How to open port for BT downloads using Transmission

[H3R3T1K]

Transmission says my port is closed. If I google the problem, it just gives me advice on how to open a port in Windows OS. There's no firewall in Ubuntu 10.10 by default, right? There isn't any router used neither. I'm living in a dorm. I just plug the LAN cable in the box fixed to the wall. Hope you guys can help me out.

Cheers

[Barriehie]

You have to open the port via iptables. As root, the command will look something like:


iptables -A INPUT -p protocol --dport port# -j ACCEPT

You can find a primer on iptables here (http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/iptables/).

HTH

[Grenage]

Transmission says my port is closed. If I google the problem, it just gives me advice on how to open a port in Windows OS. There's no firewall in Ubuntu 10.10 by default, right? There isn't any router used neither. I'm living in a dorm. I just plug the LAN cable in the box fixed to the wall. Hope you guys can help me out.

Cheers

I would imagine that it's being blocked by the campus gateway. Most academic institutes don't want their network becoming a torrent farm.

[MechaMechanism]

I would imagine that it's being blocked by the campus gateway. Most academic institutes don't want their network becoming a torrent farm.
Thats too bad, because it means we can't help him. I think the COC forbids help in trying to get around firewalls, like say China, corporate, campus.