Torrent Connectivity

RiseAgainst · 7th August 2007, 08:24 AM

im having some problems at the moment with uTorrent.

it connects to a public tracker fine (although i only can connect to about 1/5 of available peers/seeds but thats not the problem)

when i connect to a private tracker it says im unconnectable. It will download really slowly and wont upload anything at all.

Ive set up port forwarding through Zone Alarms and no other firewall is running. Ive also tried changing the port used and every time i check on uTorrent's web sites port check service it shows its blocked, yet nothing is there to block it?

Im using Virgin Media's 20meg service so there is plenty of bandwidth for it to attatch itself to.

anyone got any idea why i cant connect to a private tracker?

Rebelius · 7th August 2007, 10:46 AM

you have a router that also needs port forwarding set up on it?

RiseAgainst · 7th August 2007, 11:43 AM

nope im plugged directly into the Virgin modem thing.

ive tried with Zone Alarms turned off and still same thing happens.

Wee_rick · 7th August 2007, 12:14 PM

service pack 2 has some sort of thing on it that only allows the ports to be half open. Bitcomet warns you about it and tells you to use a tcpip patch to fully open the ports.

perhaps that might help, i dont know?

RiseAgainst · 7th August 2007, 12:28 PM

nah dude, i dont have SP2 installed for that reason.

like i said i can pick up torrents from many different places but as soon as i go on a private tracker (ive tried it on two different ones to make sure it wasnt the tracker) i get nothing.

7th August 2007, 08:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 3,430 Band: bandless :(	Torrent Connectivity im having some problems at the moment with uTorrent. it connects to a public tracker fine (although i only can connect to about 1/5 of available peers/seeds but thats not the problem) when i connect to a private tracker it says im unconnectable. It will download really slowly and wont upload anything at all. Ive set up port forwarding through Zone Alarms and no other firewall is running. Ive also tried changing the port used and every time i check on uTorrent's web sites port check service it shows its blocked, yet nothing is there to block it? Im using Virgin Media's 20meg service so there is plenty of bandwidth for it to attatch itself to. anyone got any idea why i cant connect to a private tracker?

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7th August 2007, 10:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,213	you have a router that also needs port forwarding set up on it?

7th August 2007, 11:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 3,430 Band: bandless :(	nope im plugged directly into the Virgin modem thing. ive tried with Zone Alarms turned off and still same thing happens.

7th August 2007, 12:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Wee_rick Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Menziehill, Dundee Posts: 1,324	service pack 2 has some sort of thing on it that only allows the ports to be half open. Bitcomet warns you about it and tells you to use a tcpip patch to fully open the ports. perhaps that might help, i dont know?

7th August 2007, 12:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 3,430 Band: bandless :(	nah dude, i dont have SP2 installed for that reason. like i said i can pick up torrents from many different places but as soon as i go on a private tracker (ive tried it on two different ones to make sure it wasnt the tracker) i get nothing.