Majestic One Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 I think we have done everything correctly - but obviously it is not working.I read the FAQ - 2 - The Tracker and still have issues.Run Down:we were on the phone doing this but am now off, but will continue again 9pm pacific tonight.---------My bud, Tom made a torrent file of a video he wants to share with me and emailed the torrent to me.---------he entered in the tracker area: http://his_IP:80/announceand right below that entry in the same tracker field he entered [on my request] http://his_GATEWAY:80/announceis the gateway ip needed?-----------we've tried port 80 and 8080 - is this a problem?-----------he get's no errors, nor do I - i just don't see his seed and cannot download.------------The embedded tracker URL is: http://your_ip_address:port/announce (where your ip is your computer's ip address and port is µTorrent's listening port)does uTorrent's listening port have to be "dedicated? i randomize my port each time.-------------The embedded tracker must be enabled in: µTorrent menu > options > preferences > Advanced > bt.enable_tracker: set to "true".i did this too.----------------------edit: also i have restarted uTorrent each time i changed settings etceteraalso all firewall settings are right for both parties - he windows, me ESET SSv1.8B both of us-Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 You're supposed to be using your WAN (internet) IP address as seen on sites like whatismyip.org, not your computer's LAN IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 HIS setup needs to be that way if HE is listed as the tracker URL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic One Posted July 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 hahaha - makes sence to me - dud - see there's some real dummies out there - know what i mean? LOLok we'll try that later tonight, and i WILL rsvp when it works.by the way Ultima - where did all my old posts go? are they deleted fter a while?thX again, -Chris-----------------------------edit: yes, jewel - his ip for his creation and my ip for my creation... that what you're saying?thX for the ip addy Ultima!++++++++++++++U P D A T E ++++++++++++++we have tested and i have 2 machines and can up & down fine with them. but he and i cannot get a connection. shows 0(1) peers [now it says 2(3) why?.he downloaded a "sample" torrent from a website to see if his client was in fact working and it is. any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 You need to use a port that's not blocked by your ISP.Usually port 80 and possibly port 8080 is as well.Try ports above 10000 instead.Make sure the incoming listening port you use is not firewalled by your modem, router, and software firewall/s!Next, make sure you're not being crippled/blocked by a hostile ISP like ComCast, Cox, Rogers, or Bell Sympatico in Canada. If you are, either the connection speed will be much lower...and require forced encryption to work at all -- or you may not be able to get and stay connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToRRenTPimP Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 What may be faster than sharing a torrent would be to set up a VPN or Virtual Private Network with your friend and use "map network drive" to give the folder you need to send a letter so it will show up as a drive on your friends and then copy.If you have Vista search VPN network in ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 It'd be faster in that once the VPN is set up, it's easier to do, but in terms of actual transfer speed, it shouldn't be much (if any) different. As well, you wouldn't have per-piece hash checking with just a simple file copy, meaning if you transfer a 4GB file, and just one tiny section was corrupted along the way, you'd have to retransfer the entire 4GB file. In terms of reliability and data integrity, BitTorrent is definitely the better alternative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToRRenTPimP Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 I would definately agree with you as far as general p2p, that's why the utorrents etc were made, but VPN would have it's benefits in a single file private setting. On a different note, i've just seen a gadget that uses your home electricity wiring to make a network! 2 plugs each take an ethernet and the home wiring carries the data! Rather stick to wire-less but clever all the same. Did you have any success majestic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 Many people who transfer files and are concerned about corruption use PAR files (newsgroups in particular)A popular PAR creator is http://quickpar.co.ukI much prefer per-piece hashing on-the-fly which bittorrent offers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic One Posted August 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 No, folks... I haven't had any luck yet - but just found my old posts to see them again [for a while my acct. said i had no posts [ugh!]]as of late my buddy will be offline for a month or so...yes i am on cox network, but my uTorrent has seemed to be downloading ok, and we set up our file sharing [torrents] so they were port 80 and 8080; and none of our tests worked. I understood somewhere, i would need to do "port forwarding" no matter what??? is this also true for 80 and 8080?VPN, don't know much of it - he's in Montana and I am in Las Vegas, so dunno how well that would work.I started looking into stuff like WWW File Share Pro. anybody have any comments about this possible method?thanks again, all-chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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