Another port forwarding problem: port open but status red (error)

[garratt1963]

Hello,

I am using utorrent 1.8.4. under XP and had opened a specific port for utorrent. It worked fine for some days. Today I received an error-message (red ! at the bottom of the window) telling me that my network connections were faulty. I checked it with the Speed-Guide and the tool found nothing wrong with my port forwarding. The result was: port was opened and working correctly. Even a restart of utorrent didn´t improve my red ! ...

What can I do to get it working?

Thanks,

Pete.

[Switeck]

Does your internet ip change sometimes?

Are you on wireless?

Have you set up your computer to use a static LAN ip address?

[garratt1963]

Hello,

Does your internet ip change sometimes? ---- No.

Are you on wireless? ---- Yes.

Have you set up your computer to use a static LAN ip address? ---- No, I take whatever comes, but the IP never changes.

Thanks.

[Switeck]

If your computer's LAN ip address changes, are you using UPnP on the wireless router to keep uTorrent forwarded?

[garratt1963]

Dear Switeck,

in the uTorrent options I see that Unp port mapping is activated. Does this fit to your question?

But there is another strange thing and it might be the problem: my port forwarding is automatically set to the IP adress "192.168.178.31" but when I run the port-checker of uTorrent, it checks it on "77.186.11.246" !

Could this be the reason for my problem - and if yes, how can I solve it?

Thanks!

[Switeck]

The port checker checks your internet (WAN) ip. If you're forwarded correctly and have no blocking software firewalls, this should work.