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No green light torrents

  • 21-10-2005 1:49pm
    #1
    keywall
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    Hello

    Im using eircom broadband with the supplied netopia modem and i cant get a green light when downloading (legal) torrents. Ive tried port forwarding, that worked up untill last week but now all I can get is a yellow light. Anyone else getting this problem?
    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Talisman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,289 ✭✭✭Talisman


    A guy in work has the same experience on BT, it doesn't affect his torrents though.


  • #3
    Drapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭Drapper


    you might try a diffrent port to the default, see how it goes!


  • #4
    ricey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭ricey


    It has to be that you dont have your ports set up or its your firewall
    most likely your router ports. Click start > Run > Type cmd, Then on
    the black screen enter ipconfig and get the IP Address ie 192.168.1.33
    and forward the ports on your router for that IP. That has to work.


  • #5
    Tony H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭Tony H


    go to the properties on your bittorent file and go to advanced and enable public DHT network , then check if you are getting remote connections , if you are getting remote connections ignore the colour of the light
    ps this link shows the best ports to forward to for eack torrent client
    http://www.portforward.com/cports.htm


  • #6
    ricey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭ricey


    enable public DHT network

    Thats a bad plan if you ask me.


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  • #7
    skywalker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭skywalker


    Does doing this actually affect the speed you get on torrents? Ive always got yellow lights but never really done anything about it, They still download fine.


  • #8
    ricey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭ricey


    skywalker wrote:
    Does doing this actually affect the speed you get on torrents? Ive always got yellow lights but never really done anything about it, They still download fine.

    You only think that, you need your ports opened so
    you can connect fully to other peers. If you had a
    3 or 4 meg connection you would see a difference
    if the ports were not opened. Why not just open
    them? It takes like 5 mins only.


  • #9
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,482 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    If anyone can help me setup my ports for Bitcomet - legal torrent downloading only- , I'd appreciate it, the Portforward link above does not cover the Netopia 3347NWG.
    I had a go and made an arse of it being honest.
    When I ran....ipconfig..the IP address I got was my local network IP - according to my router page, should I not be using the IP address in my Connection Info section of my router page?? which also contains completly different gateway and DNS address
    Totally confused


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