Port Forwarding do absolutely NOTHING!

Submitted by gmachado84 on Wed, 06/05/2013 - 04:50
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Soulseek General Discussion

Hey guys,

Is it me or does forwarding ports do absolutely NOTHING?

Today trying to install and configure Soulseek it became apparent its completely impossible to open a port.
I have set up EXACTLY any tutorial, a service named soulseek with the proper port and protocol, nothing.

My LAN setup is like below, and I had port forwarding for both: modem and router,

internet===> [_MODEM_]===> [_WI-FI_ROUTER_]====> [[PC]]

Not sure at all whats going on here, does anyone else have this problem or could shed some light?
Thanks!!

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Submitted by thescarletfire on Sat, 06/08/2013 - 21:58.

What port are you using?
Are you sure there are no conflicts?

Submitted by Kookla on Thu, 10/30/2014 - 09:53.

Same problem here, tried all sorts of solutions but nothing works, please help.

Submitted by Kookla on Thu, 10/30/2014 - 09:52.

Same problem here, tried all sorts of solutions but nothing works, please help.

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Submitted by MELERIX on Fri, 10/31/2014 - 17:42.

guys make sure the option "UPNP" is enabled in your routers, thats all.

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Submitted by MELERIX on Sat, 11/15/2014 - 04:38.

also check that firewall is not blocking Soulseek.

Submitted by Adamanti on Sat, 11/15/2014 - 04:25.

So Soulseek works off UPNP only? I thought UPNP couldn't handle all the connections required for P2P software?

P.s. I tried doing this also but it never seemed to do anything.

Submitted by huwon9 on Tue, 12/16/2014 - 18:48.

http://portforward.com/

It's never been easier. You can use almost any port but the higher the better, know your IP, remember the obfuscated port is +1.