my port seems to be close

[eleanor]

hi everybody!

i apologize in advance for my english.

I need some help to open my port.

I have a router Linksys WRT54GX, i'm using windows firewall (Win XP SP2).

I tried every random port thar utorrent suggested and the test always says: XXX port does not seem to be open.

I've tried to connect without the router, directly pc to the modem which is a Pirelli, but it didn't work either so i assumed i had a problem with my firewall.

I added utorrent to the list a allowed programs (it was already there, i deleted and added again) and afterwards i also added a port (i tried 6666, because someone told me it was a port that tends to be free/open).

still my icon goes from yellow to red and my download speed does not go higher than 2 kb/seg!!!!!

thanks a lot!!!

XXX

[GTHK]

On the Linksys go to the Status page and post the first two parts of the routers "IP Address" and the Gateway address in the Internet (top) section. How many computers are you using on that router?

[eleanor]

my router ip address is 168.123.x.x. i don't find the other data you are asking for.

i'm the only one connected to the router, but i tried to connect without the router, this means, the pc directly to the adsl modem and the port continues to be closed.

i also tried to connect with my firewall disabled, and the port was still closed and the icon still yellow-red. so... i can't get what is blocking the ports

i will check the link you gave me, thanks.

[moogly]

Recreate you port forwarding rule in your router (port number >10000) with your local IP.

Uncheck random port and UPnP in uT settings.

[GTHK]

And if that doesn't work, setup a static IP address on your computer, and outside your routers DHCP range (check the range by looking at the starting address and number of clients on the setup page). Once you have a static IPa setup update the port forward rule.

Static IPa: http://www.portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm