Can't get portforward to work

[PureAussie]

Hey all,

I am new to these forums but though someone here might be able to help me out as no one has replied to me on the port forward site. Basically, i can't get my port forward to work. I am trying to set it up for azureus on port 45682. I always get a timeout when i test it. I dunno why as i have created a static IP and port forwarded the correct ports.

124.148.xx.xxx

That is the result of my ip i get when i go to www.canyouseeme.org However on my router my ip says, 192.168.1.xxx. I don't get it. At first when i couldn't get azureus to work with ports forwarded, i then restarted the router and started again, however when i put my ISP's disk they sent us to install everthing, it encounters and error. So i log into my router and have to create an ip to connect. so i type in 192.168.1.xxx and then connect it. This works as i can browse, download etc but still won't let me get azureus configured properly. I have tried everything. I am thinking my ISP has a proxy on and i am not having the ports fowarded because of that. When i go to create an ip of 124.148.xx.xxx so i can get it to work, my router says error, the ip needs to start with 192.168 etc. I dunno why it is not working. Please help me!

P.S Yes i know, i am not the smartest when it comes to advanced internet stuff like DNS and all that so please forgive me if this is something very basic.

[panicswitched]

yea you need to use your internal ip the 124 ip is EXTERNAL =)

so if you want port 45682 tcp to forward to your system (lets say your ip is 192.168.1.100) you would set up a port forward that has external (the 124 address) port (45682) to the internal (192.168.1.100) port (45682)

[+BudMan MVC]

As per twyst3d has said -- here go here http://www.portforward.com/ and pick your router an service/application your wanting to setup.. Follow the pictures! ;)

[PureAussie]

Thx for the reply but i have been over www.portforward.com several times and not once has it helped. I know how to port forward but it won't let me get around that 124.xxx.xx.xxx

I dunno how to do it. I only know how to portforward to the ip selected in my modem or chose one of the new ip's i have created. unfortunately trying to create an ip with 124.148.xx.xxx does not work. Just says it needs to be in the 192 range (internal) just like twyst3d said.

[Yorak]

Thx for the reply but i have been over www.portforward.com several times and not once has it helped. I know how to port forward but it won't let me get around that 124.xxx.xx.xxx

I dunno how to do it. I only know how to portforward to the ip selected in my modem or chose one of the new ip's i have created. unfortunately trying to create an ip with 124.148.xx.xxx does not work. Just says it needs to be in the 192 range (internal) just like twyst3d said.

Okay let's go through this again. The 124.148.XX.XXX is your external IP. You do port forwarding with the internal IP of the computer you want to have access to that port. Go to Start -> Run -> cmd, and type in ipconfig /all. You set your port forwarding settings for that last octet in your internal IP. If for some reason your internal IP address(es) is 124.148.XX.XXX then there should be something called Advanced IP settings on your router to change it. I can't think of any reason you would have that as an internal IP, I'm not even sure if it's possible with the everyday router...

[DotChris]

Ex.

Outbound:

Internal IP:Port -> External IP:Port

This is the way the traffic should be flowing should be to properly forward or at least on my router. Don't know if this helps.

[PureAussie]

Sorry no help. Nothing works. Doesn't matter whether i put 192.168.1.xxx to forward port 45682 to 124.148.xx.xxx it still doesn't work. I dunno y it is doing this. i have restarted the router countless times to no avail. I got torrents to work properly ages ago when i used them but for some reason it won't work now. Have the same ISP and same router so i dunno what the hell is going on. To be honest, i really don't care about torrents now as have spent so much time fiddling with them trying to get the to work. At the end of the day, i have basically have ad enough!

[TurboTuna]

Seems to me your still confusing External IP's with your internet. Follow the guide on Port Forward as BudMan suggested, its idiot proof.

[PureAussie]

LOL ok listen to me this time.

I have followed the guide on www.portforward.com countless times. I have selected my router which is the Iconnect Access 624 and followed EXACTLY what the guide has said. I have NOT left one step out! I have followed every screen shot as per the website. It does NOT work for me. I DON"T know why, but it WON'T work. Look i know how to do it but when i couldn't do it, that is when i went to that site. NO HELP. I have done this successfully before but i don't know why it has decided to not work

[TurboTuna]

Hmmm. See if the forward works

http://utorrent.com/testport.php?port=PORTNUMBERHERE

Any software firewalls, Does your router have a firewall? Disabled windows firewall?

[Michael Lacey]

Don't forget to leave Azereus OPEN while checking the port...

[TurboTuna]

Don't forget to leave Azereus OPEN while checking the port...

Ha, yes. sorry, forgot to mention that.

[+BudMan MVC]

WTF does the 124.x.x.x address have to do with anything??? That is the outside address of your router -- that has NOTHING to do with a forwared!! No where in your router would you be doing anything with that address..

http://www.opennw.com/_pdf/62x_R07.xx_PortForward.pdf

Step by step instructions to setup port forwarding (Virtual Server)

What do you not understand about using the PRIVATE address of your computer 192.168.1.?

