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| 587951 | 2007-09-04 22:52:00 | Is there a simple to understand way of forwarding ports so that UTorrent may be used with a reasonable speed please? I have Windows XP SP2 Xtra explorer broadband D-Link DSL-504G Router and wish to use just one of two computers on a lan for Torrents. I have checked on the net and the directions there have all been way above my understanding. All that I have learnt so far is that I do need to port forward as utorrent has a yellow triangle icon where there should be a green tick icon. Any help would be appreciated here thanks :help: |
minster (9180) | ||
| 587952 | 2007-09-04 23:17:00 | Go to the router control panel in Internet explorer, (in the address bar type the routers address eg: 10.1.1.1 or 192.168.1.1) Click the 'Advanced User Mode' button on the left Click the 'Advanced button' at the top Then the 'Port Forwarding' button on the side In the Private IP: enter the IP address of your computer If you are unsure of your IP address the you probably have a you IP assigned to you, follow these procedures Open the start menu Click Settings -> control panel Click on Network and Internet Settings Open Network connections Look for a connection (probably called Local Area Connection) that says Connected Double click on that connection Click the 'Properties' Button Scroll down to 'Internet Protocol TCP/IP', Then double click on it Tick the 'Use the following IP address' radio button Assign yourself an IP address Like the one for your Router, if the router was 10.1.1.1 then make yours 10.1.1.21. Like wise if the router is 192.168.1.1 make yours 192.168.1.21 Click in the 'subnet' field (should be filled automatically) In the 'default gateway' put the IP address of your router In the 'Preferred DNS server' also put the IP address of your router Click OK, then OK again Go back to the routers control panel Enter the IP address you just assigned to your computer into the Private IP box In the 'Protocol Type' list select TCP or UDP (different applications use differend protocols) if you are unsure create two port forwards, one on each protocol. In the 'Private Port' enter a port number ie: 26000 (to be safe stick with high numbers in this field, the lower numbers get used by other programs/services) In the 'Public Port' enter the same port number and select 'Single port' from the list at the end Click 'Apply' You can go through the steps again to create another port forward (for another protocol maybe) Also found this (www.geekzone.co.nz)that you may want to use if the above doesn't work. |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 587953 | 2007-09-05 00:35:00 | Thanks for your quick and complete reply:) I shall study this and have a try later tonight. Much appreciated:thumbs: |
minster (9180) | ||
| 587954 | 2007-09-05 01:53:00 | All up and working good now that I have followed your directions.:D Excellent! Thank you:) |
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