forward a port

[steve reilly]

Vadkan Jozsef wrote:
> ok, for the client [ubuntu, transmission] i just want to set up port
> forwarding, on my dl-604 router...but it doesn't works. WHY??
> 
> router: dl-604
> os on client: ubuntu 9.04
> 
> i click on "virtual server", add the port forward, but it still says
> "closed"
> no firewall used, etc
> 
> WHY?? :(
> 
> 

no dlink in use here, but a quick google shows this 
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/9098
take a look at the first graphic, shows how to setup "virtual server", 
why they choose this terminology is beyond me though...probably would 
have been confusing to me as well.