If you are clicking the new IP button since you do not see your machine in the drop down since its a static.. and putting in 124 address - IT WILL NEVER WORK!! that is the IP address of the public interface of your router.. NOT the IP you would be forwarding too..

internet --- 124.x.x.x (public ip) ROUTER 192.168.1.245 (private ip) --- 192.168.1.100 (yourpc)

What a forward does is tell your router that traffic its sees on its public interface (124.x.x.x) in your case on a specific port say 42123 to "forward" that traffic to some IP on the inside of your router, say 192.168.1.100

[PureAussie]

Nope still nothing. "port 45682 on 124.xxx.xx.xxx does not appear to be open" Thats the same message i get everytime i test it. Thx for help but i don't think i am going to get it.

[+BudMan MVC]

If your forward is correct.. And it still does not show open, then there is something else blocking it.. Be it your behind some other nat, a firewall, your ISP..

Do you have any other devices on your network other than this iConnectAccess624? Are you directly connected to this device with a wire (with wireless you could be on some other network), you have no other routers or accesspoints or VOIP devices between you and the router - or between the 624 and the internet?

Have you verified that the IP address the 624 lists as its WAN IP is the same one that shows up on canyouseeme ? Somewhere on your router it should list it's connectionion status and IP it got from your ISP. Your not using any proxy? Or network like TOR, etc.

I just went thru this in another thread.. I would suggest you do a simple test..

You are behind a NAT router - so atleast for testing turn off all security suite softwares, firewalls, PeerGuardian, etc..

Verify your machines IP with ipconfig, example your sure it = 192.168.1.100

Connect to your routers interface, check that the public IP the router shows is the same one you get when you go to canyouseeme.org

I would suggest we use something very simple to test with, say telnet.. Setup the forward on your router for telnet, tcp port 23 Make sure there is NO other forwards to any other IPs setup.. Last guy had a rule in his router to forward ALL traffic to 192.168.1.2 listed before his rule to forward his one port to his machine .4 -- and he wondered why it wouldnt work ;) That you have no other IP listed as being in the DMZ, etc.. If the router is forwarding ALL traffic to 1 IP, how can you expect it to forward something else to yours, etc.

Now on your machine turn on telnet (this is xp pro?)

from a command line

net start telnet

now verify that your machine is listening on 23

netstat -an

--

C:\>net start telnet

The Telnet service is starting.

The Telnet service was started successfully.

C:\>netstat -an

Active Connections

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State

TCP 0.0.0.0:23 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING

--

To make sure you have no firewall blocking this -- you can go to another machine on your network an telnet to your machine..

telnet 192.168.1.100

And you should get this..

Now go to canyouseeme.org -- Verify that IP it shows you coming from is the same IP your router shows as its internet interface IP.. (blue arrow)

Test port 23

Works.. Now you can turn off telnet on your machine net stop telnet.. and it fails.

If this works -- then you did something wrong in the forward for your BT client, wrong port, its not listening on the port you think, firewall is blocking the port, etc.. or your ISP is blocking the port.

I would suggest you post up screen shots from your router showing your forward - its quite possible your missing someting, that a set of fresh eyes will catch.

[PureAussie]

OK to answer your question, i am on XP Home not pro but do not have any firewalls on at all. I have included 12 screenshots of what i am doing to setup my portforward. May take some time to load them all.

OK here they are:

1) The 'Setup Screen'

2) Setting the New Connection

3) Firewall is now off!

4) Port Forwarding (1)

5) Port Forwarding (2)

6) Port Forwarding (3)

7) Saving data on Router

8) Setting Utorrent Port (45682)

9) Testing the Utorrent Port (45682)

10) The port test fails

11) Azureus Error

12) Canyouseeme.org Test of port '45682' fails

Well thats all done as good as i can get it without showing all the mouse movements ;)

Hope this helps...

[TurboTuna]

Is the windows firewall disabled? You should also remove your ip adress from those screenshots ;)

You also never tried what budman suggested with the telnet. That would verify if it was a problem with your pc/router or that specific port/app

[+BudMan MVC]

Well your host does not even ping from the router

So you must be running some type of firewall - default windows one? Did you turn the service OFF?

BTW -- you "REALLY" Should change the password on your router - and why an the world would you allow remote access?????

Part of the reason you should not post your FULL IP ;) :rofl:

yes that is your Router -- change the PASSWORD!!!

[PureAussie]

LOL i though i did.....oh **** hold on lol i restarted it so it means it reset the password :whistle:

[+BudMan MVC]

Well it kicked me out - so I guess changed the password! ;)

But I would assume your router should be able to ping hosts on its own lan.. since it can not, I would assume you have a firewall on. Which would explain why your forward is not working..

These are the ports I show open and filtered

Interesting ports on 124.xx.xx.xxx:

Not shown: 1669 closed ports

PORT STATE SERVICE

21/tcp open ftp

22/tcp open ssh

23/tcp open telnet

80/tcp open http

135/tcp filtered msrpc

136/tcp filtered profile

137/tcp filtered netbios-ns

138/tcp filtered netbios-dgm

139/tcp filtered netbios-ssn

445/tcp filtered microsoft-ds

1720/tcp filtered H.323/Q.931

I get a prompt on telnet -- your router admin interface again.. I would REALLY suggest you disable admin from the WAN side!!