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Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 8:36 pm
by 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?
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 8:48 pm
by tragabigzanda
Naomi Klein wrote:"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."
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 8:50 pm
by tragabigzanda
Naomi Klein wrote:"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."
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:16 pm
by Norah
qbittorrent v4.2.5
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:17 pm
by tragabigzanda
Naomi Klein wrote:"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."
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:22 pm
by Norah
No, it looks like everything they reference is set correctly. I had seen that post before I came here too.
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:25 pm
by 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/
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:28 pm
by 96583UP
did you press the restart button?
that usually fixes things
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:29 pm
by Norah
of course i did what do you take me for?
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:30 pm
by 96583UP
i just wanted to contribute what i could
i have no other input
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:31 pm
by Norah
This is serious business. Downloading the Wildflowers & All the Rest 5 cd set in 24-bit really killed my ratio.
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:35 pm
by 96583UP
why no dynamic ip
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:37 pm
by Norah
Because you need the pc to have a consistent internal ip address.
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:40 pm
by 96583UP
but then the russians will know where to find you
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Sun October 25, 2020 9:40 pm
by Norah
i'm willing to take that risk
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Mon October 26, 2020 1:41 am
by Sgt. Crackpot
Did you open the port on both the router firewall and your pc software firewall?
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Mon October 26, 2020 1:47 am
by 96583UP
i knew you would come
- Spoiler: show
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Mon October 26, 2020 6:17 pm
by Norah
Sgt. Crackpot wrote: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?
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Mon October 26, 2020 6:46 pm
by washing machine
Imagine how terribly boring riveting and fun this thread would be in podcast form.
Re: Port Forwarding
Posted: Mon October 26, 2020 7:31 pm
by Norah
Progress. When I disable my firewall (AVG) on my pc the port shows up open with this tool.