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

  • merompetehla@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    21·
    4 months ago

    then how come I’ve always torrented without editing the router?

    I’ve used privoxy, can that be the reason?

    • forbiddenlake@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      4 months ago

      You can still torrent without forwarding a port, for example by only making outgoing connections. But that may limit your speed, and figuring out forwarding should help.