Cannot get past debug

[NicholasVolpe]

I did all I have to do to get my ports to open, yet the red dot is still red and my ports are not open. The thing is, I do not understand the "clear the log and set it to debug" portion. I do not know what the log is.

[essiw]

maybe your solution is in these things in the wiki:
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/PortClosed
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/PortForwardingGuide