Problems starting relay

[Geoff Down]

Hi,
I'm not mirroring the directory server (yet) so I assume I don't need 
to worry about the directory port.
I did enable UPnP on my router (temporarily) and tried the Test button 
in the Vidalia Relay setup page, and it reported 'Success'. However, on 
examining the Port Forwarding page, there was then no sign of a rule 
for Tor or Vidalia.
I disabled UPnP after that.
I'm using OSX 10.3.9.
I went into the Firewall section of 'Sharing' and added a rule for Tor:
"This is your firewall entry for Tor: it is currently on and all TCP 
network traffic on port(s) 9001 is being let through".
Yet still I get
"[Warning] Your server (xx.xx.xx.xx:9001) has not managed to confirm 
that its ORPort is reachable. Please check your firewalls, ports, 
address, /etc/hosts file, etc"
My Port Forwarding rule (added manually) says
"Protocol TCP
Port Start 9001
Port End 9001
Port Map 9001"
  Is there a way I can check the Port Forwarding independently of Tor?

Thanks,
GD


On 2 Nov 2008, at 05:54, phobos at rootme.org wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 05:45:40AM +0000, downie at castlecops.net wrote 
> 3.5K bytes in 113 lines about:
>> I downloaded the Vidlalia/Tor/Privoxy bundle all together.
>
> Then all you need to do to run a relay is configure one via the Vidalia
> "Setup Relaying" button in the Vidalia Control Panel.
> Tor will generally figure out the rest.
>
> If your router supports upnp, Vidalia will attempt to configure any 
> port
> forwarding for you.
>
> If not, then yes, you need to port forward your orport and dirport from
> the external router to your machine.  If for some reason you use the 
> osx
> firewall, you'll also need to open the tcp ports for the orport and
> dirport.  If you are using 10.5 (leopard), when you configure a relay
> through vidalia, the system should ask you to allow or deny the correct
> ports.
>
> The easiest next step may be to start with a fresh torrc and let 
> Vidalia
> do the work of configuring the relay.
>
> -- 
> Andrew