Portforwarding not work ? (SMC7204BRA)

[Sleepless]

I have tried to get my router to portforward limewire for months now (unsuccesfully) And was wondering if anyone might have managed to do this succesfully.

I have followed all instructions from www.portforward.com several times + trying to change some of the settings.

I have a static IP 192.168.*.*, which is not the same as the one I see when trying whatsmyipaddress 217.*.*.*. Should I maybe change to that one ??

When adding NAT rule. I followed these instructions from the site:

http://www.portforward.com/english/r...A/Limewire.htm

I Choose RDR
1
all
any

Local Address from 192.*.*.*
Local Address to 192.*.*.*

Global IP from ???
Global IP to ???

I have tried the DNS-IP addresses provided by my ISP (the brick wall is still in Limewire and in bugreport "recieved incoming this session" is false)
I tried the IP I get from whatsmyipaddress (I loose all internet connection ??)

Destination port from: 42649 (the listening port in Limewire)
Destination port to : 42649
Local port : 42649

I just can't get that **** wall to disappear

I also tried disabling all firewalls/antivirus (everything I could think of) still nothing

If anyone has an idea what I might be doing wrong, even just a guess then please post here or PM me


Sleepless

[Lord of the Rings]

Your external ip sounds right. What I would suggest however, is instead of choosing "All", instead, do a separate port forward for each of UDP & TCP. Also, perhaps changing the port to a high no. between 49152 - 65535; eg: 64049

BTW have you checked to see if there's firmware updates for your device?

[Sleepless]

ty I'll try that

I haven't checked. will do that too

[Lord of the Rings]

Firmware updates "might" add UPnP abilities or improve upon it. But perhaps your model never had this option added to it. Also updates will "generally" improve overall reliability & performance. Though it might be worth checking to see if there's reports about them 1st.

[Sleepless]

Still no luck

I upgraded the firmware to the latest version v.1.05 and while I must say I notice improvement (not so much in Limewire) the wall is still up. Did figure out though that I had forgot to set up the DNS-servers in the initial setup when I first got the router. IE is working at twice the speed now so at least something good came out of it

I tried adding one TCP and one UDP rule instead of using "All". Also changed the portnumber to 64049

Just to clarify my situation. I have no problem getting connected. Uploads and Downloads are working OK but not perfect. Even when using the manual post setting and not UPnP.

It's just with that wall up I can not Direct Connect or run as an UltraPeer. I have 2336/576 Kbps connection so it's a shame having to connect to UP's that only are running on Cable/Dsl speed.

If you or anyone have anymore suggestions not involving a sledgehammer it would be greatly appriciated

[Sleepless]

It's gone I can see the world now. No brickwall blocking it Recieved incoming this session : True

Seems the Panda Firewall was the problem (has a mind of it's own)