corewerkz

Im getting an “unable to check port status”. I have 2 macs (a mac pro and a macbook) that use the airport extreme to connect to the internet. My Mac Pro is connected via ethernet and is the only computer that uses transmission. When I followed the instructions on my mac pro, everything worked flawlessly. However, whenever my computer was on, my girlfriends macbook wi-fi would slow to a crawl. So, using the same procedure, I gave her an I gave her a static IP. Now hers works fine but now I’m getting the “unable to check port status”. Everything is the same with the expection of our IP’s ( hers=10.0.1.248, mine=10.0.1.247)

About my previous post, my question is do you know what the conflict is and how can I fix it? Also, how to set up my AE so that our static IP’s dont interfere with the performance of our wi-fi, just incase we have guest who need to use it.

ok thanks alot brain! Stuffit unarchivied it and now GTA SA runs brilliantly on my mac! Thanks again!!

Great tutorial. Well written and presented. One suggestion I would make is an entry for configuring the built-in Mac OS X firewall, basically explaining how to allow access to the necessary port. This should stop the “Port is stealth” problems mentioned by some above.

One more thing, for anyone receiving the message “Unable to check port status”. The reason for this is best explained by a forum response by a Transmission developer, “The port status not displaying is a result of the website used to check port status not returning a response. This is fixed in the nightlies and has absolutely zero impact on anything besides the message displayed.”

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the explanation of the “Unable to check port status” error — I was starting to wonder what both my machines were suddenly doing wrong!

What is the point of port forwarding and all that jazz?
I was wondering because my Transmission is working pretty well without me configuring the ports and all.

hi i am brand brand new at all this and am trying to do all this to be able to download music and film clips. i have started the transmission port forwarding but when i open up transmission i do not have or can not see the ‘advanced’ tab to click on to type in the number… where would i find this? and also whether i did the right thing or not i moved forward and started the ip address bit as im not sure what or if i have one and followed the steps you provided but when i began that i didnt seem to have an ip address or subnet mask number or router number. I need HELP! any guidance would be much appreciated. i am a single girl with no one who knows anything about macs to help

I’ve downloaded Transmission and clicked and dragged it to the Applications folder, so it’s installed. But when I double click on the icon nothing happens. Nothing opens at all. What’ up?