Dear Mike,<div><br></div><div>There is a little tidbit in <a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en">https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en</a></div><div><br></div><div>&quot;e. <span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Leave </span><tt style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Inconsolata,&#39;Lucida Console&#39;,&#39;Droid Sans Mono&#39;,Cousine,monospace;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(26,26,26);line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Attempt to automatically configure port forwarding</tt><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> clicked. Push the </span><tt style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Inconsolata,&#39;Lucida Console&#39;,&#39;Droid Sans Mono&#39;,Cousine,monospace;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(26,26,26);line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Test</tt><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> button to see if it works. &quot;</span></div>
<div><br></div><div><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px">The &quot;Attempt to automatically configure port forwarding&quot; is in the Basic tab.</span></font></div><div>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px">This setups the port forwarding automagically via uPnP. It worked last time I used Vidalia (the GUI) on a Linksys with dd-wrt router. (</span>I have since manually configured my port forward because I removed Vidalia and am running bleeding edge tor binaries)</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The checks mentioned by the others are useful, but if it doesn&#39;t pan out at least try the automatic method.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div>RgC</div>