aztecuk

Hi, Thank you for the quick response. There is only one router, so the address you quoted is the WAN address. Unfortunately, what follows will probably be of no help to anyone with a similar problem, as I am not sure which action solved the problem. While doing general maintenance of my PC, I purged all unnecessary files, cleaned and compressed the registry and ran chkdsk. On reboot I was greeted with the dreaded blue screen. Booting into safe mode met with the same outcome, but last known good rescued the situation. Now BitComet immediately opens the listening port. I'll probably never know what was causing the problem. Once again thank you for you assistance.

The listening port indicator shows yellow and info bubble says port is blocked, The router firewall has port forwarding set for the listening port. Software firewall has port forwarding set for the listening port. I have tried disabling the router firewall, shutting down the software firewall, disabling the anti virus and web-shield. Even with this risky removal of everything that one may expect to block port access, the yellow light stays on. I have tried using UPnP. random ports, and various fixed ports all to no avail. Is there something I,m missing? Any help will be much appreciated BitComet is version 1.36 I'm running .Windows XP pro 32 bit. I have Talktalk fiber up to 70 Mb/s. Router is Huawei HG533. Software firewall is Comodo. Anti-virus is Avira free and Webroot Secure Anywhere full. Thanks in advance for any thoughts you may have.