Lila85 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Hello all, thank you for taking some time off to read my thread. Any helpful suggestions is greatly appreciated!! =)Please pardon me if I do not understand what you are saying because I'm rather computer illiterate =(I'm having a great deal of problem trying to successfully open a port for µtorrent. This is what it's written when I check if the port is forwarded properly:Welcome to the µTorrent Port Checker.A test will be performed on your computer to check if the specified port is opened.Checking port 10888 on 218.186.10.238...Error! Port 10888 does not appear to be open.Please see www.portforward.com for more information about how to map a port.I'm a Scientific Atlanta Webstar Model DPX213 Series cable modem user with a D-link wireless router (DI-624) using WindowXP. I've already gone through the setup guide, speed guide, followed instructions from www.portforward.com, made sure µtorrent is in the exception list for windows firewall, read the FAQs, lowering maximum global number of connections to 100, checked that my modem is just really a modem and not a modem+router... frankly speaking I'm at my wits end. I will gladly provide any information to get this problem solved.Oh and a few things I don't understand is that the indicator at the bottom is GREEN in colour but yet my port is closed. My wan ip according to the status page of my router is 218.212.128.159, but the port checker's ip is 218.186.10.238? Seriously confused =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatspirit Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Have you static or dynamic IP? You've said your modem is merely a modem. Is it means than only D-Link router has (configurable) NAT settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lila85 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I've a dynamic IP, and I followed the guide at www.portforward.com on how to create a static IP. I'm not sure what is NAT =(, but i can access the router at http://192.168.0.1 to configure it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romuz Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 You need to apply port forwarding of TCP/UDP port used by utorrent in your routerand set static ip on your computerFor Example Computer static IP 192.168.0.5, Utorrent port is 5678Yo neet to create port frorward rule in route for port 5678 protocol TCP/UDP IP 192.168.0.5More information in router user manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lila85 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Hello romuz, thanks for taking time to answer to my queries =)I did follow the guide at portforward.com on how to configure my router but it's still not working for me. Here's a screenshot of what I did: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romuz Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Do you have firewall application on your computer? If yes You need to allow incoming connections to that port too in firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lila85 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I'm using Windows Firewall, i added µtorrent and port 10888 into the exception list but I still fail the port checker. But I noticed that the ip that appears when I use the µtorrent port checker is 218.186.10.238, but according to my router status page, my WAN ip is 218.212.128.159. Is it possible that the problem lies here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romuz Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Its possible, in my computer wan ip on router and on portchecker are the same. Looks like you behind 2 routers and your wan ip not trully exeternal ip adress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Actually, that's not 2 routers. That's an ISP attempting to transparent proxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lila85 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Wow, haha.. I'm sorry it's getting a little technical for me.. what's transparent proxy? I don't think I'm behind 2 routers because there isn't any LAN ports for me to plug in behind my modem. I also goggled my modem model and the manufacturers didn't mention anything about my modem being a router too =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romuz Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 DreadWingKnight says that your ISP not giving you real IP address and using proxy between you and internet. In that situation you cant tune port forwarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lila85 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Oh so it means I've to contact my ISP to fix it? Or is there nothing I can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romuz Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Yes, contact your ISP to get real IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lila85 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Okay thank you romuz, DreadWingKnight and fatspirit for the helpful suggestions! =) Hopefully I will be able to solve this problem after contacting my ISP. =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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