# Bad connection with bittorrent **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 2, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978 "2009-07-02T09:28:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/1 "2009-07-02T09:28:32Z")
downloading a torrent and it keeps telling me that my port is not forward properly but i know it is, i took off my router and just connected my computer directly to my modem and it is still doing the same thing. i am getting such crappy speeds because i cant connect to anyone, any suggestions? Edit: also i dont know if this means anything but i now noticed that i have no problems connecting to my wireless router via iphone with it not connected to my computer, where as before it would always say unable to connect to network on my phone, granted there is no internet connection through it but its still finding it now. so maybe modem is the problem? ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/2 "2009-07-02T10:07:15Z")
Do you have the windows firewall on? does your router support UPNP? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/3 "2009-07-02T10:08:23Z")
if it is still broken without the router, then you must have some software firewall blocking the traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/4 "2009-07-02T10:52:09Z")
I have add windows firewall exception checked and enable upnp unchecked in bittorrent ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/5 "2009-07-02T12:07:08Z")
Download uTorrent Try it with the windows firewall, antivirus, antispyware disabled. (security risk but these sometimes block connections) Enable uPnP in your router Check your router uPnP tables and see if you see the client advertise for open ports. Also, do you have a Westell Verizon DSL modem/router? I could never get that thing to forward ports properly. ---
**Author:** ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/6 "2009-07-03T04:21:47Z")
[http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port\_forwarding/Linksys/WRT54G/WRT54Gindex.htm](http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Linksys/WRT54G/WRT54Gindex.htm) try this site, It walks you through step by step depending on what router and program you are using ---
**Author:** ![escgt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/escgt/32/7512_2.png) [@escgt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/escgt)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/7 "2009-07-03T05:44:02Z")
utorrent is better it forwards the port automatically ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/8 "2009-07-03T06:38:35Z")
> [@escgt](#): > > utorrent is better it forwards the port automatically thats not always true. i use utorrent and always have to manually forward the port. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/9 "2009-07-03T06:42:54Z")
> [@escgt](#): > > utorrent is better it forwards the port automatically This is based on your router using uPnP ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/10 "2009-07-03T07:05:03Z")
ok i think i fixed it, i didnt have a static ip address so i did that and it seems ok now ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/11 "2009-07-03T11:10:27Z")
> [@Tunerfreak](#): > > ok i think i fixed it, i didnt have a static ip address so i did that and it seems ok now it shouldnt matter. your ip address will stay the same when your PC is on. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/12 "2009-07-03T18:45:48Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > it shouldnt matter. your ip address will stay the same when your PC is on. well i dont know ever since i did that it has been working fine :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-connection-with-bittorrent/69978/13 "2009-07-04T05:53:51Z")
Maybe he setup portforwarding at one time based on his assigned IP at the the time?