ryoden Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Hi,I had no problems with my belkin router. However recently it started to go wrong so I got a NETGEAR WGR614 v9Anyway I booted up my backup PC and managed to get a green connection on utorrent using XP, so I shut down and booted up the Vista 64 bit PC (which was previously working fine with the belkin).Anyway I have port forwarded without any problem (as far as I can tell) # Service Name Start Port End Port Server IP Address 1 Utorrent 50592 50592 192.168.1.2 2 Utorrent02 50591 50591 192.168.1.3the vista PC is the utorrent02I cannot think what the problem is but the connection stays red. I have downloaded the port forward port checker and it says that the port is open both on TCP / UDPHowever when you click the utorrent "test port" button I get this resultWelcome to the µTorrent Port Checker.A test will be performed on your computer to check if the specified port is opened.Checking port 50591 on 82.32.227.123...Error! Port 50591 does not appear to be open.Currently my upload speed seems fine (it rises to my maximum in a few seconds)However my download speed is terrible (8kB/s with 27 peers connected out of 1723 and 0 seeds out of 169)Can anyone think of what I have missed?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Did you uncheck "random port at each start" in both uT? And did you disable UPnP?Are you sure your 2nd PC (Vista - ut02) have the good static IP (192.168.1.3) and not another one? (run cmd and type ipconfig /all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryoden Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Yes I have checked twice, I just dont understand why its coming up red.However I just checked again with ipconfig and it gives the following infoIPV4 address 192.168.1.3<preferred> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Can you set your uTorrent with far ports, like 50592 and 51592 and test again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryoden Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 ok I have reconnected my old belkin router which uses 192.168.2.55 and the same port 50591and.......................I have a green connection no problem.Very odd... I think I will stick with the belkin as the reason I stopped using it was the fact it suddenly stopped dropping the connection about 2-3 times per day. I couldnt think why this had happened but I noticed while browsing this forum that Kapersky might be the cause so I will uninstall that and see if it makes any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 It's weird because previously on my router, I created 2 rules for my uT: one for ethernet (192.168.1.10 and port 50000) and one for wifi (192.168.1.11 and port 50001).So when I switched from ethernet to wifi, I just changed the port number in uT and it worked good.So try to know if KAV is the culprit and maube try to explain your issue on the board of the router manufacturer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Many belkin routers cannot handle more than ~60 connections at once. (This includes half open connections!) A custom firmware which allows you to change their TCP and UDP timeout intervals helps them immensely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryoden Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Ok thanks - I have uninstalled kapersky and replaced with AVAST. Will leave utorrent on all night and see what happens over the next 24 hours.Hmm well that didnt work, it wasnt kapersky. The router connection went flashing (dead) just now and nothing could connect to the internet without a reboot of router. I dont understand why this is happening, it may be nothing to do with utorrent of course. I guess thats the next thing to check. I will leave the everything turned on except utorrent. Process of elimination now.EditOk I had better explain the reason I changed routers, the problem I had with the belkin router (after 6 years of no problems) was that the connected light on the router would start flashing and would cut the net connection off, however it only started doing this recently and from what I can tell it only does it if left on for a long period of time 6-12 hours+ with utorrent running.I bought another router (Netgear) and that had the same problem (in addition to the red connection on utorrent it also cut off all net connectivilty when left on overnight)Well I left it on all night without utorrent running and there was no problem, so I guess its the interation between utorrent and my router (either of them since they both had the same problem).However I have been using utorrent and my original belkin router for 6 years now without any problems so I wonder what has changed. My provider is Virgin media, i am wondering if their odd throttling technique is involved since if you exceed x GB DL or y MB ul they lower your speed from 10 gb to 2 gb, not sure if this would have any effect as i dont know how it works but my problems surfaced around January this year.My Global max number of connections is currently 90Max number of connected peers per torrent is currently 40Number of upload slots per torrent is currently 3Max number of active torrents is 3Max number of active downlods is 2If anyone has any more suggestions I would be grateful.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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