Re: Exit Relay on Ubuntu 9.10 behind 2wire 2701HG-B firewall

[Gitano <ran6oony7r9deku5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

K. N. wrote:

> I'm trying to configure an Ubuntu 9.10 exit relay for Tor using Vidalia.
> I'm on bellsouth/at&t networks, and I have successfully installed vidalia
> and tor.
> I've pointed tor to a user writable rc file rather than the root torrc
> (~/.vidalia/torrc).
> Everything gets up and running, but the relay (OR on 9000 and DIR on 9001)
> is unable to verify that its ports are reachable
> (Your server has not managed to confirm that its [ORPort/DirPort] is
> reachable.
> Please check your firewalls, ports, address, /etc/hosts file, etc.)
> I have specifically opened ports 9000-9001 on my router (a 2wire 2701HG-B).
> I originally set ORPort to 443 and DirPort to 80, but this failed.  I
> thought changing these to more standard values would fix this, but it has
> not.

You have to configure portforwarding for your Tor relay too:

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/2wire/2701HG-B/default.htm