No Connection, Port Closed

[dkorchok]

I've just downloaded Deluge for the first time. I'm trying to download a torrent for a test, but I keep getting the message that there is no incoming connection. I have tested the port (set to random ports) and each time the port is closed. I have set Windows Firewall to allow Deluge. How do I get a port open to allow a connection?

[loki]

If you have a firewall it's usually better to set a single port or a port range rather than random. And then in the settings specify the port or port range.
Or you could try enabling UPnP if it isn't already that might help.

[andar]

I've just downloaded Deluge for the first time. I'm trying to download a torrent for a test, but I keep getting the message that there is no incoming connection. I have tested the port (set to random ports) and each time the port is closed. I have set Windows Firewall to allow Deluge. How do I get a port open to allow a connection?

It could be that you are not forwarding ports correctly in your router.

[dkorchok]

Loki's answer worked once. Subsequent attempts still gave me the reply that the port was closed. Even disabling Windows Firewall entirely still gave the reply that the port was closed and now Deluge does not start at all. Is this the best you guys can do for a piece of software?

[andar]

Is this the best you guys can do for a piece of software?

I guess so.

[dgaust]

Loki's answer worked once. Subsequent attempts still gave me the reply that the port was closed. Even disabling Windows Firewall entirely still gave the reply that the port was closed and now Deluge does not start at all. Is this the best you guys can do for a piece of software?

In the words of the immortal Kamahl "Why are people so unkind"....

[nhasian]

is your computer connected directly to your cable/dsl modem? Or do you have a router in the middle? if so you need to open a port in the router that matches the port your using in your software (Deluge) and forward it to your computer's IP address. I also recommend having the router assign a static IP address to your computer if it has that feature.

you can get more info on port forwarding at http://portforward.com/routers.htm

I've just downloaded Deluge for the first time. I'm trying to download a torrent for a test, but I keep getting the message that there is no incoming connection. I have tested the port (set to random ports) and each time the port is closed. I have set Windows Firewall to allow Deluge. How do I get a port open to allow a connection?

[dkorchok]

Sorry, software crabbiness got the better of me. Let's try the port forwarding thing.

[dkorchok]

So this is going nowhere. After spending a couple of hours trying to learn about port forwarding, DHCP, static addresses, I set my virtual server to the setting suggested in the documentation from the last post. The result is I have nothing but a reply that my port is closed on 76.67.97.19 which seems to be my external address.

I have no clue what to do next.

[dkorchok]

Now Gentlemen, I phrased my last post as judicially as I could, because I know that many of you are volunteering your time and knowledge to this forum. But I can scarcely contain my frustration with this process. I had always thought the purpose of technology was to open up information to people, not to make it so esoteric that only the initiated can use it. I must say my feeling is that if any piece of technology cannot be operated intuitively, then the designers have failed. There is an assumption, even in the articles that I was referred to that, of course, everyone knows where a port should be forwarded to and everyone knows what values they want for various addresses, subnet masks and gateways. Well, everyone doesn't.

Don't separate the people from the technology, make the technology come to the people.