HeyItsMeBT Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 I have spend countless hours this week trying to figure out how to get decent download speeds but I just cant figure it out, it seems as though I cannot open the ports. I am not an expert with computers, but I have decent common sense. Can anyone help me figure it out? This is what I did:Went into Windows Firewall and added rules to allow BitTorrent Followed a couple Youtube vids about how to set optimal settings for BitTorrent (including seting port to 45682 and going into preferences/advanced to tweak some settings) ***this along with step 1. improved my download speed from 1-5kb/s to 40kb/sSet my IPv4 IP to Static which I found after running cmd ipconfig/allWent into my router and forwarded the following ports that were recommended (45682, 11136, 11092,12821) ***on a side note, this week I successfully forwarded ports to play Call of Duty Ghosts which changed my NAT type from Strict to Open.In my router under security I checked Disabled for Block Anonymous Internet Requests NotesAfter doing step 4 (port forward) my download speeds went back down to 1-7kb/s.My internet speed is 5mb/sDownloaded PFportchecker by portforward.com and it says that port 45682 for my IP address is CLOSED.When using bit torrent I sometimes momentarily see a green check-mark indicating that it is configured properly, however after a couple of seconds it automatically changes to the orange triangle with exclamation (!). Im dont think this has anything to do with it but when I set my IP to static (step 3) I set my DNS to 8.8.8.8. and 8.8.4.4. (google)What am I missing or doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyItsMeBT Posted March 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 ***update*** Cant even download, seems like torrents are stuck at "connecting to peers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Followed a couple Youtube vids about how to set optimal settings for BitTorrent (including seting port to 45682 and going into preferences/advanced to tweak some settings)Those settings are not supported due to the lack of logic in them. In order to receive further support you are required to delete your settings.dat file from %appdata%\bittorrent with BitTorrent closed and re-configure using the built-in guide or uTorrent's slow speed guide found at http://forum.utorrent.com/topic/13691- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Harold Feit Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Did you give your computer a static IP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyItsMeBT Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Yes I did, but looks like I was working with 2 routers. That was the problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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