NAT trouble

[deltasat]

Hello world!!

I have installed uTorrent 1.84 in a machine with static IP,

S.O. Win XP Pro 32 bit, ZoneAlarm Pro as firewall and Norton Symantec as antivirus.

I have a Zyxel P-2620 router.

I have created a rule for uTorrent in the router, opening the 50150 port.

Then if I enable the NAT, my network connection fails ("a network cable is unplugged" message), then I gained the network connection, then I lost again and so on and so forth.

If I disable the NAT, everything is Ok, but uTorrent stays with the yellow triangle.

Any hints/ suggestions?

Thanks a lot

deltasat

[Ultima]

O_o

Sounds like the router is crashing... What does µTorrent's Speed Guide show your current settings to be? Do you have DHT enabled? In fact, can you take a look through the first link in my signature regarding interrupted connections to see if anything there helps? If not, please provide the information requested at the bottom of the thread.

[enjay415]

Also check to see if your protocol encryption is set to "enabled." This might help with your seeding.

[deltasat]

Thanks a lot for advises.

I did a different test.

I shutdown any other programs accessing internet, I started NetMeter to check my download speed, I granted uTorrent as maximum bandwidth my full bandwidth, then I downloded an iso file ffrom an ubuntu distribution (+/- 450Mbytes).

Then I saw the downloading arriving to the maximum I have, while the yellow triangle was still there.

I can still accept any further advises, but for the time being it seems that utorrent is able to download even if the port are not forwarded :/

thanks

deltasat

[DreadWingKnight]

http://bt.degreez.net/firewalled.html

And given the history we've seen, I would recommend uninstalling zonealarm.

[deltasat]

> And given the history we've seen, I would recommend uninstalling zonealarm.

Thanks for advise.

If I am allow, which firewall do you suggest to use together with utorrent?

Applications running in my PC are "standard":

Firefox as browser, MSOffice, utorrent, Symantec antivirus (but I am thinking to move to another AV)

thx

deltasat