Quick question about port forwarding, static IP address etc

[coolusername]

Hi all, been here a few years and love live music with a passion.
I don't have Instagram or Twitter - I consider TTD and Dime my preferred methods of 'social media'..

A couple of days ago, my landlord changed our ISP for a cheaper and faster deal.
Since then I'm firewalled on both sites, as confirmed by canyouseeme.org

I've looked into the various threads about how to fix being firewalled.

My only real concern before I try any of the fixes:
The question of security was brought up by my landlord when mentioning about 'opening ports' etc.
And there being 3 people sharing our house, I'm hoping to avoid affecting their use of our network.
(I'm definitely not the most competent or knowledgeable computer user, in general. I appreciate this may be a 'dumb/noob' question)

So:
Is creating a static IP address via 'PortForward network utilities' going to cause any problems with network security?
Will doing so only affect my personal device?

I may need more help but this is my burning question at the moment.
Willing to try anything to get going again.

I'm using uTorrent 3.6 currently.

Thanks for reading, and any advice.

[xavier242]

Originally Posted by coolusername

Hi all, been here a few years and love live music with a passion.
I don't have Instagram or Twitter - I consider TTD and Dime my preferred methods of 'social media'..

Since then I'm firewalled on both sites, as confirmed by canyouseeme.org

...

So:
Is creating a static IP address via 'PortForward network utilities' going to cause any problems with network security?
Will doing so only affect my personal device?

I may need more help but this is my burning question at the moment.
Willing to try anything to get going again.

I'm using uTorrent 3.6 currently.

Thanks for reading, and any advice.

Yeah I can relate to music being my social life.

Static IPs are not typically something you can choose for IPv4. As they are in short supply, you have to pay extra for one. Through most ISPs, you need to be a registered business and then pay $500/mo or more. However, there are some VPNs that claim to give you a static IPv4 for much less (I have not tried them yet).

IPv6 is different story. It may well be an option on your router. I don't know if it'll help with your firewalled status.

The quickest way to solve being firewalled and also unable to seed is to get a VPN provider that is known to work with TTD. They provide software that creates a virtual network card on your PC, and automatically routes your internet data through it.

The ISPs in my area block bittorrent, so it is necessary for me to have a VPN. A lot of VPNs do not allow bittorrent, nor offer port forwarding, nor unfirewall you. Some don't even use their own DNS (at least one uses Google DNS!). Many have leak issues or a non-working killswitch.

Read these threads:
http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...ad.php?t=42590
http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...d.php?t=187203
http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...d.php?t=184533

[joujoujou]

No static external IP is necessary to be "seen" by tracker or other peers. The static IP they mention is on the LAN side - it is for the router to recognize your device is the one it opens port for. Static LAN IP can be done in 2 ways - setting it up in your computer or by creating permanent IP lease entry in the router.

Anyway, access to router's setup pages is necessary, because you won't open port(s) without that.

[coolusername]

Thanks to those who have taken the time to respond.
I still have absolutely no idea how to sort this out, it's very depressing.

[joujoujou]

First things first: do you have physical access to the router?

What device you have your torrent client on? What OS?