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got a problem,

terminal #1 (cable modem) connects fine, NAT = green DHT = green

terminal #2
connected to #1 via switch
problem this machine is firewalled Nat = red, now is blue. DHT= red, yellow

any ideas on how to fix this would be appreciated.

Anyways, my internet is shitting out (it goes out everytime it rains... thanks DSL).

Just go to http://www.portfoward.com and read there, it'll show you what to do most likely.

DHT now connects.

i have done this with routers before this is different.

need to figure why im getting firewalled on the networked machines

as i believe since there is no router, port forwarding is not required at all



(all ports should be opened)

Check and make sure you have no software firewalls enabled, disable antivirus, etc. and try again. Try to find out what's causing it -- what's your switch?

cnet 5 way switch.

its a fresh install on XP. Xp firewall is tunred off.

The other machine is not firewalled. or running an antivirus software.

anyone else with some ideas to bounce off

im all out of em

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Only other thing I've found that sounds plausible (since no router is involved) is maybe ICS... but I dunno.

Is your Azureus client running on a computer behind Windows XP ICS? ICS is a bad excuse for a router in quite a lot of ways but it can be configured to forward services (read: ports) to other machines in the local network.

To do it:

*On the ICS computer, open Control Panel|Network Connections.

*Right click on your Internet Connection (eg, Local Area Connection X - that accommodates your dial-up/broadband modem connection) and click Properties.

*In the "Local Area Connection X Properties" dialog, go to the Advanced tab.
Now click the Settings... button in the Internet Connection Sharing group.

*You get the Advanced Settings dialog and a list of services.
Click the Add... button to display the Service Settings dialog.

*For "Description of service:", type in something to remind you that this is for Azureus' Distributed DB, eg., Azureus DistDB-T.

*In the "Name or IP address ..." field, type in the local network name of the computer that is running Azureus, eg., livingroom.

*In the "External Port ..." and "Internal Port ..." fields type in the port number you have configured your Azureus to use (the port number in Azureus'
Tools|Options|Connection).

*Choose TCP (should be default) and click the Ok button and you are done. You now have the DistDB-T service in your Advanced Settings dialog.

*You need UDP access to the port as well, so you have to repeat the above steps to add a UDP service. Just change the service name (eg., Azureus DistDB-U) and remember to choose UDP instead of TCP this time.

from http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/NAT_problem

You also may want to try another torrent client (like Utorrent) just to see if it's client-related.

thanks for post but alas i have tried that all ready aswell.

i have not tried utorrent so ill try that though.

One of my friends has a problem very similar to yours with a very similar switch (cost him around $12-15 w/S&H lol). He had tons of problems with Azy, soon as he switched to Utorrent they all went away. Doesn't hurt to give it a shot. :thumbsup