Verizon FIOS and Bittorrent

I don't what the issue is but I never seem to be to get Bittorrent to recognize the port is open. I have tried several dozen ports in the upper 50k+ range and yesterday Bittorrent was ok with the port but now it says theres a porblem with it. I can start and run downloads and uploads but I get few peers and the speeds are slow. I have Verizon FIOS and Windows Vista Home Premium and a MI424WR Actiontec modem (which Verizon provided).

The thing with the port is a odd problem Bittorrent seems to decide when the port is clear and not. I have tried setting up static IP via Windows, port forwarding from router, port triggering from router, as far as I know UPnP and NAT PNP are enabled, I tried DMZing the host no luck with any of them. Currently I installed Azureus to see if it's a client problem as I couldn't get utorrent to work at all under Vista when I had it installed but I don't know how to check if my port is good in Azureus I have the 4.2.0.2 version of Azureus.

So first can somebody tell me whats the first thing to do to troubleshoot this problem as I am baffled.

 

I am having the same problem. I have read that all incoming ports are blocked. I don't see how that is so since Skype created an forwarding port and I talked to my sister just last night.

@Outlawster15a2 have you had any luck yet?

 

I just signed up for this forum and I tried to send outlawstar15a2 a PM with no luck. i need to post 50+. Any luck there big guy? I have been racking my brain and trying EVERYTHING for a week now and yes i am savy. =(

 

You might try Vuse and use the advanced settings to encrypt headders, etc. There is a pretty good FAQ on getting around some ISPs that are not torrent friendly.