STICKY!! PORT FORWARDING( I AM THE EXPERT AT FORWARDING)

thanks for all the useful info...now no one should have a reason for a bad ratio and shouldn't have to go to portforwarding.com            

hopefully its easiest as possible...im going to put some pics up now  

connect to your router using your ip address and type it in the internet explorer window..this should pop up



The user name and password should be as default admin as the username and admin as the password.  unless you changed them.

next loging and go to the port forwarding screen.  i will show you exactly how mine is set up so all you have to do is not even read what i wrote up above but just copy cat my settings.  when you log in click on advanced.



then click on forwarding



when you get in there make sure everything that i have checked off you have to...dont mind my other stuff but pay attention to how my ports are set up and see that they are both the same not a range of ports.  49585



CLICK APPLY BEFORE YOU GO TO THE NEXT STEP

NEXT YOU HAVE TO CLICK ON UpNp FORWARDING AT THE BOTTOM ON TH SAME SCREEN AFTER YOU CLICK APPLY AND THE SCREEN RELOADS.



AFTER THAT GET INTO THE UPNP FORWARDING THE SEE THE SCREEN BELOW AND DO AS IT IS....TYPE IN WHAT EVER PORT YOU USED YOUR IP ADRESS AND THEN CLICK ENABLE.  MAKE SURE UDP IS CLICK ON AND NOT TCP.  AND THEN YOUR DONE.  ENABLE UPNP FORWARDING IN UTORRENT UNDER OPTIONS AND YOU SHOULD BE READY TO GO...FASTTT UPLOADDSSSS AND DOWNLOADSSS

THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY ACTUAL UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD SPEEDS WITHT THE SETTING THAT ARE ABOVE....CHECK IT OUT THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD LOOK.  lOOK AT THE LEECHERS THERE IS A LOT MORE THAN THERE ARE SEEDERS...THAT IS THE WHOLE KEY TO DOWNLOADING AND UPLOADING FAST...YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT IF NOT YOUR SPEED WILL BE HORRIBLE.

If you are STILL having trouble w/ all that, there maybe onr thing you still need to do (read this):

Tweaking Bit-Torrent Speeds

Bit-Torrent is an incredible technology that allows transfer of large files without putting much strain on the original server. This is acheived by utilizing the upload bandwidth of all those that are downloading, which is relatively unused normally. This removes the strain off of the servers and distributes it over a large network of peers.

In this guide, I will show you how to tweak your Bit-Torrent client so that you can acheive the fastest speed possible. This guide is designed for Windows XP SP2, but some of the tweaks can be used in other versions of Windows.

Requirements:
Azureus - This is the Bit-Torrent client of choice.
LvlLord’s TCP/IP patcher - This is to remove the limitation of the number of outgoing connections allowed by Service Pack 2 (https://www.lvllord.de/download.php?url=en/EvID4226Patch223d-en.zip)

Lets get started.

The first thing that you must do is make sure that if you are behind a firewall or a router, to open port (already covered here. . .)

The second thing to do is to use LVlLord’s patcher. Unzip the files and execute the patcher. A dos prompt window should pop up and you will be given some options. If you type in “Y” and press enter, it will change the maximum outgoing connections to 50. This should be enough for most users, so go ahead and do that. If, however, you make the limit higher, you can press “C” and enter in the number of connections that you would like.

After you enter in your choice, a window may popup asking you to insert your Windows XP CD. Press the cancel button, as you want the files to remain changed. Then reboot your computer.

That should help (it did for me!!)

i have followed everything at portforward.com and i still cannot get connected , i followed everything for a static ip address too , i really don't know what i'm doing wrong , i had no problems with my last modem , .. i now have the BT Home Hub , can anyone help me ?

edit , yay , finally i'm connected :)

please if someone can help me... i don't have any rooter and i have added to the exceptions of my firewall utorrent. i can upload but i am not connected and the utorrent reports that there is a rooter or a firewall that is blocking my traffic... i can't understand why it's happening and i don't understand how can i upload if my traffic is blocked... 10x for any help/hint
ok, i figured it out, this was because i didn't have a real IP, now i'm connected...:)lol

well i have a conexant router and it s config. is a bit diff than this so if anyone could help me into this !!! thnx anyway

ANYONE ALIVE HERE ??!! I REALLY NEED HELP  

well i did go to www.portforward.com and manage everything frm there!!!

Excellent guide! I have learnt a lot

The strange thing is... that I almost always upload and download @ my max speeds, but I still get the message that I'm not connectable  

please notice your capslock next time, thank you  

Hi, how you managed to get connectable if you dont have real ip? Iam "passive" too a cant get it to work.  
My router is D-Link DI-604
I did everything i found, most on www.portforwarding.com , but Iam still UnConnectable
Can anyone help me pls?

Now i have a real ip and i'm connectable... sorry, about the router i can't help you...