Computer Specs OS: Windows Vista Home Edition 32 Bit
ISP: Comcast
Security: Norton Security Suite
Modem: Comcast Modem by Scientific Atlanta
Wireless Card: Dynex Enhanced G Desktop Card
Router: Buffalo Airstation WHR-HP-G54
Phone Adapter: LinkSys Phone Adapter with Router
Problem I'm having trouble with downloading torrents. In the past, I've used software such as uTorrent, Bittorrent, Vuze etc., but the speed was abysmal. It would never go any higher than 50 kilobytes/sec and that was on a good day. I constantly have this error that says my port is not open. Now the problem has gotten even worse. My torrents won't even begin downloading. It stays a 0%, 0 kbs, 0 seeds, 0 everything.
I have a strong suspicion that my phone adapter maybe the culprit. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
What I've Tried Turning off Security.
Turning off Firewall.
Using suggested ports 6881-6889.
Forwarding my router and ports.
Setting up Static IP.
Throwing my keyboard at the monitor.
Throwing my body at the monitor.
Repairing aforementioned monitor.
Just a guess here, know nothing of your phone adapter. Try this, keep your static address and port forwarding but depending on your client set one port or a range over 10,000, 34450 works fine for me using Vuze or utorrent (ISP's can block those you mention or others under 10,000). Assuming NIS is the Firewall you disabled, check that Windows Firewall isn't enabled too. Could be the modem needs forwarding as well, there are a couple at Port Forward.
I'm going to guess here that the "LinkSys Phone Adapter with Router" is how you make VOIP phone calls (Vonage, maybe?). I used to have a setup like that and it was a huge pain to configure.
It is difficult to have two different routers between your computer and the internet. It would also be difficult to configure the LinkSys Phone Adapter with Router to get to the net through the WHR-HP-G54. For either of those two see the last bit below. It's tough.
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Below is a description of what works on for me on Comcast ...
I'm using a 1+ year old copy of uTorrent on Windows. A new version would undoubtedly work as well or better.
My computer is set to a static IP outside the range that my Linksys gives out as DHCP IPs. I've got UPnP forwarding disabled in both the router and uTorrent. UPnP was used by conficker recently, but I don't mean it exploited a UPnP vuln ... just regular UPnP use that was pretty close to essential for conficker.
My uTorrent is set to use a random high port of my choosing. Using a port above 10000 is good. Using one from 49152 through 65500 might even be a little better. That port I use is set in my Linksys to be forwarded to the static IP I use. My firewall is set to allow traffic on the port to come in. I've got uTorrent set to encrypt the packets, but to also allow in connections from folks who do not use encryption.
I just looked and in my router and software firewall and I also allow in on TCP/IP and UDP the old/standard port(s) that uTorrent would normally use ... or used to use ... 6969, 6881-6889. I don't think that that is necessary. I probably just forgot to turn those ports off. But, I could be wrong about that.
Apparently some (few?) of the Comcast cable modems have routers built into them. If you search for "Comcast Approved Cable Modems" a result pops up from Amazon that shows the approved modems that are on sale at the site. It is a non-official list. The official list is at the URL below. It seems that some of those are modem/router combos.
Having two routers in line between your computer and the net is a configuration that most users will not be able to properly configure. However, a few users will be able to get that setup working. If a user can avoid it then that is the much easier way to go.
To make a two router config work you could do one of the following:
- declare static route(s) - the network works best with this solution, tougher to do
- use RIP to "sync" the two routers up
