<p>Please consult your VPN Service and/or your VPN container documentation for specifics.</p>
<p>For Torguard we've created instructions on how to <ahref="/Misc/How-to-setup-Torguard-for-port-forwarding/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">setup port-forwarding</a>.</p>
<h4id="how-to-check-if-your-vpn-is-working">How to Check if Your VPN is Working<aclass="headerlink"href="#how-to-check-if-your-vpn-is-working"title="Permanent link"></a></h4>
<p>Download one of the test .torrents or magnet links from one of the following sites:</p>
<li><ahref="https://torguard.net/checkmytorrentipaddress.php"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">TorGuard's “Check My Torrent IP”</a></li>
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<p>Add the magnet link to your torrent client and wait for the results. It should show you a different IP than your WAN IP number. Remember this IP because you will need it to <ahref="#how-to-check-if-a-port-is-open-or-closed">check if your port is open or closed</a>.</p>
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<p>Please consult your router manual for specifics or check if your router can be found on <ahref="https://portforward.com/router.htm"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Port Forward</a>.</p>
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<h4id="how-to-check-if-a-port-is-open-or-closed">How to Check if a Port is Open or Closed<aclass="headerlink"href="#how-to-check-if-a-port-is-open-or-closed"title="Permanent link"></a></h4>
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<p>Use the free online <ahref="https://canyouseeme.org/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Open Port Check Tool</a> to check if your port is open. If you're using a VPN and have forwarded your port with the VPN service, then use the IP you got from <ahref="#how-to-check-if-your-vpn-is-working">How to Check if Your VPN is Working</a> and the port you used to forward. If you're not using a VPN service, use your WAN IP address and the port you used to forward.</p>
<p>The <code>Network</code> section of <code>Preferences</code> is where you will bind Deluge to a specific interface/address, and specify port usage.</p>
<p>You've followed the <ahref="/Misc/How-to-setup-Torguard-for-port-forwarding/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Setup TorGuard for port forwarding</a> and want to know where in your download client you should add the port you've forwarded.</p>
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<p><code>Incoming Port</code> should be set to a specific port that you have opened/forwarded (if you are behind any NAT/Firewall/VPN.)</p>
<h1id="qbittorrent-port-forwarding">qBittorrent - Port forwarding<aclass="headerlink"href="#qbittorrent-port-forwarding"title="Permanent link"></a></h1>
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<p>You've followed the <ahref="/Misc/How-to-setup-Torguard-for-port-forwarding/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Setup TorGuard for port forwarding</a> and want to know where in your download client you should add the port you've port forwarded.</p>
<p>Please consult your VPN Service and/or your VPN container documentation for specifics.</p>
<p>For Torguard we've created instructions on how to <ahref="/Misc/How-to-setup-Torguard-for-port-forwarding/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">setup port-forwarding</a>.</p>
<h4id="how-to-check-if-your-vpn-is-working">How to Check if Your VPN is Working<aclass="headerlink"href="#how-to-check-if-your-vpn-is-working"title="Permanent link"></a></h4>
<p>Download one of the test .torrents or magnet links from one of the following sites:</p>
<li><ahref="https://torguard.net/checkmytorrentipaddress.php"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">TorGuard's “Check My Torrent IP”</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Add the magnet link to your torrent client and wait for the results. It should show you a different IP than your WAN IP number. Remember this IP because you will need it to <ahref="#how-to-check-if-a-port-is-open-or-closed">check if your port is open or closed</a>.</p>
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<p>Please consult your router manual for specifics or check if your router can be found on <ahref="https://portforward.com/router.htm"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Port Forward</a>.</p>
<h4id="how-to-check-if-a-port-is-open-or-closed">How to Check if a Port is Open or Closed<aclass="headerlink"href="#how-to-check-if-a-port-is-open-or-closed"title="Permanent link"></a></h4>
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<p>Use the free online <ahref="https://canyouseeme.org/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Open Port Check Tool</a> to check if your port is open. If you're using a VPN and have forwarded your port with the VPN service, then use the IP you got from <ahref="#how-to-check-if-your-vpn-is-working">How to Check if Your VPN is Working</a> and the port you used to forward. If you're not using a VPN service, use your WAN IP address and the port you used to forward.</p>
<p><code>Tools</code> =><code>Options</code> =><code>Connection</code> is where you will find the settings to which port the download should use.</p>