8bit Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hi! Here's my information:ISP - Shaw Cable (Canada)Bandwidth - 3.2 megabits per second (as per bandwidthplace.com)Windows XP Pro SP2Software Firewall - None, windows firewall currently disabled/offHardware Firewall - which ever one is in my D-Link DI-524 Wireless RouterI've tried to forward the port as per the instructions on portforward.com for my router but it doesn't seem to help my situation. I've left utorrent's port on 32459 default and unchecked UPnP. Once thing I did notice was when I did "ipconfig /all" to set my IP static, my gateway and DNS server had the same numbers. Does that make any sense? I've tried entering the two DNS values I found for Shaw Cable, but that didn't work either.I'm currently fluctuating quite a lot between 10 kbps and 40 kbps. I know that torrents d/ls are dynamic, but I remember bittornado being a little more stable (though I stopped using it since it barely d/ls anything now).Please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Shaw throttles BitTorrent traffic. Enable PE. D-Links are known to have problems with too many simultaneous connections.Try changing ports (anything above 10000 should be fine), and following the directions here again, even if you already did before, just in case you missed anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8bit Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Whats "PE"? Sorry for the n00b question, for some reason I'll gladly frig around with every PC component but my router scares the crap out me lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Protocol Encryption. Enable it in the Network section of the Preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8bit Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 I downloaded azereus to see if things would be different. I opened a another port in my virtual server for it and Azereus has NAT Ok now. I figured might as well try that port in uTorrent and now I get "OK" when I do the connection test, but the bottom of the window says "listen error". Speed in uTorrent seems to be consistently over 40 kbps (yay!).I wasn't able to find "PE" on the under preferences>network options I only see "Randomize..., Enable UPnP, and Alternate Upload Rate..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Oh, try the latest beta on the download page. And as for that Listen Error... you're probably getting that because you have Azureus open at the same time as µTorrent while using the same port. Exit Azureus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Routers are really simple computers in their own right, often even running a chopped-down Linux version!They are limited in tasks, so they tend to get only so messed up and are usually fixable.If that scares you...be really afraid of any computer with Windows 9x-XP on it! I had my Linksys router crash during a firmware flash update -- less than 1 hour later I got it running again. Were that my computer that crashed during bios flash update, I'd be needing a new motherboard and reinstall of windows from scratch!Just get a good manual for your router...even if it means getting another router...reading the basics about routers, switches, and hubs in general -- and you'll probably get the router all sorted out in less than 8 hours of learning-work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 8bit: use port 1720, enable peer.lazy_bitfield and turn on Encryption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wynter Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Did you also enter an entry for the built-in firewall in the Router? To allow that port number to go through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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