Port Forwarding in Wireless Broadband

[niri_mblr]

Hi, I'm trying to forward a couple of ports to increase speeds of a Torrent client.

I've found a few websites that illustrate how to do it with routers..
but since I'm on a Wireless Broadband network, I don't have a router so nothing comes up when I type 192.168.1.1 in my browser. I have dynamic IP.

I've tried uninstalling my firewall & anti-virus, but no luck so far.
Please suggest me some thing. Thanks for your time. :)

[mccoffee]

http://www.portforward.com/ this a good site since it has a lot of step by step guides of many different routers/models give it try still lost come back:) (http://www.portforward.com/)

[niri_mblr]

http://www.portforward.com/ this a good site since it has a lot of step by step guides of many different routers/models give it try still lost come back:) (http://www.portforward.com/)

Hi, yes I've been through that site.. their solution only works for connections with routers.
I don't have a router!

Here's some details about my network configuration that might be useful:

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XXXX
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : broadband.vsnl.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : broadband.vsnl.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-D8-XX-XX-XX
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.176.XX.XXX
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.XXX.X
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.176.XX.X
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.176.XX.X
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.31.X.XXX
172.31.X.XXX
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:47:55 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:10:24 AM


First of, is it even possible to open ports for a connection like mine? Or does it need a static IP?
Please help me out here, thanks again.

[mccoffee]

What wireless equipment you own it could be a device that does both router/wireless. The reason that 192. didn't work is cause you are on a 10.176 address. If you are running any softwsre fiewslls make sure icmp ,or wan requests/ping is allowed. i know the client bit torrent allows you to change the port to any number some providers do block higher port ranges.

There was a guide on that site i belive just for bit torrent the rules still apply to the software firewalls about changing it to a different port number.

Try this and let me know the rest ,so i could better guide ya
http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/


the BitTorrent client program. Note that Windows XP includes a primitive firewall ("Internet Connection Firewall" or ICF) which you may have to configure for BitTorrent. Here are the directions for opening ports in the Windows XP firewall:

Open the 'Network Connections' folder (click Start, then Control Panel, then Network and Internet Connections, then Network Connections.)
Click the shared connection or the Internet connection that is protected by Internet Connection Firewall, and then, under Tasks, click Change settings of this connection.
On the Advanced tab, click Settings.
For each port you wish to forward, (i.e. 6881, 6882, ... 6889) do the following:
On the Services tab, click Add and enter all of the following information:
In Description of service, type an easily recognized name for the service, such as "BitTorrent".
In Name or IP address of the computer hosting this service on your network, enter 127.0.0.1 (this means "the local machine.")
In both External and Internal port number for this service, enter the port number, e.g. 6881.
Select TCP, then OK.

See this link (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/hnw_services_add.asp) or this link (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q308/1/27.ASP) for more information about the XP firewall.
If you are running another type of software firewall (such as Zone Alarm Pro, Norton Firewall, McAfee Firewall, BlackICE Defender, etc.), you may have to do something similar to allow inbound access on ports 688x to the BitTorrent client (usually btdownloadgui.exe.)
For example, in Zone Alarm Pro, in the Program Listings, click on the program's name (btdownloadgui.exe) and then click the Options button and then enter the ports to use. If you're having trouble connecting, you might try giving BitTorrent access to all ports

[niri_mblr]

Thanks for the reply, I did fiddle with my firewall software and also the in-built ICF - but no changes.

I'm thinking about buying a wireless router so that I can configure it to open ports...

Any other suggestions are welcome.
Thanks again. :)