It can use port forwarding to redirect data packets to a different address. The router directs traffic to different computers connected to it and can be configured to protect you from specified traffic. The network, which includes your router and computer, needs to translate the Internet Protocol address of your router (with its own IP address) to and from the IP address of your computer (with its own IP address). NAT stands for Network Address Translation. But programs like Vuze, which can also accept incoming connections from others, the router does not automatically know the right port forwarding. with web browsing), the router automatically configures a temporary forwarding for the random port that your web browser uses for that connection. When you initiate the outgoing connection yourself (e.g. The only time you will notice the ports is when they are closed no data is transmitted and you get error messages like "NAT Error." This usually happen because of firewalls and routers. Thus, you need to forward one listening port for Azureus and tick both the TCP and the UDP boxes, or make an extra rule, one for each protocol. Two protocols, TCP and UDP, use the same port, unless specified otherwise. Check out Tantalo, the official IANA port list or Wikipedia to find out more about ports.Īzureus listens to one port for torrents (defined in Connection options) and another for the embedded tracker. Please see Select port for Vuze for information on which ports to use. For example, MSN protocol usually uses ports 6891-6900. Computers usually handle this perfectly in the background via ports, identified by numbers. When you connect to the internet, there are different channels that data travels by. Disabling the optios tells Vuze to discard connections attempts from other bittorrent users, and then you would not be reachable any more. Make also sure that you have allowed "Incoming connection" as a peer source in Connection options. If you see a green smiley or have seen one with the same router/firewall configuration, then port forwarding may not be the culprit.
There are other possible causes for a yellow smiley. For more information on what every smiley means, click Help > About Health. Green smileys mean that you have both L and R connections to peers and are connected to the tracker. If you see only L's, you probably have a Port Forwarding problem. You can see the L's and R's in the Details tab of your individual torrent. This is almost certainly caused by incorrectly forwarded ports from your router or firewall. The yellow smiley indicates that while your system can initiate connections with other peers (known as local connections, or L in the torrent's Details page, Peers tab, you cannot receive connections initiated from other peers (known as remote connections, or R).
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Smiley faces ( Torrent Health icons) provide info on your torrents.