From a green signal to none

[acromedian]

Hello,

I have been having issues with my software. A few days ago, my signal was green, and things were great. Now there is the yellow sign, and I have no signal. It is telling me I have to open a port. I had looked into the process in the help area, and it seems very complicated. Is there a simpler way that I am missing? Does anyone know why it goes in and out of signal. My network has always been at full strength, so I am certain it is not my internet. Any help would be great.

Thanks

Acromedian

[Ultima]

Are you actually downloading/uploading anything?

http://www.slackware.com/torrents

Does it occur with torrents from here running?

[acromedian]

Yes, I was downloading at the time. I will check that site right now.

What is the difference if I am downloading? Is there something I can do to change it back to green?

[Ultima]

Well, the network status light displays the connection status based on the incoming connections it receives (or lack thereof). If µTorrent sees an incoming connection, then it knows it isn't firewalled, so it shows a green circle. If otherwise, it might show yellow or red depending on how obvious it is that it is firewalled (yellow simply means it isn't sure, since it's simply not receiving incoming connections).