thechats
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July 8th, @10:55AM
| port forwarding
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH REGARDS TO PORT FORWARDING.
I HAVE SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW ON THE INTERNET, BUT TO BE FRANK, ONLY SEEM TO READ GUIDES WRITTEN IN MARTIAN.
I AM NOT STUPID, BUT COULD SOMEONE PLEASE , IN VERY, VERY SIMPLE ENGLISH, WITHOUT ANY COMPUTER SPEAK, JARGON OR ABBRIEVIATION. PLEASE EXPLAIN IT TO ME AS THOUGH YOU WOULD A 7 YEAR OLD AND HELP ME .
I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME GET RID OF THE YELLOW TRIANGLE ON UTORRENTS WHEN I AM TRYING TO DOWNLOAD STUFF.EVERYBODY SPEAKS IN ANORAK.........HELP
THANKS..YOU CAN EMAIL ME DIRECT, I DONT MIND.....[mod edit --- removed e-mail address --- fatness] |
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| what router are you using, assuming you use one?
try not to use Caps when posting a message even if you are really, really in need of help. It is considered rude
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fatness
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I'm sure someone can help you with it. What brand and model of router are you using? |
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thechats
join:2008-07-08 | I dont want to appear thick.i use the internet for communication and mainly downloading music. i am able to fight my way through most problems but i do not speak computer.what is router apart from a mchine that sculpures wood.sorry |
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July 8th, @09:23AM
| A router is a piece of equipment between your modem and your computer. Your modem would be connected to the router and your computer either wired or wireless gets it's connection from the router.
Are you using a firewall?
edit: some modems are a modem/router combination so maybe we should ask what modem you're using |
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Usually a phone or cable line goes first to a modem. From there it usually either
goes directly to your computer
or
goes to a router, which then goes to your computer.
Both a modem and a router are physical devices which you can look at to see the brand name and model number. That information will help people figure out if you have equipment that will do port forwarding, and how to do it.
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Usually you only need to do any port forwarding if there is a specific program that is giving you a problem.
This web site is very good at holding your hand through what you need to do, screen by screen.
»portforward.com/default.htm
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thechats
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thankyou. I live in thailand and have just subscribed to a thai satellite broadband system. before i connected via a commom mobile phone type device( solomon edge). now I have an ipstar box of tricks sat om my desck and unfortunately all the labels are in thai.( that is worse than coputer speak). if its any use, i use a asus laptop, or notebook as the locals refer.
cheers |
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fourboxers
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thechats
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at last someone is not bombarding me with computer geeky stuff. from one yorkshireman to another (although i live in thailand) thankyou very much. this is a simple walk through. i am however not finding the DNS ( there i go .computer speak..a little knowledge is dangerois) server address ( you know the numbers thingy) it didnt show me this when i followed the instructiont hrough in dos |
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fourboxers
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July 8th, @10:16PM
| Do you mean where it's asking for your private IP?
My mistake I think you're talking about the setting the static IP page? You show no DNS servers from the ipconfig /all page? |
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