uTorrent 1.8.1 UPnP problem with NAS

[unionaire]

Okay I have a NAS drive on the network and for some reason uTorrent 1.8.1 keeps thinking it's a router and tries to map ports on it.

here's the log:

[2008-11-10 16:46:54] UPnP: The device "TwonkyMedia [XSERV]" is not a UPnP router (http://192.168.1.17:9000/DeviceDescription.xml)

[2008-11-10 16:46:54] UPnP: Device error "http://192.168.1.17:9000/DeviceDescription.xml": (-2)

[2008-11-10 16:46:54] UPnP: TCP port 21836 -> 192.168.1.13:21836 is already mapped. Not re-mapping.

[2008-11-10 16:46:54] UPnP: UDP port 21836 -> 192.168.1.13:21836 is already mapped. Not re-mapping.

[2008-11-10 16:46:54] UPnP: Getting external IP

[2008-11-10 16:46:54] UPnP: Got external IP: 218.79.13.250

[2008-11-10 17:06:55] UPnP: Discovered host: http://192.168.1.1:80/Public_UPNP_gatedesc.xml

[2008-11-10 17:06:55] UPnP: Discovered host: http://192.168.1.17:9000/DeviceDescription.xml

[2008-11-10 17:06:55] UPnP: The device "TwonkyMedia [XSERV]" is not a UPnP router (http://192.168.1.17:9000/DeviceDescription.xml)

[2008-11-10 17:06:55] UPnP: Device error "http://192.168.1.17:9000/DeviceDescription.xml": (-2)

[2008-11-10 17:06:55] UPnP: TCP port 21836 -> 192.168.1.13:21836 is already mapped. Not re-mapping.

[2008-11-10 17:06:55] UPnP: UDP port 21836 -> 192.168.1.13:21836 is already mapped. Not re-mapping.

[2008-11-10 17:06:55] UPnP: Getting external IP

[2008-11-10 17:06:55] UPnP: Got external IP: 218.79.13.250

as you can see, 192.168.1.17 is my NAS, uTorrent did in fact got to map a port on the router 192.168.1.1. However, it still shows the yellow "!" on the bar and i think it isn't working because right now it downloads really slowly. any idea?

[DreadWingKnight]

[2008-11-10 17:06:55] UPnP: The device "TwonkyMedia [XSERV]" is not a UPnP router (http://192.168.1.17:9000/DeviceDescription.xml)

This tells me that your NAS device is broadcasting UPnP information that tells uTorrent that it is not a router.

The blocked firewall issue likely stems from something else.

[unionaire]

thanks for the reply, if what you said is true then it may not have anything to do with the NAS,

but why does uTorrent keeps trying to re-map the port if UPnP is already working? plus the yellow "!" is still up there and not working. i just upgaded from 1.7.7 like yesterday and it was working fine.

edit:

okay here's something new, I manually forwarded a port UDP/TCP for utorrent on my router, and for a sec there it worked fine, only moments later it stopped working again, really weird problem and again, it didn't happen with 1.7.7, should i just roll back the version?

[DreadWingKnight]

but why does uTorrent keeps trying to re-map the port if UPnP is already working?

Because some routers periodically remove UPnP mappings without the consent or knowledge of the programs that mapped them.

okay here's something new, I manually forwarded a port UDP/TCP for utorrent on my router, and for a sec there it worked fine

Worked fine as in you got a green icon in the status bar?

it didn't happen with 1.7.7, should i just roll back the version?

Downgrading to a version with known security holes is not recommended or supported, so NO.

[unionaire]

yes, worked fine as in i got a green icon and if you click to test it, it'd say ported mapped correctly.

[DreadWingKnight]

Yellow is an intermediary state. If it goes green, even sporadically, everything is configured correctly.

[unionaire]

but it went from green to yellow, and the "test if port is forwarded properly" button tells me the same thing.

[moogly]

Anyway why you don't forward a port in your router and disable UPnP ?

[unionaire]

well, like i explained before, when I do that it worked for a while then it turn yellow again, and 1.7.7 doesn't have this problem. Let me just test 1.7.7 on another computer on the network see if it works.

[thelittlefire]

The problem isn't with the NAS. It's likely there's some problem between UPnP and your DHCP range.. or your router is really sub-par and does silly things. Have you disabled NAT-PMP? It's obvious you're using a UPnP capable router so you don't need the other.

Additionally, if you don't care about DHT, you could try the Advanced setting for use_tcp_only ... checking the router rules, you have a rule set for TCP, and UDP .. only for your active IP?