Port Forwarding

[thebluemonkey]

I'm currently trying to forward ports 6881-6889 to my laptop so bittorrent will hopefully run a bit quicker.

Currently I have ;

Asus ADSL modem -------> Airport Extreme ----------> Powerbook
i.p. 198.162.1.1 ------------>10.0.1.1 ----------------->10.0.1.201

The Powerbook is connected with a fixed IP to the router, and the router is forwarding the 6881-6889 to the powerbook ( or so the settings say ).
The ADSL modem is forwarding ports 6881-6889 through to 10.0.1.201.
The firewall in OS X is off.
When I go to Shields Up ( @ www.grc.com ) and probe that range I get a report that they are all stealthed. I've been told for maximum performance that these should all be reported as open. I'm sure that it's something simple but I don't have even a glimmer of knowledge about networking.

[thebluemonkey]

agent006 said:

Not related to your ports problem, but i'm intrigued as to how you're communicating with a router on a different subnet to your PC and WLAN.

I thought that might've been the problem but obviously not. The airport router has a field where you input the ip address of the modem connected to the WAN port and away you go.

[thebluemonkey]

chriswright said:

Could be the ISP restricting the ports, try telling your torrent client to use ports above 10000

Think that must've been it. Thanks, and thanks for everyone elses suggestions. Much appreciated.