sashadb Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 I have used BitTorrent for a long time, but just recently (within the last two weeks) have been unable to download anything. When I try to download, i get the 'status' of "connecting to peers", but it never starts to download. Any ideas? Thanks so much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Internet security software?Tracker error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowStrike Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I have the same problem.I download stuff from piratebay and i always check to see if there are seeders, but the status is always connecting to peers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Same questions to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowStrike Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 DHT status is "waiting for announce...", both Local Peer Discovery and Peer exchange is working. Other 5 trackers say connection has timed out. what about the internet security software? It has never raised problems with torrent before which is what i find weird :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Well now it likely is interfering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowStrike Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 how can i solve that? i really don't know how to work these things properly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashadb Posted June 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 My 'trackers' tab has DHT status 'waiting for announce'; everything else is 'working' as the status... I have not had any change in internet security software or anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashadb Posted June 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 It seems that there is a LOT of this happening, as several Forum questions are dealing with this same issue. Could it be something in the program maybe? I have no idea, just wondering, since it seems to be not an isolated problem. Thanks for helping, as I'm SO missing my torrents!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 sashadb, your answer doesn't tell me WHAT internet security software you have installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowStrike Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 the antivirus that i have is kingsoft antivirus.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Have you tried with it temporarily uninstalled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowStrike Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 yes, still doesn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 What setup guide did you use to configure bittorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowStrike Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 the normal one? i don't know, while installing it the only thing i said i didn't want was the search bar, the rest i let it be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashadb Posted June 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 I have McAfee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Sasha, have you tried with McAfee temporarily uninstalled yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashadb Posted June 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 I did. I was able to finish one download; but left it running for 2 days before it finally finished. It had 133 seeders, and was only one song... I wondered if I messed something up trying to 'check for updates', because I've never had a problem until recently, and haven't changed anything on the computer at all. I really appreciate you working with us to figure it out. Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 The steps in uTorrent's slow speed guide are compatible with BitTorrent. You might consider trying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashadb Posted June 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 I've checked all of those things, and everything seems to be in order... The 'Status' on the Trackers tab shows nothing for about 5-10 seconds, then reads 'connection timed out'. Any other ideas? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 That indicates that either the tracker is down or your internet security software (or something else in your setup) is blocking things.Have you tried downloading torrents from http://slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php with all your other torrents either stopped or removed (DO NOT PAUSE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashadb Posted June 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Trying from that link, I get status 'connection closed by peer'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Then you definitely have something blocking. The trackers for slackware ARE working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashadb Posted June 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 K, thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggyster Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Maybe some keywords have been added to Access Restrictions/Website Blocking by your server.. now, how to bypass this?? anyone has got any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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