Oh my gosh!

[Jezzamess]

OMG OMG OMG

Yellow light on bitcomet!

im not the first one , but i may have a unique case here !

Okay, well. I have a modem + a router.

Modem = D-Link DSL 502T

Router= DSE Xh9948

heres how it goes,

wall - modem - router - laptop.

i have random cables joined up to my modem, then the single ethernet cable port is plugged into my modem,which is then plugged into the main port in the router, i then have a second cable from one of the four ports in my router, into the back of my laptop.

I have forwarded my modem, and i still have a yellow light, am i needing to forward the router too?

Thank you for any help given!

[greywizard]

I have forwarded my modem, and i still have a yellow light, am i needing to forward the router too?

If you forwarded the port on your modem, it means that your modem is also a router itself (actually a modem+router combo device).

If you have more than one router daisy-chained up to your computer you’ll need to forward the port on every single one of them.

Just make sure that on every device you will forward the port toward the IP address which is used by the WAN interface of the other device downstream. (I.e. on your modem you forward the port toward the fixed IP you did assign to the WAN interface of your router. You did assign a fixed IP for the WAN interface of the DSE router, as you would for any computer connected directly to the router/modem, didn’t you?)

Or (if the option exists) put the modem in bridge mode and perform forwarding only on the DSE router.

[Jezzamess]

I just went into the settings of the DSE router , and went into a tab named WAN

and it says its setup for a Dynamic IP address. Am i needing to change this to a static ip?

[greywizard]

Yes.

And you need to set for it the IP towards which you forwarded the port on the first router.

[Jezzamess]

Lmao , all this stuff is so confusing!

So what am I needing to do now ?

Set both of my router/modems to static IP’s through the settings on Firefox?

and i fiddled with McAfee and Windows Firewall and unblocked inbound access whatevers , so i can .. do whatever that does

Not the best at this , kinda obvious.

EDIT:

WAN IP address and LAN IP address cannot exist at a same subnet. Please input another IP address.

Aye?! D:

this is adding to the confusion..

[Jezzamess]

Haha, and again. Trying to setup a static ip for my modem this time.. It makes whole of my internet screw up. Then it doesn’t respond AT ALl , so i have to unplug it from the wall for 20secs then replug it in, then it resets its IP then it turns into a loop.

[Jezzamess]

Lmao, friend told me to fiddle with the “Set global limits”

and i set it to 100MB LAN/FTTB

boom, instant 222kbps download speed. no need to port forward. i know thats not the best speed, seeing as everyone else is going at 700kbps, BUT i dont have unlimited internet speeds.

still wanting to know how to port forward though..

[The_UnUsual_Suspect]

You might find it easier to go through the free guides a portforward.com. They have step by step guides for most routers.

[greywizard]

Read this section in the Wiki about cascaded routers.

[Jezzamess]

Muahaha , i have achieved the green dot

Lovely what fiddling can do. Was going through my router settings and found this amazing thing called the “Enable” button. ;D

Clicked it, enabled UPnP on both bitcomet and my router settings, BAM . All my 6 day problems. INSTANTLY gone.

Amazing button i must say. But, thank you for bothering to comment and try help me on my idiotic thread.

May stick around for a while

[The_UnUsual_Suspect]

uPnP (universal plug n play) is a good thing when it works, but since not every router manufacturer implements it the same, it’s impossible to make a software application that can enable it on all routers, and diagnosing why it doesn’t work is always much harder then simply forwarding your port.

You got lucky having a router that works with uPnP, so happy downloading

[Jezzamess]

Haha, yeah. It said there could be potential security risks if its enabled therefore it was disabled by default..

But yeah, gone from a silly 3kbps , to 655kbps . Legend stuff . Till it fails on you.

Eh, But cheers, and thanks for the help Well appreciated

[Jezzamess]

Legend stuff . Till it fails on you.

Must have jinx’ed it or something, last night, port decided to un-forward itself somehow. Happily downloading at 900kbps , then everything turned bad. uPnP stopped working, port wasn’t forwarded anymore, speed drops to 20kbps and i accidently randomized my port..

I got a new port, forwarded it on my router, my modem, my firewall, everything, enabled uPnP on both routers/modems and uPnP isnt working either..

BitComets uPnP is reaching my router and registering its ports .. but isnt letting BitComet use them?

Any explanation for this?

Help appreciated..

EDIT: When i exit BitComet entirely and reopen it, it has a green light, till i checks again, then it says, its blocked again..

it goes yellow when i start my torrent again, not sure if this is normal .. but its driving me insane.

[Jezzamess]

Overall Tasks: Total:1 / Running: 1

TCP Connections: Established: 31 [MAX:134] / Half-Open: 85 [MAX:200]

LAN IP: 192.168.*.**

WAN IP: 125.238..*

Listen Port of TCP: 8837 (Detect Failed)

Listen Port of UDP: 8837 (Detect Failed)

Windows Firewall: Added [TCP opened, UDP opened]

UPnP NAT port mapping: Added [DSE (http://192.168..:1900/)]

Overall Download Rate: 46 kB/s [MAX:8000] Max Connection Limits: 80 per task

Overall Upload Rate: 52 kB/s [MAX:8000] LT Seeding: 0 kB/s [MAX:7974] All BT Upload Slots: 9

Total Downloaded: 12.52 GB

Total Uploaded: 1.91 GB

[greywizard]

As explained above, when UPnP works, it’s all sweet.

But when it fails it’s pretty hard to troubleshoot.

So pick up your tools and go back to manual port forwarding as you were told in the first place.

Or, of course, you could stand by it and ask it nicely, perhaps it will turn green again. It’s the easier way.

[Jezzamess]

As explained above, when UPnP works, it’s all sweet.

But when it fails it’s pretty hard to troubleshoot.

So pick up your tools and go back to manual port forwarding as you were told in the first place.

Or, of course, you could stand by it and ask it nicely, perhaps it will turn green again. It’s the easier way.

Haha, yeah. I’m just gonna stick to this speed for the last gigabyte. I’m sick of all this port forward the port, then the router, then allow the firewall blah blah blah. Wish it was so much simpler aye.

It’s official. I give up.

[cassie]

A thought to ponder over:

“The amount that you can learn, is directly proportional to the effort that you put forth…”