Port forwarding help

[Daz]

Throttling != blocking. Should still be able to make a connection.

[mejinks]

He just said hes getting under 30k/s speeds, thus he is getting some data through?

Faysh, go to start -> Run -> CMD and type netstat -a. This will tell you what ports are open on your pc.

What firewall are you using btw? Zonealarm or windows firewall?

[mejinks]

actually faysh, I think you have made an error with your port map. Instead of the port you want open, I think it should be the ip address of the pc to which you want the port to point to?

[Daz]

Originally Posted by mejinks

He just said hes getting under 30k/s speeds, thus he is getting some data through?

Separate problem though. Faysh is trying to get a port forwarded for DHT (this one I guess), and needs to then forward 6881-6889 for the actual p2p traffic. Without those ports forwarded, you will get some data, though not a lot.

Router doesn't support UPNP then Faysh?

[Feek]

Originally Posted by mejinks

actually faysh, I think you have made an error with your port map. Instead of the port you want open, I think it should be the ip address of the pc to which you want the port to point to?

That's what I thought as I read down, surely the map is the IP of the PC you're torrenting from?

[Daz]

The port map field you mean? Looks ok to me. Just giving the option to map to a different internal port (port 80 being the common one, keeps your internal site off default ports on the web).

[mejinks]

Originally Posted by Daz

Separate problem though. Faysh is trying to get a port forwarded for DHT (this one I guess), and needs to then forward 6881-6889 for the actual p2p traffic. Without those ports forwarded, you will get some data, though not a lot.

Router doesn't support UPNP then Faysh?

Ive always wondered how this works fine for me when I haven't forwarded these ports in my router and turned UPNP off. I've been told UPNP is the spawn of the devil.

[Daz]

It has its uses. I have no problem using it at home - I have control over all the hosts on the network, and it's very convenient - particularly for Xbox Live. It has no place for corporate use of course

[mejinks]

ahh.

Faysh, have you set your ip address on your computer instead of leaving it to DHCP? You then need to add it to a group and allow the port to farward to that group it would seem going from the instructions.

[Fayshun]

Originally Posted by mejinks

Who is your isp? They could be throttling it.

Tiscali, I suspect they do throttle me. I got a warning for heavy downloading during peak hours a few months back. I don't torrent during peak hours now.

Originally Posted by Daz

Throttling != blocking. Should still be able to make a connection.

Originally Posted by mejinks

He just said hes getting under 30k/s speeds, thus he is getting some data through?

Only just

Originally Posted by mejinks

Faysh, go to start -> Run -> CMD and type netstat -a. This will tell you what ports are open on your pc.

Apparently 5667 is "listening" but uTorrent forwarding test site still reports 5667 as closed.

Originally Posted by mejinks

What firewall are you using btw? Zonealarm or windows firewall?

Windows firewall. Should I try ZoneAlarm instead?

Originally Posted by Daz

Router doesn't support UPNP then Faysh?

It does. And it tell me it's enabled.

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