I believed I had port forward properly as uTorrent said I had in its port test panel and via the green connection symbol; it's the same when I switched to qBittorent, (see image below taken this morning). Although I can seed, trackers show I am not connectable (see second image - MIB is me) therefore it is not for any longevity or at the top speeds I am capable of. Website checkers also say the port is not open (they show a public IP address which keeps changing; this confuses me as I have set my PC and router up to run on a static IP address).
My question is who do I believe regarding my port forwarding status - qBittorent or port checker websites and trackers? And how do I fix this? I know there is a proliferation of guides on how to port forward (it is dead simple on my Linksys router) but never any on what to do if it doesn't work. Is it as a simple as finding the right port number or is there a specific setting either in qBittorent, Windows, or my router that needs changing?
I'm not a techy person so solutions in lay terms would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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