What did I do wrong - port forwarding.....

[Ben_]

I've been running uT and qBT just fine (don't know why) even without enabling/setting up port forwarding in my RT-68U.

Out of curiosity I tried setting up port forwarding under WAN TAB/Virtual Server/Port Forwarding (see attached), but the strange thing is - enabling or not enabling the port forwarding both my uT and qBT are just running fine, except when I do a connection test on uT (see attached), its showing two red X X!

Does one really need to port forward for uT/qBT when using Asus-Merlin? In my case above, even without setting up/enabling port forwarding, they are running just fine, what gives?

 

[dave14305]

Does one really need to port forward for uT/qBT when using Asus-Merlin? In my case above, even without setting up/enabling port forwarding, they are running just fine, what gives?

Is UPnP enabled on the Internet Connection tab? What port forwards are visible under System Log / Port Forwarding?

 

[Ben_]

Is UPnP enabled on the Internet Connection tab? What port forwards are visible under System Log / Port Forwarding?

UPnP (see attached) is OFF

Port Forwarding OFF - Sys log not showing anything
Port Forwarding ON - Sys log (see attached)

 

[dosborne]

Port forwarding is not required for torrenting, unless you are the only seed/peer. You *may* get more peers, therefore a faster download if you do, but in general it isn't mandatory (I've never bothered personally)

Doesn't matter what torrent client, or what router firmware, etc

https://superuser.com/questions/1053414/how-does-port-forwarding-help-in-torrents

 

[Ben_]

Port forwarding is not required for torrenting, unless you are the only seed/peer. You *may* get more peers, therefore a faster download if you do, but in general it isn't mandatory (I've never bothered personally)

Doesn't matter what torrent client, or what router firmware, etc

https://superuser.com/questions/1053414/how-does-port-forwarding-help-in-torrents

Thanks for the link, interesting find!