os: xubuntu 24.04

firewall: ufw

torrent program: transmission

On transmission I opened port 51401

On a terminal I executed sudo ufw allow 51401, which opens both tcp and udp ports for both ipv4 and ipv6. This is called forwarding, right?

I’m following https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/main/docs/Port-Forwarding-Guide.md but apparently I still don’t get it

ETA: thanks for your input, issue has been solved

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Your client may have set a UPnP request that your router respects…hard to say. You didn’t post any router config info, so it’s hard to say what your environment looks like or was previously working. UPnP is frowned upon for security reasons, so it’s best to just forward if in doubt.