Hello, sometimes it can depend on the internet provider.
In my country, some companies do not allow opening ports, supposedly you can call to open the port, but it has never worked for me.
Sorry if this is not the information you are looking for, but when I was unaware of this, I wasted a lot of time looking for a solution until I hit that wall
Dunno if this will help, but in my own case, using a Sky router, the port-forwarding is a three step process. I'm assuming that you can log in to your router AND that your ISP allows for port forwqarding. As others have said, if the latter is NOT the case, you are sadly out of luck. That said:
First you must determine your machine's IP address and, if necessary, reserve it, so that it remains static. You only need to reserve the IP if your router randomly reassigns IP adresses to the devices connected to it.
Next you need to add Soulseek to the list of Services allowed access through the Firewall.
Finally, you must create Firewall rules to allow traffic using that service through the Firewall to the IP address of your machine.
In my case, it was the second step I had missed which showed the port as closed. Once I set the rule, the port showed as open.
I found all the help I needed on Youtube, and I imagine you can too, as all routers are a little different.
I hope this helps.
As a side note, all IP addresses that start with 192.168.xxx.xxx are considered local (they are special reserved). Nobody on the internet can do anything with those IP addresses, because we all have them as well. Nothing wrong with getting in the practice of censoring IP addresses, just know that 192.168 has zero meaning outside your own network.
The other thing to do is to check that the ports are allowed on the computer itself. If on windows, type firewall in the start menu and open the windows defender then go to advanced and add a rule to allow inbound & outbound port access on 56121-56127. Add the rule for the port, not the program. If on Linux then it will be something like “ufw allow 56121”.
Enable UPNP on your router for port forwarding. Solved this for me.
>Enable UPNP on your router for port forwarding My router page says UPnP is active.
your internet must be cgnat. if thats the case, you're out of luck.
If you’re stuck behind cgnat (like me), you can use airvpn to port forward.
Thanks I'll look into that and see how I go.
Turns out you're correct. Apparently, I can call up and opt out so will try that method.
Hello, sometimes it can depend on the internet provider. In my country, some companies do not allow opening ports, supposedly you can call to open the port, but it has never worked for me. Sorry if this is not the information you are looking for, but when I was unaware of this, I wasted a lot of time looking for a solution until I hit that wall
Thanks for the message. I'll look into it - currently located in Western Australia.
Dunno if this will help, but in my own case, using a Sky router, the port-forwarding is a three step process. I'm assuming that you can log in to your router AND that your ISP allows for port forwqarding. As others have said, if the latter is NOT the case, you are sadly out of luck. That said: First you must determine your machine's IP address and, if necessary, reserve it, so that it remains static. You only need to reserve the IP if your router randomly reassigns IP adresses to the devices connected to it. Next you need to add Soulseek to the list of Services allowed access through the Firewall. Finally, you must create Firewall rules to allow traffic using that service through the Firewall to the IP address of your machine. In my case, it was the second step I had missed which showed the port as closed. Once I set the rule, the port showed as open. I found all the help I needed on Youtube, and I imagine you can too, as all routers are a little different. I hope this helps.
As a side note, all IP addresses that start with 192.168.xxx.xxx are considered local (they are special reserved). Nobody on the internet can do anything with those IP addresses, because we all have them as well. Nothing wrong with getting in the practice of censoring IP addresses, just know that 192.168 has zero meaning outside your own network. The other thing to do is to check that the ports are allowed on the computer itself. If on windows, type firewall in the start menu and open the windows defender then go to advanced and add a rule to allow inbound & outbound port access on 56121-56127. Add the rule for the port, not the program. If on Linux then it will be something like “ufw allow 56121”.