In Network Connections → Wireless Network Connection (Linksys Router WRT54G v.2.02.7) [clicking on Properties] → Internet Protocol [clickingt on Properties] I have…
IP Address: 192.168.2.2
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1
Perfered DNS Server: 192.168.1.1
Good to here.
And then in my router I have in “SETUP” page…
Internet Connection type: STATIC IP
Not good. Who told you to do that?
Internet IP Address: 192.168.1.2
Even worse. You probably won’t connect at all this way. You need to set this whole section up the way your ISP told you to set it up, and henceforth leave it alone.
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.252
Why are you doing this?
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Static DNS: 192.168.1.1
These will probably also give you trouble. Again, set this whole section as your ISP told you to set it, and don’t alter it.
You are working with the wrong set of settings for the router. You need to be working with the LAN side of things, not the WAN side.
One more thing, in my router is a firewall. It is turned off and the port for BitCom1 is opened (55555 TCP & UDP).
No, it isn’t. If your firewall is turned off, then you have nothing to forward a port through.
I suggest you reset your router to its defaults, then configure it as your ISP instructs. Now you should make no changes unless you understand exactly what you are doing and why. If you don’t understand the why, don’t make the change. Blindly following instructions only partly understood is what got you here. If the screen doesn’t look the way it should, don’t fumble about hoping for the best.
Working with your DHCP tab, which tells your router how you want to handle DHCP assignments for machines connected to it, set your start address at 192.168.2.2. We chose .2 because .1 is the router itself, and no two devices on a single network can have duplicate IP addresses. We don’t want the router assigning its own IP as part of it’s pool.
Now decide how many DHCP addresses you need. You may not need any, but it’s good to keep at least one available. If you have other computers connected to the router, they’ll probably want dynamic addresses too. So use 1 + however many other computers there are, as the DHCP range. Let’s say you entered 2.
That means that two addresses, starting at 192.168.2.2, will be dynamically assigned to anything that connects to the router and asks for a DHCP address. That covers the addresses 192.168.2.2 through 192.168.2.4. Anything else that connects, needs a fixed IP address in the 192.168.2.5 through 192.168.2.255 range = this range being controlled by your netmask.
So YOUR computer needs a static ip in that range. Doesn’t matter specifically what it is as long as it’s in that range. You change your computer’s wireless network settings to establish an address within that acceptable range. So make it 192.168.2.7 Why 7? Why not? Make it .42 if you like.
Leave the netmask as is, 255.255.255.0 The default gateway is, um, this router, so use it’s local IP, 192.168.2.1, for your default gateway. Not that it matters, because this is your ONLY gateway, default or not. Your primary, and only, dns server is likewise this router, at the same address.
If you have the router firewall turned off, a not-so-bright thing to do, you don’t need to forward a port. But it should be enabled again, because you reset the router to its defaults, right? You DID do that, right? Not still screwing about on your own, thinking you know better?
So with the firewall on, set up the port forwarding in the advanced tab. Use the computer’s IP address as the destination IP, and your listen port as the start and end ports (if applicable), and open for both TCP and UDP traffic. If that means you need to make two rules, one for each, then make two rules.
Test the setup to make sure you’ve got internet access. Then test your listen port with bitcomet running.
maybe you should call MSN and see if you can get a different modem cause that’s ridiculous.