Problem using the Embedded tracker. Going insane.

[Cricket]

I have been trying to get this to work. I have read the recent topics related to this issue.

I have also read the FAQ.....

Utorrent 1.7.5

Win XP w/ sp2

Comcast internet Download Speed: 19812 kbps (2476.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 1497 kbps (187.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

Symantec anti virus corp edition 9.0.2.1000

Windows firewall = DISABLED

Does µTorrent have an embedded tracker?

Yes, it does. You can turn it on by enabling bt.enable_tracker in the Advanced section. However, it is a very simple tracker, with no web interface, or even the ability to see what torrents are hosted on it. It is not designed for anything requiring security or large-scale. A stand-alone tracker is much better for this. It allows all torrents, external or not, to be tracked on it when enabled.

Once you have enabled it, you can use it by simply putting the tracker's URL into a torrent. The tracker URL is http://your.ip:port/announce (port being µTorrent's incoming port). IP can be external or internal, depending on if you want to use it in a LAN or across the Internet.

I created the torrent using Utorrent and open the ports in my Linksys wireless G. WRT54G. I set my Tracker URL to HTTP://my_IP:PORT/announce

I see the Tracker Status reads "Working"

When someone trys to connect it says invalid request.

Please help.

Cricket

[torrero]

Why the hassle? Just use an open (public) tracker, e.g. from

http://www.mininova.org/upload

[Cricket]

Why would I want to upload a file to that site to share with 3 friends, when I have Utorrent here with its embedded tracker.

I want it to be private not public.

[torrero]

Use an open tracker URL and send the torrent to your friends. Thats all.

Where did i say you have to upload the file?

[Cricket]

Then it will be listed publicly though, wouldn't it?

[jewelisheaven]

... I don't know why it wouldn't scrape correctly.

I do know when I used the embedded tracker for specific sharing, it took upwards of an hour for the announce to propagate that I MYSELF was seeding... If you use a public tracker, it tracks the torrent. Generally trackers and indexers (sites you upload torrents to) are separate.

If you don't share the INFOHASH or torrent with the public, your torrent is for all intents-and-purposes private... it cannot be found in the wild.

[Cricket]

It shows that I am seeding right away, no hang ups like you were just mentioning.

There must be a setting not mentioned in the FAQ.

I would love to dial this in. I hope to get it running thru Utorrent soon.

As Torrero said, "Why the hassle?"

well I like to get things to work. I could just mail or use my FTP server to send files, but this is my next goal. This is not a hassle to learn and understand how to fix this issue at hand.

Must be something to check/uncheck....................

Cricket

BUMP

[jewelisheaven]

Are you also setting up the WebUI in your Ctrl-P -> Advanced -> WebUI ? I'm not sure if alternative listening port is applied to the tracker...

Also be sure you're not mangling IPs reported to the tracker (Ctrl-P -> BitTorrent); (Ctrl-P -> Advanced) net.bind_ip OR net.outgoing_ip .

I only mention this because "invalid request" is the default message reported for a bad WebUI port

[Cricket]

net.bind_ip OR net.outgoing_ip both have no Value. They are both blank.

Web UI is not enabled by install default.

is this bad?

basically I am starting off with a fresh instal and I am only going by the FAQ guidelines of getting the Tracker to work.

[PC_Pal68]

I have a similar problem. I also would like to be able to host my own tracker and not use a public tracker... Why? Because it should work. And also I am not familiar with public trackers.

It use to work a few months ago. Then it stopped. Though it was my router. Changed the router... still same problem.

I went over everything 10 times. (DynDNS, correct IP form, port forward, bt.enable_tracker: set to "true", etc). Read all the posts related to private tracker/seeding and no one seams to have the exact problem I have:

When creating the private tracker, I start seeding right away. I get the green arrow for about 5-10 seconds then it switches to red.

Whats funny is that I can seed torrents downloaded from public tracker fine. But if the tracker is within my computer (or IP) it won't work.

I read about modem/router preventing "loopback connections". Now that could be an explanation. What's funny is that it use to work. Since I change my router and ISP, it would be the modem !?!?!?!

OK... is there a way to check if my modem indeed does not permit "loopback connections"? If I'm gaming and the dedicated server is on the same IP (and I'm not joining through LAN options), does that mean I am able to "loopback"?

This is the Tracker Status message I'm getting:

An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.

Regards.

[jewelisheaven]

The embedded tracker is not always able to communicate through your upload if you are regularly maxing out on it so the "offline" error is a non-issue. Isolating the problem, are you sure it is on the right port for the IP and it is not being blocked somewhere along the line. When I tried using the embedded tracker I would seed fine, but it would take an hour for peers to propagate to the tracker so an announce would pick them up.

[PC_Pal68]

jewelisheaven,

My port forwarding seams fine. If I use the bilt-in "test port" I get the Green OK. I also tried probing the port with GRC's Shield UP and the port can be probed and is tagged OPEN. (http://my_ip:23560/announce).

My DynDNS IP is also correctly set in Smoothwall since I am able to serve FTP.

EDIT:

I decided to give a public tracking a try.

http://open.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce

My torrent is seeding fine. So the problem is obviouly some sort of blocking and good chances are it's the modem (since router as been change).

Any suggestions?

[jewelisheaven]

I don't know what to tell you, if you are running it on the same port as the rest of your peer communications and you can receive incoming peers ("I" flag under Peers tab) then it is not a firewall thing :/