Port Forwarding

So my problem is that i want to do port forwarding on my main computer, but i have a dsl modem and a netgear router (for wireless connection). i found a site that explains how to do port forwarding, but for both my modem and router...so i was wondering what do i port forward? oh and i'm only doing this for the bitcomet program.

thanks in advance...Kira

 

and why do you need to forward your ports to use Bit Torrent?

 

to be able to connect to more seeders/leechers and increase my overall download/upload speeds.

 

to be able to connect to more seeders/leechers and increase my overall download/upload speeds. [/b][/quote]
no , it wont increase ur speed if u do that.

 

that is true fowarding your ports just make you avaliable to more attacks.

 

It depends on which program you are using as to which ports to forward but some allow you to choose for yourself. I would reccomend Azureus with safepeer and autospeed plugins. And yes you will need it forwarded to get the best speeds. Once you get azureus with the plugins forward your ports to 50200 or higher. Please let me know if you have any more problems.

 

Actually, port forwarding CAN increase speed, if the firewalls blocking the port it uses...

On some games, if you wan't to host a server / connect to others, you need specific ports open. Quick google search usually tells you which ports you need open, or game manual.

dja

 

i would prefer to stick with Bitcomet over Azureus...i would just like to know would i portforward the modem or the router?

Thanks in advance...Kira

 

Try... Portforward.com

theres step by step tutorials for hundereds of different routers. theres loads of tuts on forwrding different software on different routers and stuff. good site.

 

you would portforward the router, not the modem. To do that, you should be able to type 192.168.1.1 into your browser and be able to access the router settings. There should be something about forwarding in there.