Aren't these IP's supposed to be the same?

Question

Ok so I needed to setup a static LAN IP for the port forward thing.
So I went to control panel - Local Area Connectio properties - Internet protocol Properties and selected use the following IP and input an IP. 192.168.1.56

But in my Router setup it still says Default LAN IP 192.168.1.1
When I check cmd - ipconfig it displays the IP I entered ----> 192.168.1.56

I don't get it. Aren't they supposed to be the same?

BDw I'm trying to mess around with the settings because my torrents speeds haven't been the same since my modem got fried and I got a router. (despite doing the whole Port forward thing)

Another thing, when forwarding the port, Portforward.com says to pick TCP for protocol but shouldn't we pick TCP/UDP? Or doesn't it make a difference?

What happens if I create 3 separate (rules/exceptions or whatever they are) for the same forwarded port and pick TCP in one, UDP and TCP/UDP for the 3rd? all for the same port ----------just a wild thought

Answer 1

To answer your questions:

Everyone else is correct, you have a local LAN (Local Area network) on your home side of the router. The router "sits on a fence" between the real Internet (WAN) and your home network (LAN). Everything on the LAN is by private IP addresses. The router is at 192.168.1.1 for you to be able to log into it and administer it. The router also assigns IP addresses to the rest of your LAN, filling in any Gateway (usually the router itself), DNS server IP and netmask to any computer on your LAN via DHCP.

Now, your PC at a static IP at 192.168.1.56 is ok, as long as all the fields are filled in properly, it will work. You have to tell the router to forward any packets from the internet (the WAN side) for a specific port to a LAN IP address. So you log into the router, and set the port forwarding for the specific port (or port range) to your PC at 192.168.1.56. No one on the Internet (WAN) side even knows what addresses are on your LAN side, the router translates all LAN IP packets to the WAN, and keeps track of the return packets and returns them to the originating PC on your LAN. Think of the router as a fancy electronic traffic cop.



As for port forwarding, you can always select "both" - TCP and UDP, it does no harm if one of those protocols is not required.

However, you cannot have all 3 (well you can define them - but first rule matching stops any further processing of rules). You can have individual TCP and UDP forwarding to the same IP, but selecting "Both" instead does the same thing. Setting another rule with the same, never gets used because the first rule that forwards anything, stops the rule processing chain...



As for torrents, it is possible your ISP is throttling torrent speeds, and nothing you do on your side of things can improve that.

Answer 2

The default IP of the router is192.168.1.1

The router then changes and issues IP's that's why you are getting 192.168.1.56

If you open up the routers utility then you can set up port forwarding but, And here is the big but,your slow up problem will not be solved by playing around with TCP settings because Torrent's are notorious

for ruining computers.

Reason is many users think they have a work around to download, Software, Music, Video's FREE.

When the fact of the matter is there are those who work in the motion picture industry that are scare you to death sharp as computer engineers and have taken step to make sure these sites offer you another tid bit known as viruses to anything you download from there sites.

The reason your downloads are lagging is because you have a VIRUS.

You may think I don't know what I'm talking about but I can guarantee that's your problem. After you fight the problem long enough and talk to the right people you will find I am right.

Been there done that and have the T shirt to prove it.

Answer 3

The other answer is correct on the IP.



You are correct on picking TCP/UDP. Some of the portforward.com guides are out of date. Bittorrent clients originally did not use UDP. It does make a difference as DHT uses UDP and DHT usually brings a lot more seeds/peers onto a torrent and that helps your download speed.



No reason for the three rules and it might cause issues. The one rule allowing both TCP/UDP is enough.



This guide will help set up for best download speed:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/optimizing-bittorrent-clients-speed.htm

Answer 4

Your router and PC need differen't IP's (as does every unique device on your network).



LAN IP for the router is it's own IP address.

With ipconfig you're checking the IP assigned to your PC.

If you do ipconfig /all, you'll see the Default Gateway is the router's IP.

If you did not have this, your internet would cease to function.



As for port forwarding, the easiest approach would be to use uTorrent, and enable uPnP on your router. This will automatically open the correct ports.