My files aren't being shared even with port forwarding configured.
Pretty straight forward. I've been using Soulseek for a long while and I always thought I was sharing my files. Turns out it wasn't the case, and my ports weren't open, so I did some port fwd config on my router.
It all seems correctly configured. Soulseek's port checker says both listening and obfuscated ports are open and OK to go.
I have two PC devices on my network, both with different Soulseek accounts, where I test for user file browsing. They both can download files and chat with any user. But I cannot browse through the shared files of the other. My files (for any of the devices) are still also not indexed in searches.
I need help with this cause i've been investigating for a couple of days and I am at a dead end.
Things to note:
- Port forwarding: I got 4 mapping rules, 2 per device, for both ports. Protocol is TCP only, and LAN and Public port values are identical. They are mapped to the local IP address corresponding to the device in question.
- Manual DHCP with fixed private IP addresses on both devices.
- NAT Traversal is enabled.
- UPnP is enabled (for now at least for testing).
- I do not have a double NAT layer. My router also has a public IPv4 address.
- I have firewall rules on my PC set up, allowing inbound and outbound traffic for both the application (in private and public net), and the two ports specifically. I think it's redundant but I wanted to make sure.
- If you search for my user, the number of files I share is visible, but the contents are not indexable or browsable.
- "Enable listening ports" enabled on Slsk.
- All of my shared folders are accessible to "Everyone".
- "Accept uploads from all user list users" enabled on Slsk.
- I pass both port checking tests. Soulseek says they are open and that "my router and application are correctly configured".
- I can download, browse and chat with other Slsk users just fine. I can browse shared file indexes of other people, just not the two users from both of my devices.
- My router has a built-in firewall, enabled and set on low level by default. It doesn't support custom rules. I've temporarily disabled firewall on one of my tests, but still nothing changes.
- No VPN active on any device on any of the tests. I figured this would maybe act as a wall so I am not using them.
I'm not sure what else to do anymore.... any ideas?