Unable to check port status

lehibrady · Post by **lehibrady** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:50 am

I want to get my downloads working as well as possible and connect to as many peers as I can, but when I check my port status it says "Unable to check port status" and there's a little yellow dot. What does this mean? What can I do to ensure my port is forward and open? Should I follow the instructions in the Help -> How do I Port Forward" about an incompatible router or something else? I don't want to get in deeper than I understand and I'm already neck deep.

esseff · Post by **esseff** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:48 pm

Same for me. The thing is my ports are actually open. They always have been. The torrent tracker confirms that they still are, and my download speeds are not affected. But instead of T showing the green port is open that it always has, I now get this message. Nothing changed since yesterday. It only started today.

bozs13 · Post by **bozs13** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:22 pm

yeah the same thing just happened to me, and it is affecting my uploads...for some reason I'm showing no peers on many of my open torrents

just to clarify:

it's not affecting my dl's
but is affecting my ul's (which are important)

Ryoujin · Post by **Ryoujin** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:43 pm

Strangely this happened to me last night and this morning, I'm using 1.22+ 6336. I thought it was weird the Unable to check status error, but since it wasn't affecting my speed at all (I was still downloading and uploading at my max speed), I didn't really give it much attention.

bostokk · Post by **bostokk** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:24 pm

it happened to me as well. Really weird, why does it happen to all of us at the same time? I don't have any clue.

In my case upload seems also to be affected.

aiiiidan · Post by **aiiiidan** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:12 pm

Ya, same just happened to me today too...was fine yesterday. How bizarre.

'Unable to Check Port Status'. My port's open for sure

Omega · Post by **Omega** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:28 pm

Have it here as well ( v1.22 (6189) ) - no issue downloading.

josephayden · Post by **josephayden** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:05 pm

what the hell, it happened to me too this morning?!

Robby · Post by **Robby** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:10 am

Perhaps the site that is used to check whether the port is open is down.

3onatree · Post by **3onatree** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:55 am

Same thing here. 1.2.2 on PowerBook 17"/10.4.11 (with security update), NAT enabled, tried nightly build, was working until day before yesterday. Cannot enable PEX now.

Draconis · Post by **Draconis** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:16 am

Same thing for me. Was trying to port forward and this is stopping me...Of course I'll still have trouble figuring that out when this gets resolved....

jgor · Post by **jgor** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:58 am

Joined just to mention that I too have the "unable to check port status" message. Obviously it isn't just a coincidence that it has affected so many users simultanesouly. Can a moderator or someone more knowledgeable shed some light on this situation? For myself it is affection my upload and download speeds. I am using 10.4.7(unable to upgrade to .11), and Transmission 1.01(4635).

Jgor

Waldorf · Post by **Waldorf** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:58 am

Did you guys confirm that the port is actually closed? (canyouseeme.org)

Because "unable to check port status" doesn't mean either closed or open. Just unable to reach the port check website. This should not affect speeds, and probably doesn't.

Kpac · Post by **Kpac** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:01 am

Wow... weird,

definitely not a coinsidence! anybody got a reply from the transmission team yet? Whats the problem? anyway, in does not affect my DL or UL speed,
still strange

3onatree · Post by **3onatree** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:41 am

Waldorf wrote:Did you guys confirm that the port is actually closed? (canyouseeme.org)

Because "unable to check port status" doesn't mean either closed or open. Just unable to reach the port check website. This should not affect speeds, and probably doesn't.

Thanks for the tip. Mine is indeed open. However, my question is that since Transmission can't determine if it is open, could that affect the number of peers we're able to connect with in our swarm?