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shabs · 30-09-2007, 12:59

Sorry for the OT topic, but this is really annoying me now! Been using utorrent for ages now without any problems, currently using 1.6.1 (don't really think it's necessary to upgrade) but recently have been gettin Much slower speeds than usual - erm for downloading linux isos etc ;-) Turns out its a port forwarding issue as the little red icon with the exclamation tells me that I'm "not connectable"... Bearing in mind that this has NEVER been a problem, I checked everything I could think of... Static IP given to PC by router (Linksys WRT54G) Port forwarded to that IP by router (same port selected in utorrent) firewall (comodo) allowing traffic on said port... But everytime i try the utorrent port checker, it tells me that the port is not open.. (it worked fine until a couple of wekes ago) So I tried selecting the 'DMZ' option in the router, opening ALL ports, disabling the firewall (windows firewall already disabled), and connecting the pc directly to the modem - nothing works! it seems that I have the world's most secure XP box! Cant even leave it vunerable if I try!!! I'm beginning to think its Virgin doing something... Any ideas???

30-09-2007, 12:59	#1
shabs Inactive Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2	Port forwarding issue.. Sorry for the OT topic, but this is really annoying me now! Been using utorrent for ages now without any problems, currently using 1.6.1 (don't really think it's necessary to upgrade) but recently have been gettin Much slower speeds than usual - erm for downloading linux isos etc ;-) Turns out its a port forwarding issue as the little red icon with the exclamation tells me that I'm "not connectable"... Bearing in mind that this has NEVER been a problem, I checked everything I could think of... Static IP given to PC by router (Linksys WRT54G) Port forwarded to that IP by router (same port selected in utorrent) firewall (comodo) allowing traffic on said port... But everytime i try the utorrent port checker, it tells me that the port is not open.. (it worked fine until a couple of wekes ago) So I tried selecting the 'DMZ' option in the router, opening ALL ports, disabling the firewall (windows firewall already disabled), and connecting the pc directly to the modem - nothing works! it seems that I have the world's most secure XP box! Cant even leave it vunerable if I try!!! I'm beginning to think its Virgin doing something... Any ideas???