I have properly configured my router to open a port for Transmission and Vuze. The OpenSuSE firewall settings are somewhat confusing, however. How do I add a port specifically for the BT protocol? I know it’s the firewall causing issues, because when I shut it down, my BT apps roar to life, and die with a whimper when I turn it back on. In Ubuntu, opening a port in the router is automatically configured in the firewall; that is apparently not the case with this distro.
So, when I go to Yast Firewall, I see “allowed services” under the tabs available. When I hit that tab, I see a dropdown menu that contains services such as NetBios Server and Samba Server. Am I choosing one of those available and adding a port to it? Am I adding a custom service via the Advanced settings, and if so, why isn’t there a way to label the service so that it shows up under allowed services?
If it was taht simple, I would already have fixed it. My question is more specific than that: I need to (a) create a custom allowed service, (b) assign it the TCP/UDP port number I opened in my router, and (c) check that it’s actually open. I can handle the second and third if I can figure out how to create a custom service. ‘Just add the port number’ doesn’t tell me how to create the custom service so I CAN enter the port number.
That will work for some defined services, but BitTorrent can use any port
for transfers so you need to define a port (or ports) explicitly. Click
on ‘Advanced’ and then enter the TCP/UDP port(s) you would like open.
Good luck.
On 09/27/2010 12:06 PM, tarahmarie wrote:
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> Hi, all:
>
> I have properly configured my router to open a port for Transmission
> and Vuze. The OpenSuSE firewall settings are somewhat confusing,
> however. How do I add a port specifically for the BT protocol? I know
> it’s the firewall causing issues, because when I shut it down, my BT
> apps roar to life, and die with a whimper when I turn it back on. In
> Ubuntu, opening a port in the router is automatically configured in the
> firewall; that is apparently not the case with this distro.
>
> So, when I go to Yast Firewall, I see “allowed services” under the tabs
> available. When I hit that tab, I see a dropdown menu that contains
> services such as NetBios Server and Samba Server. Am I choosing one of
> those available and adding a port to it? Am I adding a custom service
> via the Advanced settings, and if so, why isn’t there a way to label the
> service so that it shows up under allowed services?
>
>
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(1) I wanted to specify a BT service that I can enable/disable through the firewall, but oh well. I guess that functionality isn’t extant for OpenSuSE yet.
(2) I allowed the relevant port (and to that earlier poster–NEVER use a 6000-level port for the BT protocol. They’re default and monitored; use something above 40K), and now at least Vuze is working properly.
Thanks to all; it turns out that the feature I was trying to find doesn’t actually exist here yet. At least I have a port configured.
I’m not sure a lack of response in thirty minutes means the answer is not
known or the capability is not there.
You should be able to create your own customizations:
Go into /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.d/services and create a file similar
to the TEMPLATE and then customize it with the following lines
Name: Vuze
Description: opens ports for bittorrent stuff in order to allow file
transfers, etc.
space separated list of allowed TCP ports
TCP=“45333”
Good luck.
On 09/27/2010 01:36 PM, tarahmarie wrote:
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> supertimorplusfort;2229265 Wrote:
>> Sorry, I can’t help you with this. What would be the difference between
>> a range of open ports and an extra service?
>
> (1) I wanted to specify a BT service that I can enable/disable through
> the firewall, but oh well. I guess that functionality isn’t extant for
> OpenSuSE yet.
>
> (2) I allowed the relevant port (and to that earlier poster–NEVER use
> a 6000-level port for the BT protocol. They’re default and monitored;
> use something above 40K), and now at least Vuze is working properly.
>
> Thanks to all; it turns out that the feature I was trying to find
> doesn’t actually exist here yet. At least I have a port configured.
>
>
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