I have been using bit tornado as a client for years and dont want to change, the problem is i got a new preconfigured netgear router from id net, and the lights dont turn green to let me know everything is working ok, it stays yellow all the time, i have been searching on google for an answer and cant find a fix for this, i dont know how to get into router settings, anyone know how i can get my lights to turn green again...thanks
Is that the 'light' on the Bit Tornado client or a light on the router , I'm guessing the former.
Is Bit Tornado significant? Are we talking about http://www.bittornado.com/faq.html
Which router did you buy?
If it's Idnet is should be Netgear DGN 1000 ?
Here's portforward.com instruction page for a similar router
http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Netgear/DGN2000/BitTornado.htm
I've just been looking there ;)
Sorry ;D
Hi guys, its a netgear wired dg834, its the light on bit tornado, it stays yellow instead of green, means im not fully connecting when downloading torrents?, is there a way to forward ports on router...thanks
This should enable the correct ports.
http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Netgear/DG834G/BitTornado.htm
Thanks Steve, but i backed out when you had to set up an ip address, it says change network settings, so i dont want to mess anything up, thanks anyway
I guess that's setting a static IP for the computer so that the port forward rules are always applied correctly. What you could try is enable UPNP in BT and also in the router.
So if i change the network settings it wont cause any problems with my current connection will it, also dont know how to get into my router settings, sorry but this is the first router i have had, always went with a speedtouch modem, im still getting great d/l speeds but not able to upload anything back on p2p...thanks
If you type 192.168.0.1 in the browser address box you should see the routers admin panel, now I get stuck as the default username is admin and the password is password but I believe IDNet may have changed this. UPNP is normally enabled by default on a Netgear router (but worth a check) and if your using Windows the router should show as new UPNP device. If this is the case enabling UPNP in Bit Tornado may solve the problem. This is usually for slow downloads not sure why you can't upload.
Thanks for your help Steve, i have upnp enabled and tried with disabled, but still the same, i need the light to turn green i think in order to be fully connected lol
I think therefore you need to set port forwarding up so Bit Tornado will work correctly. This involves setting a static or a reserved IP address for the machine it runs on so it that always gets the same IP address. The port forward rule enables the ports that Bit Tornado uses for connection and directs the connection to the machine that the rule has been enabled for.