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cant get peer to peer to work (solved)

Post by stumbles »

hi neither transmission nor deluge is downloading any torrent files they both tell me that I have no incoming data - any ideas on what may be causing the problem my end, sorry not really up to scratch with peer to peer et al
I use latest firefox browser with a superhub virgin wireless router
on a 64bit LTS Mint cinnamon
with thanks for your time and (I suspect) patience . . .
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Re: cant get peer to peer to work

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Did you perhaps enable your firewall or something like that?
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Re: cant get peer to peer to work

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AlbertP wrote:Did you perhaps enable your firewall or something like that?
hi yes I always have a firewall enabled , enabled when I used LTS mint 9 isadora no problems at all peer to peer worked fine...on transmission
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Re: cant get peer to peer to work

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Hi do i need to provied more info here about this or is there no solution to this problem at the moment on here any feedback would be of interest - again with thanks for your time and patience . . .
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Re: cant get peer to peer to work

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You probably have to open corresponding ports in your firewall. What firewall do you use and what ports for peer to peer?

For example if you use UFW firewall and the peer tp peer port is 45000 you open that port in UFW like this in a terminal.

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sudo ufw allow 45000
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Re: cant get peer to peer to work

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cecar wrote:You probably have to open corresponding ports in your firewall. What firewall do you use and what ports for peer to peer?

For example if you use UFW firewall and the peer tp peer port is 45000 you open that port in UFW like this in a terminal.

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sudo ufw allow 45000

ok thank you will try that out later . . . :P
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Re: cant get peer to peer to work

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Hi tried that still not working getting 'no incoming connections' on my torrent programme 'Deluge' same on 'Transmission' - seems to be a common problem seeing it all over the forums . . .
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Re: cant get peer to peer to work

Post by cecar »

Do you have a router between your computer and internet? If that is the case you have to open the port in the router as well.
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Re: cant get peer to peer to work

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cecar wrote:Do you have a router between your computer and internet? If that is the case you have to open the port in the router as well.
HI yes I have a router not sure how to open the required port in it though sorry not very tech savvie . . .
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Re: cant get peer to peer to work

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Look at this page to find guides on how to forward ports on various brands of routers.
http://portforward.com/
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Re: cant get peer to peer to work

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tried everything deluge / transmission just will not work on this OS at the moment seems to be a common problem anyone got any ideas re if they going to fix the issue anytime soon . . ?
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