crash1 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 My setup is as followsBillion BIPAC7401 VGPR3 (192.168.1.254) to which is connected to a Netcomm NB5Plus4 (192.168.1.21)in my lounge (1 PC, Telstra TBox) and aNetgear wgr614v7 (192.168.1.1) in my office (2 PC's and Printer)My mobile phone and laptop connect wirelessly to which ever device is in range.I have static IP addresses set up on my Laptop and Lounge PC (Both outside the DHCP range of 192.168.1.0-20)Lappy - 192.168.1.200 uTorrent port is set to 18432Lounge PC - 192.168.1.100 uTorrent port is set to 60062I can access the network and internet with no issues.The Billion router is the only device with hardware firewall enabled and there is no software firewall.Windoze 7 64bit on both torrent devices.I have set up port forwarding on the Billion and the other two routers should firewall disabled.uTorrent will not Seed/Download if the hardware firewall is enabled. Tests using uTorrent port forwarding tests show the ports as forwarded but will not log on to any of the servers unless the firewall is off.I've read and tried so much that my head is now in a spin. I would love to be able to leave uTorrent running and contribute to the torrent community, but not without a firewall.Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash1 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 (Addendum)I followed the instructions at portforward.com but their PFtesting utility will not load on any of my machines for some reason. It does, however load the "ask" toolbar and search engine, even if I do not want them. Tried downloading at different times using different methods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerslave Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 A firewall is designed to block incoming connections, therefore, it must be off to use uTorrent. If you're going to use a Torrent client, then the firewall must be off for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash1 Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Following your rationale, then my e-mail client would not work either. A firewall is there to prevent unauthorised connections and permit those who have the authority. Hence port forwarding. A software firewall permits/denies using similar principles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Some software firewalls assume that new versions of software are actually new software and blocks them by default (sometimes without any prompting).Additionally, secondary firewall code in routers actually inhibits the use of the internet connection as a whole instead of just one program. The SPI firewall is one of the first things I disable on new router setups because of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash1 Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 So what you imply is that a software firewall is superior to the hardware one? That, I find less than satisfactory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Both are prone to cutting you off from the internet entirely.The SPI firewall included in 90% of residential grade routers is just more prone to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash1 Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 \It's only uTorrent that is cut off, everything else works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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