24. May 2012, 01:25 PM | #4 (permalink) |
Senior Member Posts: 424 | The article (written by me) does not 'just' say to choose a port in that range. There are instructions on forwarding the port by setting exceptions in any firewall, software or hardware (router), on your system. No port is 'open' until you make it open by setting exception in any firewall(s) on your system. Any firewall will block communications from Vuze (as the firewall should) unless permission is given for those communications to go through. Choosing a port in that range is advised because no other programs use those ports and conflicts are avoided. Any port in that range is acceptable and they are all the same essentially - you have to clear it through the firewall(s) on your system though. I see on your NAT error message that you had port 6881 as the Vuze port when testing. That port is in the range not to be used as many ISPs block those ports (as those were the default ports for bittorrent when it first came out). If you have any trouble in setting exceptions for Vuze in your firewall(s), please post back with the name and version of any software firewall on your system and state whether you have a router or modem that you connect to the internet through & if so, what make and model. Best thing to do is check the documentation on any firewall(s) on your system on how to port forward. |