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Title: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: MattD on May 22, 2007, 05:58:19 PM: I have a Linksys WRT54GC router with the latest firmware and am running Azureus 2.5.0.4 on OSX. I have followed every set of available instructions (Azureus wiki, google) I can find for opening my BT ports and I am still getting the "firewalled" red light in Azureus and every tracker I use says I'm firewalled. I even tried DMZ-ing my local IP, but to no avail. How can I get the necessary ports open? Is there a way I can tell if it's my ISP?

I have tried port forwarding, uPNP, and DMZ with no success. Thanks in advance for the help!
-Matt
Title: Re: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: OFOTD on May 22, 2007, 06:02:37 PM: Quote from: MattD on May 22, 2007, 05:58:19 PM
I have a Linksys WRT54GC router with the latest firmware and am running Azureus 2.5.0.4 on OSX. I have followed every set of available instructions (Azureus wiki, google) I can find for opening my BT ports and I am still getting the "firewalled" red light in Azureus and every tracker I use says I'm firewalled. I even tried DMZ-ing my local IP, but to no avail. How can I get the necessary ports open? Is there a way I can tell if it's my ISP?

I have tried port forwarding, uPNP, and DMZ with no success. Thanks in advance for the help!
-Matt

Did you open the ports to you specific IP address of your computer?

Is your computer set to have a static ip or does the router handle ip addresses?
Title: Re: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: MattD on May 22, 2007, 06:06:42 PM: Yup, port range is open to this IP which is set to static by the router (static DHCP).
Title: Re: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: OFOTD on May 22, 2007, 06:13:11 PM: Quote from: MattD on May 22, 2007, 06:06:42 PM
Yup, port range is open to this IP which is set to static by the router (static DHCP).

What port have you set Azureus/port forwarding to?

FWIW, alot of trackers have banned ports ranges around 6881. Have you tried changing the ports to something in the 30000-40000 range?
Title: Re: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: MattD on May 22, 2007, 06:52:56 PM: 49125-65534 are all forwarded to my internal IP. I have tried setting Azureus to a number of ports in that range, with no success.
Title: Re: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: habit on May 27, 2007, 09:21:13 AM: Try the below site and it should walk you through step by step depending on the programs and operating system you're running.

http://www.portforward.com
Title: Re: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: MattD on May 27, 2007, 10:51:45 AM: Thanks for the recommendation, but I've tried that already. I can't even see a hit on my router. I'll have to try plugging directly into my cable modem and see if that does anything.
Title: Re: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: MattD on June 08, 2007, 08:02:33 AM: Update: plugged directly into the cable modem. Still couldn't find open ports. At this point, I'm convinced it's Comcast.
Title: Re: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: kirk97132 on June 08, 2007, 09:06:28 AM: Quote from: MattD on June 08, 2007, 08:02:33 AM
Update: plugged directly into the cable modem. Still couldn't find open ports. At this point, I'm convinced it's Comcast.

I had the same problem with the same router with concast. go to portforward, you have to access the router directly and it takes a while for things to work out. It seems that you just can't set the forward and check. it took overnight for all my changes to take effect, kirk
Title: Re: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: Chuck on June 08, 2007, 10:24:40 AM: Quote from: MattD on June 08, 2007, 08:02:33 AM
Update: plugged directly into the cable modem. Still couldn't find open ports. At this point, I'm convinced it's Comcast.

I had to jump through all kings of hoops to make BT work with Comcast cable too. It's Comcastic!
I'm on DSL now and I am happier.
Title: Re: BT help (open ports - still says I'm firewalled)
Post by: MattD on June 08, 2007, 08:24:25 PM: Ahh, finally found it. It was my OSX firewall. Apparently I completely forgot it was there. *SMACKS FOREHEAD*