ANSWERED Forwarded port(s) close

[bubee 0]

Hello,

I keep having the same issue that the forwarded ports close after approximately 1 week of use.

The last time it occurred, as a last resort, I deleted the port in the client area, obtained a new one, and switched servers, and it worked again. However, I doubt this was the fix as I have the same issue right now.

The newly obtained port or ports are closed.

I would like to think that everything is set up correctly (Qbittorrent, Eddie, firewall [to which I added a specific inbound rule to keep the port open]) and when it works, it works smoothly so that tells me that there isn't (or should not be) any problem. However, it seems that the port closes after what seems a certain period and I just don't understand why.

Any help would be appreciated.
 

Edited ... by bubee

[Staff 10123]

On 3/17/2025 at 1:02 PM, bubee said:

However, it seems that the port closes after what seems a certain period and I just don't understand why.

Hello!

When the problem occurs can you verify whether a disconnection and re-connection to the VPN server occurred? Can you also check whether the problem disappears by re-starting qBittorrent?

Kind regards
 

[bubee 0]

On 3/28/2025 at 9:53 AM, Staff said:

Hello!

When the problem occurs can you verify whether a disconnection and re-connection to the VPN server occurred? Can you also check whether the problem disappears by re-starting qBittorrent?

Kind regards
 

Hello,

I think I managed to find the issue. So far, I have not had any major events, and the ports have remained open.

[Staff 10123]

2 hours ago, bubee said:

I think I managed to find the issue. So far, I have not had any major events, and the ports have remained open.

Hello!

Can you describe the nature of the problem and the solution you found if possible? It may be relevant for readers with the same problem.

Kind regards
 

[bubee 0]

 

On 4/9/2025 at 4:40 PM, Staff said:

Hello!

Can you describe the nature of the problem and the solution you found if possible? It may be relevant for readers with the same problem.

Kind regards
 

Hi,

Sure. The main issue was that any forwarded ports I opened in the client area got closed after about a week. Other than that, annoyingly frequent disconnections from the server(s).

Nothing seemed to work or only temporarily when I tried to adjust settings wherever I thought the problem might be (client, firewall, qbittorrent, you name it).

The missing piece was the connection protocol set to TCP only in qbittorrent instead of TCP and UTP, like everything else, including the VPN protocol and ports as well.

 

Edited ... by bubee

[OpenSourcerer 1468]

Do not force OpenVPN to use TCP. Revert that back to UDP.
But disabling uTP in BitTorrent clients is a very frequent recommendation, so leave it off. Also, uTP != UDP.