Few connectability and speed questions, part deux.

[Utor03]

Linksys WRTG54 router

Qwest M1000 modem: firewall disabled, routing disabled

Port Checker: Port 54828 does not appear to be open.

Speed test: 6.0 Mb/s D/L, 0.5 Mb/s UL

400+ kB/s when D/L'ing slackware

Windows XP SP2

Computer > Linksys > M1000

Norton Internet Suite 2009 (firewall/antivirus: allowance for uTor made)

uTorrent settings: Global D/L- unlimited Global U/L- 47kB/s Max connections- 250

Slots/torrent- 90 Max D/L torrent- 2 Max active- 3

I had given up on getting my port forwarded properly after getting quite a bit of help in my last thread, http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=57476, but decided to try again. I took the same steps as before but when I plugged my computer directly into the modem, I remembered to add a port forward exception unlike before. When I tried the port checker the status was open but when I reconnected the Linksys to the M1000 and the computer to the Linksys, it was closed. I've been through the portforward guide for the Linksys router upwards of 10 times now, what am I missing?

[Switeck]

"I took the same steps as before but when I plugged my computer directly into the modem, I remembered to add a port forward exception unlike before."

Where is that port exception? On the Modem?

Is it a port exception for an ip or range of ips, or just a bare port?

[Utor03]

The port exception is on the modem. It is for the ip assigned to my computer when I connect allowing traffic through the port I specified, 54828.

[Switeck]

Why you add the router back in, you have to make a port exception to the router from the modem.

And that probably has to use the router's WAN-side ip...whatever that may be.

[Utor03]

Alright, I figured it out thanks to that last bit of advice. Thanks for the help Switeck.

[Switeck]

Was the router's ip you needed to use a 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x, or something else?