Port Forwarding

[Norah]

Someone tell me what I'm doing wrong.

I've set my PC to have a static ip, and in my router I've set the port my bittorrent client uses to forward to my pc's ip address, but I'm still not getting any incoming connections and when I use one of those web based services to check if the port is open it comes up closed.

Anyone smarter than me have any ideas?

[tragabigzanda]

"Clout is the values-free currency of the always-online age — both a substitute for hard cash as well as a conduit to it. Clout is a calculus not of what you do, but of how much bulk you-ness there is in the world. You get clout by playing the victim. You get clout by victimizing others. This is something that is understood by the left and the right. If influence sways, clout squats, taking up space for its own sake."

[tragabigzanda]

"Clout is the values-free currency of the always-online age — both a substitute for hard cash as well as a conduit to it. Clout is a calculus not of what you do, but of how much bulk you-ness there is in the world. You get clout by playing the victim. You get clout by victimizing others. This is something that is understood by the left and the right. If influence sways, clout squats, taking up space for its own sake."

[Norah]

qbittorrent v4.2.5

[tragabigzanda]

"Clout is the values-free currency of the always-online age — both a substitute for hard cash as well as a conduit to it. Clout is a calculus not of what you do, but of how much bulk you-ness there is in the world. You get clout by playing the victim. You get clout by victimizing others. This is something that is understood by the left and the right. If influence sways, clout squats, taking up space for its own sake."

[Norah]

No, it looks like everything they reference is set correctly. I had seen that post before I came here too.

[Norah]

Also, like I said, when I pop the port I'm using into this wigit it comes back closed.

https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/

[96583UP]

did you press the restart button?

that usually fixes things

[Norah]

of course i did what do you take me for?

[96583UP]

i just wanted to contribute what i could

i have no other input

[Norah]

This is serious business. Downloading the Wildflowers & All the Rest 5 cd set in 24-bit really killed my ratio.

[96583UP]

why no dynamic ip

[Norah]

Because you need the pc to have a consistent internal ip address.

[96583UP]

but then the russians will know where to find you

[Norah]

i'm willing to take that risk

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Did you open the port on both the router firewall and your pc software firewall?

[96583UP]

i knew you would come

Spoiler: show

[Norah]

Did you open the port on both the router firewall and your pc software firewall?

I don't know what makes me feel dumber: the fact that I didn't think of this or the fact that I can't figure out how to get it done now that I have.

Related question: Should I stop using AVG and just use windows firewall?

[washing machine]

Imagine how terribly boring riveting and fun this thread would be in podcast form.

[Norah]

Also, like I said, when I pop the port I'm using into this wigit it comes back closed.

https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/

Progress. When I disable my firewall (AVG) on my pc the port shows up open with this tool.