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Need help with ports/routers.
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xGD91x
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4. December 2006 @ 13:13 |
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I have read the guide on ports. However, when I access my router (Trendnet TEW432), I'm sure Virtual Server is the equivalent of Port Forward but it only allows me to put one port and either pick TCP, UDP or *(which I'm not sure if its both or none). Would I need to put in 6881 through 6889 along with both TCP and UDP(18 entries)?
I'm sick of downloading at around 1kb/s, so I appreciate any help. :)
I am using ABC if it matters.
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5. December 2006 @ 12:18 |
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Not my forte and I've never used ABC but lets see what we can do. First, you will need to know if a static ip address is necessary. Go to Start>Run>type in cmd>select ok>type in ipconfig/all>select enter. That will show your ip address, make a note of it, type exit and select enter or just close. Now, shut down your computer for a few minutes and start again, rechecking your ip address. If your router has assigned a new address, you will have to set a static address or any forwarding will be useless: http://www.portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm This page shows the setup for a TEW-432 BRP which, I assume, is just a different version of the Trendnet TEW-432 and it shows what is probably a dropdown box for TCP/UDP in Virtual Server: http://www.portforward.com/english/route...-432BRP/ABC.htm At any rate, you need both. Change the default port in ABC to one over 10,000 and forward that and you should be set.
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xGD91x
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5. December 2006 @ 15:24 |
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I have done what you said. My ip stayed the same so I continued. Its been about 20 minutes and the most I have reached is about 1.7kb/s and now its slowly going down to 0.
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5. December 2006 @ 16:35 |
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What is the health rating. I think you can tell by the text color on the download or is there a connection light? Either should be green. How many peers and seeds are you connected to, any chance your ISP throttles torrents; sounds like it. I think I read recently that ISP's don't block port 1720, you could try that and make sure the ip address you forwarded is correct.
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xGD91x
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5. December 2006 @ 16:52 |
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The download name is at a good colour (green-beige). I am connected to 3 seeds out of a possible of 63 and 5 peers out of 42. Earlier, you said it had to be over 10,000, so putting it to 1720 would still work?
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5. December 2006 @ 17:12 |
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Green is the best and means you are forwarded correctly, a connection to 3 seeds and 5 peers would explain your slow speeds and as time passes, you should connect to more. You can select any port to forward you wish, it's just more likely that an ISP can block the default port for a client or a port under 10,000. I read that an ISP can't block port 1720 as other programs use it, so it's fine.
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janrocks
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5. December 2006 @ 18:19 |
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Those other programs on 1720 include server control instructions. Blueyonder use it for sssh admin access to the local repeater nodes in my region. I always go for a port up in the 45xxx range, and change it regularly. A lot of trackers block most 6xxx ports by default these days anyway. None of us serious p2p users use ports in the 6xxx range. The ones not blocked are often seen as running trojan processes and are blocked by peers instead.
Check yur performance options..number of connections per torrent and globally, and number of files open for read/write..and finally... Don't saturate your connection by trying to upload faster than your connection capabilities..mess around with this setting to find the sweet spot. It changes hourly because of other network traffic.. :)
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xGD91x
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6. December 2006 @ 10:34 |
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I tried doing 1720 and I have around 5kb/s but its only been 5 minutes so I'll give it some more time
About the suggestion of 45xxx+, I remember seeing a site a while ago that listed ports that contained trojans (although I can't find it now), should I take a look at that before putting in a random number thats around the 45xxx range? Or am I safe around those sets of ports?
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6. December 2006 @ 11:03 |
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Not sure on the ports, some say over 10.000, some say over 50,000. I personally use 34,450 and have for about a year. Connecting will take well over 5 minutes, give it an hour. I use utorrent now but when I used BitTornado, a good connection took up to 15 minutes and a further time to connect to more peers and I believe ABC is based on BitTornado.
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