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by markschu

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Hopefully someone familiar with BitTorrent can help me here. When I try to ocnfigure BitTorrent, I cannot figure out which settings to use where. BT uses PortForward.com which tells me to run/cmd/ipconfig/all to find my IP address which is 192.168.0.*** but when I run the "is the port forwarded correctly" option in BT it shows that my IP address is 75.134.***.**! However, when I try to use THAT address for the portforward settings in my DLink router settings, it says I need to use settings in the 192.*** range? Also, when I go to ipchicken.com I get the 75.*** as well. PortForward.com says this is my EXTERNAL IP address. Why are they different? What the hell do I do??? Following are the DLink router settings:

WAN

Connection Type : DHCP Client
Cable Status : Connected
Network Status : Established
Connection Up Time : 0 day(s), 1:29:27

MAC Address : 00:12:3F:C5:E9:B7
Authentication & Security : N/A
IP Address : 75.134.***.**
Subnet Mask : 255.255.252.0
Default Gateway : 75.134.176.1
Primary DNS Server : 24.247.15.53
Secondary DNS Server : 24.247.24.53
BigPond Server Name :
BigPond Status : Unknown (Please wait...)

LAN

MAC Address : 00:1E:58:28:81:A1
IP Address : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
DHCP Server : Enabled

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by thumbsup2

The router acts as a firewall between you and the outside world so that nobody can reach it. To the outside, your IP addess is 75.134.***.*** which is really the router. The router assigns you an internal (LAN) address of 192.168.0.*** so that it can find you.

To use port forwarding, you need to configure the router to forward incoming traffic on a specific port to your computer (192.168.0.***).

by older mycroft

There IS an option to 'configure manually' but if you want to avoid any hassle just let it do it's own thing.

Occasionally you'll get a Yellow or Red indicator on the bottom BT taskbar, but if you just wait - it'll clear itself. Or simply restart BitTorrent.

by markschu

Thanks you guys. I actually realized that I was using Utorrent and not BitTorrent when I had it working before. I realize that they ar similar or exactly(?) the same, but Utorrent seems to be working ok for me again. UTorrent must have autoocnfig as well, because I didn't even set up a static IP OR forward my port and it works fine. Man, this network stuff still wont click with me yet...lol

by ---tk---

is my fav. I was going to recommend trying it, but you beat me to the punch.... :) there has been known issues with it when you first fire it up, and torrents are already loaded, you CPU might ride 100% for a while, but it will go down eventually...

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