both of you for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Don't set any IP there. Reset the option completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Shaw cable may be causing uTorrent additional problems beyond your firewalled-in-uTorrent issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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