On Sat, 18 May 2013 22:07:15 +0100 আনন্দ কুমার সমাদ্দার Ananda Samaddar <ananda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 18 May 2013 14:02:06 -0700 > "T.C. Hollingsworth" <tchollingsworth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 1:47 PM, আনন্দ কুমার সমাদ্দার > > <ananda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > So I've found out that by default my script controlled ethernet > > > connection is in the public zone in firewalld. I however cannot > > > open a port for Transmission, the torrent client. I set > > > Transmission to use the static default port 51413. > > > > > > I then do the following: > > > > > > firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=51413/tcp > > > firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=51413/udp > > > > > > Transmission shows the port as closed. It's definitely a > > > firewalld issue. As soon as I disable firewalld by using systemd > > > the port is shown as open in Transmission. > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong here? > > > > Well, if you use `--permanent` the setting won't take effect until > > after firewalld (or your computer) is restarted, but starting and > > stopping firewalld like you did to test it should have taken care of > > that. (You can call `firewall-cmd` without `--permanent` to get the > > settings to take effect immediately.) > > > > Do you have a router in between your machine? You might need to > > open/forward the port in that too. > > > > Otherwise, transmission-gtk might be lying about the port being > > open. (I've been using Deluge instead of Transmission for what > > seems like ages now, but I do recall the port open checking thingy > > in Transmission not working so good before.) Try checking the port > > with `nmap` or ShieldsUP [1] and see if that reports it as open. > > > > -T.C. > > > > [1] https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 > > I tested the port on ShieldsUP and it informs me that it is 'stealth' > mode so obviously not open. I don't think the router is the problem > as when I disabled the firewall the port was shown as being open. > I'll give Deluge a shot. > > Ananda No joy with Deluge using the same port. When firewalld is active the port is closed. When it's disabled the port is shown as open in Deluge. Ananda -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
