chicken Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 hi i've been using utorrnt for quite a while now, and always try to keep a fair share ratio, and generally seed out what ever i've torrented for the remainder of that day.but today in the tracker status i'm getting a 'connection closed by peer' message for anything i torrent, (even from different trackers), and while i can see peers in peers section i don't seem to be able to download from them.i'm really confused, have i done something wrong without realizing it, and how can i fix this problem?i really apprecieate any help anyone can offer, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 Have you raised µTorrent's half-open connection max above the default value of 8?If so, set it back to 8 and see if that helps.What settings are you using and what speed is your connection down AND up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µ7orr3n7 Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 I am also getting this error..."connection closed by peer"...and indicator turns red.I just moved and switched ISP's (im on cogeco)...and I've never seen this b4.Torrents seem to download/upload fine, but sometimes they dont show im seeding on tracker(s), and that I'm concerned about...I switched half-open to 8 (i had at 15)...and that doesnt seem to fix it...:-/I dont use DHT, switched port #'s and tried diff. torrents/trackers...I hope its not my isp (b/c its fast!)...and theres some way around it...Thx for ur help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µ7orr3n7 Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 *Bump*does any1 know what I can do to fix this?...its killing me!, lol...My BW is wide open, and I hit my max on everything, but Im getting this error, and I'm afraid its not reporting it to tracker(s) properly...I need to stop and re-start the torrent(s) to get rid of error....but it just comes back after time...:-/It has to be my new ISP...and I use encryption...plz help, lol...// sorry for bump, but I have no patience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 You should limit upload speeds to less than max for your connection to prevent just this sort of error. (which is caused by overloads)Who's your ISP?What's the tested max bandwidth speeds for your connection and what all settings are you using in µTorrent as shown by Speed Guide (CTRL+G)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µ7orr3n7 Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 ISP - Cogeco Cable - 16/1.6I hit 1.6/mb on downloads. On uploads I peak around 115/kbpsUpload limit: 0/kbUpload slots: 55Connections (per-torrent): 155Connections (Global): 1500Max active torrents: 50Max active downloads: 20Current port: 52000 - wide open....Thx for ur help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken Posted December 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 thanks for any help you can be, my details are also listed below, at one point i thought the problem had been solved, cos it started working again the next day, i put it down to my IP address changing between tries, but the problem has come back once again, with that dreaded message "onnection closed by peer", any help you can provide would be awesome, thanks!ISP - Pipex at about 2.2MpsI hit 50/kbps on downloads. On uploads I peak around 45/kbpsUpload limit: 25/kb (just set now)Upload slots: 8Connections (per-torrent): 100Connections (Global): 750Max active torrents: 9Max active downloads: 8Current port: 62226 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µ7orr3n7 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 What should my encryption settings be?..."Forced" or "Enabled"...I also have "Allow incoming legacy connections" ticked...Would using a proxy fix this?...As I believe my ISP is f**king w/ me...Ive never used a proxy b4...:-/The weird thing is, Im maxed out on speeds...Thx for any help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 chicken, you are allowing FAR too many upload slots and torrents at once for your connection.With an upload speed max of only 25 KB/sec, you're potentially splitting it 72 ways...so average speed per upload slot is only 0.35 KB/sec. With so many connections total, that too is probably eating into your potential max upload and download speeds.Try the Speed Guide (CTRL+G) with the xx/256k upload setting -- that's the closest upload speed to your current setting.µ7orr3n7,Encryption is probably best set to Enabled with "Allow incoming legacy connections" ticked.A proxy might help, but it will probably result in you always being firewalled (if using a proxy). Most proxys CANNOT handle the kind or amount of traffic that BitTorrent generates, so even if you do find one you will probably need to use VERY conservative settings to prevent overloading the proxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µ7orr3n7 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Thx for ur reply Switeck...Im scrapping the whole proxi idea...lol...thx for the info...As for encryption, I had a friend tell me to use "forced"...and my torrents didnt go red over night...so I dont think its a problem on my end, it has to be my ISP. But at least they reported correctly w/ these settings, so Im not touching them.My solution?...restart utorrent when the torrents go red...and all is good.Thx for ur help...:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 thanks for your help, at moment its all working again, but then again my ip address has chnged again so i don't know if the problem has been fixed permenately, if its ok i'll post if it goes awol again, thankvery much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µ7orr3n7 Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Ok...its getting a little annoying having to re-start UT every time I see this msg...I'm not sure what else to do, I've done all the above. Does any1 know any other tips/tricks....cause I could really use some help...Thx very much for ur help...(again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 µ7orr3n7,I'm sorry that I missed the obvious problems in your stated settings.You are running possibly too many torrents at once and DEFINITELY too many upload slots at once without any upload speed limits.Try the xx/1Mbit setting in Speed Guide (CTRL+G). Also check the box to allow additional upload slots if upload speed is <90%. And also set the alternate upload speed while not downloading to 115 KB/sec (or higher if you think your connection can handle it).You can fudge the numbers Speed Guide recommends a little, but often to keep a balance you need to reduce one to increase another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µ7orr3n7 Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Well Switeck...I did what u said, and its been going well for over a day now...Just hope it stays this way, lol....I really appreciate all ur help...THX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µ7orr3n7 Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 As I said, it has been going much better than b4....but I still receive this msg quite a lot....I was also told the reason could be because, UT was trying to update to the tracker to frequently/much....Is there a way I can change how frequently UT auto updates to the tracker?....(trying everything, lol)Thx for ur help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 No, µTorrent only uses an announce interval specified by the tracker itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µ7orr3n7 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Well I dont seem to get that msg very often anymore......but I do have another problem, lol....I can only seem to upload about 10/K (avg), on most sites. (all private)....They're all healthy torrents w/ plenty of leechers....one of the files, Im the only seeder and I cant give them squat....I know this problem isnt utorrent's, its my ISP....I still have all the same settings as above, and downloads seem to be ok, its just the upload on most sites, wont go past 10/k....I've asked on many forums b4 I switch ISP's for some help....Any incite is greatfull...thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Search other posts here for similar speed problems on the same ISP.Even a couple GOOGLE searches for bittorrent problems with your ISP might be worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 @µ7orr3n7: ...? You get the tracker announce interval on every announce, so I'm not sure how often you want to get it ;o As for the seeding problem... ISP issues are difficult (if not impossible) to get around if PE doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µ7orr3n7 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 ya I found this post here... http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=9605sorry for posting it in here first....I have a tech coming from Cogeco today (as they suggested b4 I cancel)...and he wont find anything wrong....so Im going to bell w/ a server from LT!....(screw em, lol)@ Ultima...PE = encryption?...sorry not sure what that means...Thx again for all ur help guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 PE = Protocol Encryption - hides the nature of the traffic generated by µTorrent so all the ISP (and man-in-the-middle listeners) see it as unknown TCP/IP traffic. ...supposedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_frenz Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 With Rogers, I used to get the same message. It usually happens after large amounts of traffic on the same port that they throttle it. Stop all torrents, change the port (and open them up in your firewall and/or router, use some port in a very different range because they might throttle ranges around your current port) and start again. It is advisable to restart the computer (just in case you have half-open sockets lying around). Usually works for me.Hope this helps.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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