Help with Bittornado Yellow Status

[austin316]

Ok, here is what I've done. I've completely turned off the built-in windows xp firewall and I've forwarding the correct ports on my router to my IP. However, the light is still yellow. What can I do?

I have a DFI Lanparty 250gb Mobo, with built-in firewall. Do I need to turn that off? If so, how do I do that? Also, I have Network Associates virus scanner, does this have built-in firewall protection? Also, does the ATI catalyst drivers have a built-in firewall?

Finally, I use spybot and adaware, could they be protecting my pc?

Thanks in advance.

++ Should this be posted in networking instead?++

 

[n0cmonkey]

Turn off the stupid nVidia crap firewall.

 

[austin316]

I use ATI.

 

[randumb]

could be that nobody has tried making a remote connection

does this occur on all torrents?

 

[austin316]

my bad. I didn't realize that I had nvidia drivers for my mobo. I was thinking video card. Thanks for the help. I'll try that.

How do I turn off the nvidia firewall?

 

[austin316]

well, I guess I don't even have the nvidia firewall installed.

any other thoughts? could road runner block these ports or something?

and how long should I wait for the light to turn green?

 

[WAZ]

It is a firewall thing. What about Windows XP Firewall?

If not, are your download speeds still okay?

 

[n7]

First, make sure you are not using the standard ports.

Set them to somewhere between 50,000 & 65,000.

Then make sure the router is indeed setup correctly to forward the ports you've selected.

Use this to check if you are connectable http://btfaq.com/natcheck.pl

 

[austin316]

Originally posted by: n7
First, make sure you are not using the standard ports.

Set them to somewhere between 50,000 & 65,000.

So don't use ports 6881 to 6889?

 

[austin316]

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[austin316]

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[Mr Smiley]

Text This site explains how to foward ports for a lot of routers and firewalls.

 

[austin316]

I've forwarded the router already. It didn't seem to work. My question now pertains to the above mention of using different ports.

about : Set them to somewhere between 50,000 & 65,000.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: austin316
I've forwarded the router already. It didn't seem to work. My question now pertains to the above mention of using different ports.

about : Set them to somewhere between 50,000 & 65,000.

Yes. Do that, as i mentioned.

Some ISPs throttle the commonly used P2P ports, hence the recommendation to use non-standard ones.

I haven't used Bittornado, so i don't know if it uses just one port like Azureus or more, but however many ports it needs, set it up accordingly.

 

[austin316]

so do I reconfigure the router or bittornado?