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dkorchok wrote: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?

That was a horrible thing to say. Deluge is awsum. They have done a wonderful job! It is not the program, maybe it is the user?
Here is some advice: http://portforward.com
Make Google your best friend.

Hi dkorchok,
I was having your same problem, port closed on my WAN IP (external IP) . This is how I solved:

1. I entered my router's configuration page and went to LAN>DHCP Server>Universal Plug-n-Play
2. Once there, I checked the box "Universal Plug-n-Play (UPnP)"
3. Restarted the router.
4. Closed the configuration page.

My router is a U.S. Robotics ADSL 4-Port Router and I'm running Deluge on a Debian machine.

5. I went to Deluge>Preferences>Network>Network Extras
6. There I checked the boxes "UPnP" and "Peer Exchange"
7. Clicked OK
8. Closed Deluge.
9. Restarted the computer.
10. Opened Deluge, went to Preferences>Network>TCP Active Port
11. There I checked "Random Ports"
12. Clicked OK.
13. Closed and reopened Deluge.
14. Went to Preferences>Network>Test Active Port.
15. Result: "TCP port 54856 open on XX.X.XXX.XXX Yay! "
16. Went back to Preferences>Network, unchecked "Random Ports"
17. Under TCP Active Port I set from 54856 to 54856.

Now my 54856 port is always opened. This may be a different number for you, depending on what
results you get after going through steps 10-15.

Hope it helps.