Obfuscated Port

[John Morrison]

Hi, Can someone help me? I checked my ports under Settings options and it says that 2 ports are closed. I downloaded the Router Screen Capture tool but it's for Windows. Not sure what to do as far as fixing this.

[Radio 2000]

No idea what that tool is or why you thought you would need it.

The links on the port checking pages are broken but you can just Google your router make/model and the phrase port forwarding. 

SoulseekQt tries to get your router to set up port forwarding automatically upon startup, using UPnP. That can silently fail for various reasons though.

If your ISP has you on a CGNAT network then you're not going to be able to do it. Likewise if you are on a free VPN or using a school/employer network where they have banned P2P traffic.

[nur...@gmail.com]

Not all home routers have UPnP enabled by default.  So another thing to check, and not just assume. Myself, i just hard code it to trigger instead of auto. The settings might say something like "Port forwarding" depending on your router.

And ya, like he said, if you have a neighborhood NAT you are done unless you can pay your ISP to get out of it. The only other alternative is you get a paid VPN that supports port forwarding, not all do, so check first. We have that here too and burnt me when i moved from cable ( which didn't ) to fiber a few years ago. Sort of caught me by surprise as it was NOT listed in their documentation. I had to call their support to verify "hey, is...."  To get out of it, i opted for a business account, as i need incoming connections for other reasons, and didn't feel like screwing with paying for a 2nd service for VPN.