Linux + BitTorrent = Dont work (port forwarding done)

Hey guys, i have done the setting up a linux file server out of the bits article

I am having problems with torrentflux it will load the torrent but wont download anything it just says trying to connect to peers, i have also tried other torrent down loaders with no hope.

I have set up port forwarding on my dlink router, and i can download torrents on my windows box with no problems just not on the linux box
Any help would be great as i would like to get this box finished and hidden away

 

Do you have a firewall set up on your linux box? You might need to check your iptables rules to make sure that the torrent ports are open on that.

 

no i havn't set up a firewall and dont know how to check my ip tables

 

just to be sure, in a terminal:

Code:

iptables -F
iptables -t nat -F
iptables -t mangle -F
iptables -X

 

one way around it is to set on UDP in your torrent client, you will also need to set on UDP on your router, then it will sort out the ports for you.

 

Thanks guys i will try it out soon i hope if i get around to it (Have to write a case study for a software project). UDP? whats that? I might just google it.

 

Sorry I meant UPNP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play