SegaRob Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Is there anything I can do about this without changing my ISP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 ... you can't change your ISP. You're on a campus locked-down network or resnet. Configure your client correctly (Setup Guide link #3 on Guides below) and set the scheduler for off-peak hours so you don't get a friendly visit from IT or disconnected from the network for excessive usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaRob Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I don't see how that will help me get around the block. I get zero torrent traffic right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 If all ports are blocked, you can't do anything. If you're running Forced encryption without legacy connections already, you can't do anything. If you're unable to connect to trackers to get peerlists, you can't do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaRob Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I have one torrent loaded right now. It shows the number of seeders and leechers, but nothing else. Can anything be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewt4asu Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I have a similar problem. but I know that my university doesn't block this. I will have seeders and leechers and will download for periodic spats, only to stop and shut down the internet for a bit. so I will be downloading at 80kbs and then it will drop to 0, and then back up within 2 minutes. Is there a way to fix this???? is this a configuration speed error or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 You may be throttled due to overloaded connections. Have you attempted the limited presence settings in post #2 of the How-To? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaRob Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I tried everything but patching TCPIP.sys in that post. Obviously I have no control over the router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 OK, sounds like whatever management setup your university uses does a regular reset. Perhaps you must limit your settings further (5 or 10 peers per torrent 2 torrents), or will have to live with it :/ You could always try asking the IT guys for your network.Once you get it working at limited mode, if that's TOO limited for you, trial and error will be needed to get it running again with more options enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaRob Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 The number of peers doesn't seem to be the issue. I can't even see what parts of the torrent are available. All I see is the number of seeders and leechers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Availability only shows > 0.000 (or your downloaded) when you are connected to peers. If you have no peer connections, that makes sense. Like mentioned above, try by limiting your presence to the university NAT / countermeasures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaRob Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Yeah, I have no peer connections so it doesn't seem to matter how low the limit it. It's getting blocked anyway.What are countermeasures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 v1.8 alpha may barely work...Or try a VPN service or proxy server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaRob Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 what's v1.8 alpha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=31998It's a testing build that hasn't yet been polished to be ready for widespread, general use. It works quite well for many (most?) people, but there's always a chance it might mess up on you. The only way to know for sure is to test it yourself Just a word of warning... Since it's possible that the alpha might cause you problems, you might want to test the alpha in a self-contained install.I tend to doubt that it'd get past a university firewall, though, as they generally just block things they don't explicitly allow outright rather than throttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaRob Posted January 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Yeah, I think it's a "block" rather than throttling. Are you saying the only way around that would be setting up a proxy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exia Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I have the same problem with my university.I hope there's an alternative to a proxy. I mean I can directly download at 100kb/s, and go to virtually any site without problem. There must be a way to camouflage the program's traffic to allow torrents to work.Through their computer centers I've been able to use Opera's in-browser torrent client, despite other clients not working. But on my laptop even opera fails to download torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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