ANSWERED Port Forwarding woes

[moving shadow 1]

Greetings!  I cannot get the port forwarding to work for reasons unknown.



This photo shows what I have listed in the client forwarding area.  Both scratched out ports are the same number.





And here in SoulSeek (Well, nicotine+ client) I have the matching port number, with no typos, specified in the settings to match up with what was allocated to me from AirVPN.

Port check fails miserably, and I've tried other apps like torrents instead with the same result -- port is closed.

Not sure what else there is to do or what I'm doing wrong, any guidance would be great.  OS is an Arch Linux variant for aarch64 devices, running KDE desktop

Thanks kindly!

[reversevpn 9]

Did you configure UFW or iptables to allow the port through?

[moving shadow 1]

after a BUNCH of trial and error, thankfully, AI helped me get it figured out.  I had to do a bunch of changes in my OPNsense to redirect the port and I am honestly not even smart enough to try and touch on it.  I actually reported this thread in hopes of it being deleted but they never acknowledged it

[Tech Jedi Alex 1527]

On 3/4/2026 at 2:37 AM, moving shadow said:

I had to do a bunch of changes in my OPNsense to redirect the port and I am honestly not even smart enough to try and touch on it.  I actually reported this thread in hopes of it being deleted but they never acknowledged it

Of course it will never be deleted. These are forums, not a support portal. Forums are searchable in the future, publically. So any problem today can be helpful for someone tomorrow.
Please outline exactly what the AI told you to do so that others don't have to ask.