Port Forwarding Problems

[newbeeman]

I have installed Deluge on Ubuntu Gibbon and am trying to set a specific port to use.
I am behind a router, no software firewall.
I have used http://www.portforward and established my router to set the port 1720. I have established this is a port my ISP cannot throttle, so would like to use it.
Have set this number in Deluge, read all I can on other settings, which are correct, but when I click the 'active port' it tells me the TCP port is closed.
There is reference to IPfilter.dat? No idea what that means.
Any help would be much appreciated, otherwise I'm going to have miserable slow speeds.

[markybob]

I have installed Deluge on Ubuntu Gibbon and am trying to set a specific port to use.
I am behind a router, no software firewall.
I have used http://www.portforward and established my router to set the port 1720. I have established this is a port my ISP cannot throttle, so would like to use it.
Have set this number in Deluge, read all I can on other settings, which are correct, but when I click the 'active port' it tells me the TCP port is closed.
There is reference to IPfilter.dat? No idea what that means.
Any help would be much appreciated, otherwise I'm going to have miserable slow speeds.

you need to configure your router to forward that port to your internal ip address. just having it open isnt enough...maybe that's your problem.

[newbeeman]

Could you please add more? I have seen no reference to this in 'Port forwarding' so I cannot guess what needs doing.

[loki]

http://www.portforward.com/english/rout ... rindex.htm

Find your router name/model, access your router, follow instructions listed on the specific page.

It might help to know your router type, mine is under applications and gaming and port range forward.
You set the port range, or port in this case, protocol type (tcp and udp in this case), your local ip address, and make sure it's enabled and settings are saved... this could be totally different though if you have a different router.

[newbeeman]

It has taken me a while but I have discovered the problem after searching on Port Forwarding. I don't have a Static IP
Seems it's one of the first requirements, obviously I missed it on the first run through, but now I know the problem. Next step is decrypting my router instructions.
Thanks for the help.