Only local hosts? linksys router?

[stingray]

not sure what i'm doing wrong. but using the ABC client, it's always "yellow" (i.e. only local ports can be accessed). max connection speed is about 3k. sometimes i see it spike to maybe 7k. but that only lasts for a min. or 2. i disabled ZA firewall. no effect. i reset my router, no effect. i (think anyway) opened my TCP ports 6881-6999 and still only local. it's a Linksys router. it can't be the ZA firewall. not sure if anything in XP is fussing w/ the connection but i haven't turned on anything in the network connection (conversely i didn't turn anything off either, just left as is).

What i did in router settings:
Linksys router "homepage" > Advanced > Fowarding > Custom Appl. (entered) Ext. Port (6881-6999) Protocal TCP (checked) IP address (entered) Enabled (checked)

What i did in ZA firewall settings:
Firewall > Main > Internet Zone Security > Custom > Allow Incoming TCP Port (6881-6999)

1 torrent in the beginning was going great last week when i first installed the client on a fresh setup (clean XP). all green lights are go. in fact, i was surprised to find a large batch torrent (1GB+) was already done overnight but afterwards, it's all slowed to a crawl, even a reasonably popular series like FMAlchemist (eps#11) or Naruto (eps#61) was only getting 3-5k.

ADSL connection via SBC. u/l set @ 10k (any more and it'll drastically affect d/l speed)

:dots:

[Sour-Do]

What i did in router settings:
Linksys router "homepage" > Advanced > Fowarding > Custom Appl. (entered) Ext. Port (6881-6999) Protocal TCP (checked) IP address (entered) Enabled (checked)It seems like you've done everything correctly. The only question that I have is what IP address did you enter above (in your LinkSys router settings)? Does it look like 192.168.1.___ ? If it does not, then I am sure that you entered the wrong IP address.

-- Sour-Do
AnimeMuyou!

[stingray]

yep, i checked my IP w/ ipconfig and set it to the listed IP address accordingly.

:dots:

[hkwonton]

I use the experimental BT 3.2.1 and a Linksys router and have no problem.

I set up my Linksys Router like this:
Linksys router "homepage" > Advanced > Fowarding > Port Triggering > (Typing in the BT ports here)

I also run zone alarm pro and use cable and have no problems connecting to outside peers.

[Rama]

yep, i checked my IP w/ ipconfig and set it to the listed IP address accordingly.

:dots:

Maybe you get a dynamic IP from your router. Check it again, if it differs you
need to assign an IP yourself and set the router to forward it.

[Zulfi]

turn off the xp built in "internet connection firewall". see if that helps. it may be on so just check.

[stingray]

XP firewall was never on. static IP from router.

hmm...i think the problem was that when i entered "Ext. Port" settings it only allows it for 1 IP address on the router. I have 4 computers linked to the same router so only 1 was able to be used for the BT ports. when i resetted the router, it cleared all the entries in the fields and i regained access to the remote hosts on the computer i was currently using.

quick experiment of enabling the other IP's settings confirmed that only 1 IP can use the port settings at a time.

i'll try hkwonton's settings and hopefully it'll allow me to access the remote hosts from ANY computer linked to this router.

[xdeath5]

I am having a similar problem. I'm not using XP, but I do have a linksys router. I can't do anything to fix the router because I can't access it. When I try to go to 192.168.1.1 it asks me for username and password (which I thought was blank;admin) but I can't even log in. Anyone have a solution to this?

[stingray]

both username/password, assuming you didn't change it, is admin.

otherwise, reset your router and type in admin/admin for user/pass. should work.

[xdeath5]

Reset router, entered address, doesn't even ask for user/pass, I'm in! (Super excitement building up) Going to configure according to recent posts. Hope this works.

[oniyume]

I'm having the same problem

Linksys WRT54G.. ports are fowarded yet I can't seem to get any remote connections in Bittorrent. Anyone solve this little mishap yet? I'm getting really tired =\
Ohh.. FYI.. it -used- to work perfectly fine.. I have no idea what happened. =(