Unable to check port status

3onatree · Post by **3onatree** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:11 am

Robby wrote:No.

Cool.

So between what Robby, you and waldorf have put forth, the "port status" feature of Transmission is merely an automation of checking your port status from an external entity such as the example cited, http://www.canyouseeme.org/.

IOW, if you manually determine that your port status is okay, then there is no effect on the functionality of the bittorrent protocol or Transmission client and any problems thought to have been induced by this malfunction have been reported in this thread are merely coincidental or histrionic.

Makes sense to me. Sounds like EVERYONE CAN RELAX.

Thanks to the contributors of this thread.

Robby · Post by **Robby** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:15 am

Yes, that's how I think it is. If I remember correctly, some developer told me that a while ago when this happened before.

lakospeter · Post by **lakospeter** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:23 am

I got this "unable to check port status" message too. It doesn't affect my DL or UL speeds, just annoying

josephayden · Post by **josephayden** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:34 pm

is anyone else on Comcast? Could our ISP's have anything to do with this?

Waldorf · Post by **Waldorf** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:50 pm

It is merely a check which has to be run from the outside of your local network. The only 'bad' thing about it is that if that site is down, you will get this friendly message.

So, again, the check is completely unrelated to the core of Transmission and is mere informative.

Waldorf · Post by **Waldorf** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:56 pm

josephayden, no. Your ISP's don't have anything to do with this.

josephayden · Post by **josephayden** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:04 pm

thank you for clarifying good sir

Draconis · Post by **Draconis** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:31 pm

my port is stealth - i'm still trying to figure out the port forwarding thing. But transmission is just saying unable to check its status like everyone is saying...

Robby · Post by **Robby** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:32 pm

Then try that site which was mentioned as an alternative.

jgor · Post by **jgor** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:06 am

if you manually determine that your port status is okay, then there is no effect on the functionality of the bittorrent protocol or Transmission client and any problems thought to have been induced by this malfunction have been reported in this thread are merely coincidental or histrionic.

Hmm... that doesn't make any sense to me. Sure problems related to this malfunction could be considered coincidental, but what about the actual "unable to check port status" message. Even if the fact is that Transmission's "port checker", or lack thereof has no effect on your actual connections this doesn't explain why a dozen people reported this error on the same day, why the error occurred, or how to fix it.

3onatree · Post by **3onatree** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:24 am

jgor wrote:
if you manually determine that your port status is okay, then there is no effect on the functionality of the bittorrent protocol or Transmission client and any problems thought to have been induced by this malfunction have been reported in this thread are merely coincidental or histrionic.
Hmm... that doesn't make any sense to me. Sure problems related to this malfunction could be considered coincidental, but what about the actual "unable to check port status" message. Even if the fact is that Transmission's "port checker", or lack thereof has no effect on your actual connections this doesn't explain why a dozen people reported this error on the same day, why the error occurred, or how to fix it.

Sure it does; the web portal that Transmission uses to check the status (just like the web site mentioned in this thread where you can check your port status manually) is down, so Transmission can't determine the status.

That's the way I understand it now, anyway.

Post by **Jordan** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:50 pm

I can reach them manually in a browser, so I wonder if they're blocking Transmission's traffic. If so we could move to a different port checker in the next release.

Jov604 · Post by **Jov604** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:07 pm

I noticed last night that my upload speeds were way slower than normal through Transmission. My upload speed would hover around 20 - 30 KB/s when I normally get around 140 KB/s. I had 12 peers downloading from me.

I ran 5 different speed tests, and my upload speeds came back normal. So I checked the Network settings in Transmission, and sure enough "Unable to check port status" came up.

I went to canyouseeme.org and checked the port. My ISP isn't blocking it.

How is it that all of these people are having the exact same problem at the exact same time?

So long story short, I'm having the same problem.

Robby · Post by **Robby** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:09 pm

Jov604, how about reading the thread?

Unable to check port status

Coincidence?