Guest Ursh Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing - and I am living proof of that. I thought that it would be easy to do some port forwarding to open up some ports to enable faster downloading. However, I now appear to have totally messed up my internet connections! I believe that I may have done something to my internet connection which means that on trying to change the settings on the internet connection, I am told that the host computer doesn't allow changes. Now I cannot even find the internet connection. I have run a network diagnosis and am being told that my IP address is causing my modem to fail. I really do not know where to go from here. Please help. Many thanks.
Guest Malke Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Re: Please help Ursh wrote: > They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing - and I am living proof > of that. I thought that it would be easy to do some port forwarding to open > up some ports to enable faster downloading. However, I now appear to have > totally messed up my internet connections! I believe that I may have done > something to my internet connection which means that on trying to change the > settings on the internet connection, I am told that the host computer doesn't > allow changes. Now I cannot even find the internet connection. I have run > a network diagnosis and am being told that my IP address is causing my modem > to fail. > > I really do not know where to go from here. Please help. It's a bit hard to help you since we don't know what you did to get into this pickle. ;-) You don't use port forwarding to get faster downloads. You use port forwarding to send data coming in on specific ports to specific computers, like when you're using remote desktop applications. You also set up port forwarding in a router, not on a computer. However, it sounds like you don't have a router but connect directly to a cable or DSL modem. Knowing how you get Internet access and with what hardware would be helpful. So, where were you messing about with these settings? Do you have a third-party firewall or are you using the built-in XP firewall? We rather need to know this. We also need to know if your computer is standalone, on a network with other computers (it doesn't sound like it, but I like to be sure), a home computer, etc. For the IP address, go to Control Panel>Network Connections and double-click it to open it. Find the entry for your network adapter and right-click it, then left-click on Properties. You will see an entry for TCP/IP. Double-click it and set the IP and DNS to Automatic. Post back with the answers to the questions I asked you, including the firewall information. It will also be useful to tell us what you were hoping to accomplish in a little more detail other than "faster downloading". Knowing what your Internet connection is now and from where you were trying to download, if this is a recent slowdown, what you really mean by "faster", are the sorts of details that will help us help you. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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