Add Peer doesn't seem to be working

[CaptainCool]

Me and my friend are both downloading the same torrent, but when I add his IP:PORT manually, nothing happens, I've enabled logging to a file, and utorrent doesn't seem to even try to connect to him.

I havn't reached maximum global connections, or maximum torrent connections. I havn't got his IP wrong, I havn't got his port wrong, he hasn't forwarded his ports incorrectly. And even if I did have the ip/port wrong shouldn't it at least attempt connecting? or does it just not log it?

I'm using uTorrent 1.7.7 (build 8179)

Thanks in advance.

[DreadWingKnight]

Are either you or him firewalled according to the port checker?

[CaptainCool]

yes, I am, but that shouldn't affect outgoing connections

[DreadWingKnight]

Is HE firewalled?

(btw, thanks for only half answering my question)

[CaptainCool]

no

[DreadWingKnight]

stop the torrent on both, clear both peerlists, add each other, then start the torrent on both, see if that helps

[CaptainCool]

nope, didn't help :/

edit: I tried it again and it worked, didn't do anything different, wierd...But I get this problem a lot, anybody know why adding peers doesn't always work?

[jewelisheaven]

... Only if the peer is connectable will it "appear" in the list after you add it.

Edit: to look at WHAT the connection is doing you'll need to either enable Verbose or Error logging in 1.7. I don't remember which shows ongoing/outgoing connections. In 1.8 it's a bit easier you enable Peer Traffic -> incoming/outgoing connections You can also enable disconnect messages, which tells you why a certain peer disconnected, or didn't connect at all (most common response: timeout).