amule configuration with abnormal ports

[CDrewing]

Hey there,

I read this article about the correct amule configuration in Ubuntu.

But I have to connect with different ports via OpenVPN due to... well it's more secure and costs less a year than to pay these MAFFIA-Letters.

So my VPN provider gives me ports 40018, 41018, 42018, 43018 and 44018 to be my ear on the world (means: open ports). I entered one of these ports for TCP in amule and one of them in UDP. uPNP is deactivated as the port for extended server queries, too.

But when I start amule, it tries to connect and - after checking all the 200 IP addresses in the queue - it shuts down the connection process and fails at all.

When I do a network port scan with the above mentioned ports, I receive a "closed port" answer. What does this mean? My router is set to NAT but Ubuntu is still rejecting on these ports?

Here's my iptables:

cdrewing@cdrewing-laptop:~$ sudo iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         
ufw-before-logging-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-before-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-after-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-after-logging-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-reject-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-track-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         
ufw-before-logging-forward  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-before-forward  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-after-forward  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-after-logging-forward  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-reject-forward  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
TCPMSS     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            tcp flags:SYN,RST/SYN TCPMSS clamp to PMTU 

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         
ufw-before-logging-output  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-before-output  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-after-output  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-after-logging-output  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-reject-output  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            
ufw-track-output  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            

Chain ufw-after-forward (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-after-input (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-after-logging-forward (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-after-logging-input (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-after-logging-output (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-after-output (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-before-forward (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-before-input (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-before-logging-forward (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-before-logging-input (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-before-logging-output (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-before-output (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-reject-forward (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-reject-input (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-reject-output (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-track-input (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain ufw-track-output (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination

Perhaps sb can help me. Something seems to be wrong here.

Thanks a lot
Christian

[Enigmapond]

Have you tried manually forwarding the ports on your router?

[CDrewing]

Well, yes:

[CDrewing]

It works!!
As soon as I enter the NAT information in the application menu, amule is working perfectly with Kademlia.