Problem with porf forwarding, help please

[johnjohnsonver]

Hello,

I've tried to forward my port.

When I type 192,168,1,1 , nothing appears.

Can somebody help me, please

[clanmills]

Hey J

You'll have to tell us a little more so we can help you. IP address are dott'ed, not comma'ed 192.168.1.1 and where are you typing this?

I've written an article about port-forwarding. A word for the wise: you'll probably need a good deal of enthusiasm, perseverance and determination to get port-forwarding to work.

Anyway, have a read at the article and we'll try to help you from there: http://clanmills.com/articles/portforwarding/

Robin

[0siris]

I know that some devices will want IP Addresses expressed octet by octet, with commas separating each one, but in general, that's not usually how an IP address is expressed. Outside of those devices (and they are relatively rare, as I recall), an IP address and port are expressed like this:

192.168.1.1:21

192,168.1.1 is the IP address, 21 is the port. And many home devices, especially those you can setup using a Web browser, will have a completely separate blank for identifying the port number.

Perhaps if you provided some additional detail, someone could give you some step-by-step help? What is it you're trying to do this for? Gaming? Web server? FTP? Something else? And what device is going to do the forwarding (make and model#, please)?

[johnjohnsonver]

hello, I used pfconfig to forward my port for utorrent 20990,

here is what I did:

under "default applications", I've selected utorrent -> forward this app -> this computer (default option) -> next -> my port 20990 in TCP and UDP -> finish, after that update router,
but an error occurred:

error 2 :
We could not find that router in our databese.Please tell our support team that you tried to update router ID.

I still see the red icon in my utorrent.

I tried run cmd ipconfig, and I see my default gateway is 10.0.0.1, when I enter that in my firefox, I see this:
" Hey, it worked !
The SSL/TLS-aware Apache webserver was
successfully installed on this website.

If you can see this page, then the people who own this website have just installed the Apache Web server software and the Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) successfully. They now have to add content to this directory and replace this placeholder page, or else point the server at their real content.

ATTENTION!
If you are seeing this page instead of the site you expected, please contact the administrator of the site involved. (Try sending mail to <webmaster@domain>.) Although this site is running the Apache software it almost certainly has no other connection to the Apache Group, so please do not send mail about this site or its contents to the Apache authors. If you do, your message will be ignored.

The Apache online documentation has been included with this distribution.
Especially also read the mod_ssl User Manual carefully.

Your are allowed to use the images below on your SSL-aware Apache Web server.
Thanks for using Apache, mod_ssl and OpenSSL! "

what to do next?

[wimiadmin]

You're right in trying to hit the gateway of IP 10.0.0.1 if that is in fact your routers IP.

The apache page you got is not correct however, which leads me to believe that either the 10.0.0.1 is not the IP of your router, or if you're running a windows system, your hosts file is directing that IP to somewhere else on your network.

If your computers IP is 192.168.1.x then your router will most likely be 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254 by default from the factory.

I previously had the same problem you did with the little red x in uTorrent. I did a port forward and that fixed the problem. However, after a while I stopped forwarding those ports because I moved my network to DHCP vs. static IPs.....we travel a lot and it was a pain having to reassign the IP every time we came back up and unassign the IP every time we got to a hotel. Long story short, we still use uTorrent without port forwarding and not little red x or yellow caution sign appear. Not sure why they don't appear but they don't. Have you updated to the latest version of uTorrent?

[johnjohnsonver]

here are my results, if somebody can help, I'll be very thankful.

windows ip configuration

host name ... pc
primary dns suffix ...
nide type ... unknown
ip routing enabled ... no
wins proxy enabled ... no


Ethernet adapter local area connection 2

connection-specific dns suffix ...
description ... realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical address ... 00-13-8F-B2-97-3C
dhcp enabled ... no
ip address ... 10.1.97.170
subnet mask ... 255.255.0.0
default gateway ... 10.0.0.1
dns server ... 217.79.66.2

[MoonPoint]

Since the "default gateway" address is 10.0.0.1, that is likely your router's internal IP address.

It doesn't strike me as odd that your router would be running webserver software, such as Apache. Many routers today have webserver software in them to allow users to easily configure the router through a Graphical User Interface (GUI). And I've seen the default Apache webpage you describe many times. I've usually seen it when a webserver is configured to host a website such as www.example.com, but the person configuring the webserver software didn't change the settings in Apache's configuration file, httpd.conf, to have the webserver show a specific home page whenever just the IP address is used to contact the server. So, by default, one would get the Apache webpage you described.

However, like wimiadmin, I do find it odd that you would see that default webpage when accessing your router via its internal IP address. E.g., it's quite common for a router manufacturer to have users configure the router by just putting in "http://" followed by the router's IP address, e.g. http://10.0.0.1. Though sometimes you have to follow that with a specific port number or perhaps, in this case you are expected to use HTTPS, instead, i.e. https://10.0.0.1. Try that latter address from your web browser (you can type it in or just click on the link in this posting). Does the latter link give you a configuration page for the router?

If you can provide the manufacturer and model of the router, it might be useful in helping you resolve the problem, if a configuration change is needed for the router. If I knew the model of your router, I might be able to tell you how the manufacturer expects you to configure it through a web browser.

If you don't know the model of the router, if it isn't on the front of the router, look on the back of the router or the underside of the router for the model number.

Also, please double-check your IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address again. I think you've made a typo in one of those when you posted them. If you have that IP address and subnet mask, I wouldn't expect you could even reach the router via a wired connection to the router with the address you provided for the router.

Is it also possible, you are using a wireless connection to reach your router? If so, you didn't provide the network information for your wireless connection. The information you provided was for a wired connection and, as I mentioned, there appears to be a discrepancy in the information you provided.

[johnjohnsonver]

hi thank you so much for your answer

I don't have a router

[MoonPoint]

There must be some device that can be considered sitting at the demarcation point between your local network and your Internet Service Provider (ISP). If you are asking about a connection at your home, then you may have a cable or DSL modem, unless you are using a dial-up connection to your ISP.

If you have a cable or DSL modem, what model do you have? Or are you inquiring about a problem you have with a system that is at a work or other location than your home?

And did you make a typo in the information you provided previously. E.g. you listed an IP address of 10.1.97.170. Does it actually begin with "10.0" rather than "10.1". Because, otherwise, the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address don't seem to be consistent. Can you actually get to sites on the Internet from the system?

It's hard to tell where your problem might lie from the little information you have provided. Sometimes in tracing the source of a problem, you need to eliminate potential sources of a problem in order to pinpoint the exact cause. It's also helpful, if one isn't where the equipment is located to know the local network configuration.

[johnjohnsonver]

thanks very much for your help.

no everything is correct, I don't have modem have lan.

Actually my utorrent can seed but very slow, because the red icon is on.It should be green.