Vista and Torrents - Cannot open port?

Question

I just upgraded to vista ultimate, and now can't open a port for torrents. I have already setup my router to forward the port and the vista firewall (I even shut off the firewall to see if that would work). It worked great in XP, and I thought I was relativiely advanced with this stuff. Any suggestions? My vista upgrade has not been easy.

Answer 1

Check to make sure you saved your router settings. Also, if you are using utorrent make sure it is not randomizing the port. Last, if you are behind a router you should check your ip address is the one you used for port forwarding. Routers dynamically assign the NAT address so if there are other computers behind the router it may change your address each time you log in. You can try to configure your router to put you in the DMZ zone and see if that helps. If you are connectable in the DMZ but not behind the router then it is your router config.

Thats all you can do. open ports in router and unblock your firewall. IF it is not a firewall problem, AND your router is open. THEN it is not a port problem.

When I got the 2 new puters here and hooked em up, they did indeed get assigned new LAN IP's....check in your router and see what LAN IP it may have assigned you.

I had the same problem using BitLord2. Change to uTorrent. Worked perfectly!!

Make sure they match Utorrent

All my suggestions are from the voice of experience. These stupid little things will drive you nuts. When you figure the problem you smack yourself in the head. The solution usually comes after you have gone crazy from trying for over two hours to figure out what is wrong.

Answer 2

You must have the router forwarding the port to the wrong host -- check your IP addresses.