UPnP - what's up with it?

Submitted by cronos on Wed, 08/22/2012 - 22:51
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Soulseek General Discussion

SoulseekQt always tells me my listening port is closed. So I did what I guess what a proper port forward in the router. That didn't change anything. So I enabled UPnP in SoulseekQt and on my router. No change. Am I overlooking something?

Submitted by Nir on Wed, 08/22/2012 - 23:40.

If your router is allowing access on a particular port but the port appears inaccessible to an external entity such as the port check page on our website or canyouseeme.org (try it out if you haven't already), there's always the chance that your ISP or whatever's between your ISP and your router is interfering with your ability to accept connections. One thing you can try is pick a listening port for your client at a lower range. Port 80 ideally, if it's not already taken. If not maybe something a little higher like 82. If that doesn't work I would try running uTorrent, check which port it's using (under Preferences->Connection) and using canyouseeme.org to check if its listening port is visible. If so there might be a problem with SoulseekQt specifically. Let me know if that's the case.

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Submitted by Mushruby on Sat, 09/15/2012 - 22:06.

I cannot open soulseek. It is set to port 2242 & I have the Upnp checked off.
What should my settings be? I have a pc using windows 7.
It worked once in the past few days. I have had soulseek for years.
HELP!

Submitted by Nir on Sun, 09/16/2012 - 16:56.

You're saying you can't connect to Soulseek then? That's not related to UPnP. If you'd like me to take a look at it through TeamViewer let me know.