Forwarding Ports

I'm trying to download stuff using uTorrent...but apparently I only have one port open. After checking up on uTorrent and portforward.com, I still don't get it. My router isn't listed on portforward.com. It's a Netgear FS605 v2. Is there some sort of a window I can open to configure more ports?

 

To set your port forwarding you need to login to your router which is usualy something like 'www.routerlogin.net' or your routers ip address like '192.168.1.1', typed into IE/Firefox and you get your routers login popup. Put in its username and password (defaults are generaly 'admin' and 'password'), once inside the router its a simple case of finding where its fort forwarding is (mine has a menu down the left for example), then add the ports to need to forward.

 

i never worked with that model but usually you have a web interface to configure port forwarding via any browser. you just enter the ip address of your router, enter the username and password and you are in.
in the port forwarding you just put the port range to forward, protocol (tcp/udp) and the ip of the machine you want to forward those ports to
again, i don't know that router, but if it's a decent one it should have a port forwarding configuration option via web browser or at least from telnet
hope it helps

 

Hmmm...I don't recall setting any passwords for my router and yet admin and password dosn't work. Is there any way I can change it back to factory standards?

 

My router has a reset button on its underside incase you forget the password, but it resets everything including settings. If you cant reset it and you never set a password, maybe its default name/pass are different so your need to find copy of its manual.

 

The Netgear product you mentioned having is a switch, not a router. Switches serve an entirely different purpose, and there are one of two situations you could be in. Go to run, type "cmd" and press enter, at the prompt that comes up type "ipconfig" and press enter. Identify the IP address for your local area connection.

If it starts with 192.168, 172.16, or 10: You are in situation #1 -- your cable/dsl modem has a router built-in and you need to be figuring out how to access its configuration page to perform your port forwarding.

If it starts with anything else: You are in situation #2 -- your modem does not have a router built-in and port forwarding is irrelivant for you. All ports are forwarded. In this case, you should make sure you disable all firewalls that could be blocking your torrent client from accepting connections, and if it still does not work, perhaps your ISP is blocking bittorrent.